Payroll Specialist Lead - Australia

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 66,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from anywhere

Flexible hours (async)

Stock options

Learning budget

Home office budget & IT equipment

16 weeks parental leave

Job summary

Remote is seeking a Payroll Specialist Lead to join our Global Payroll Operations Team. You will own end-to-end payroll processing, ensure compliance, and collaborate with Finance, Product and Engineers to support international teams.

The role emphasizes asynchronous work, data integrity, and process improvements. Strong SAP and Excel/Google Sheets skills are essential, with fluency in English and comfort in a fast-paced global context.

Qualifications

• In-house payroll management or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of payroll best practices.
• Proficient in SAP; Excel/Google Sheets skills.
• Analytical mindset with problem-solving abilities.
• Able to adapt to fast-paced, international work environments.
• Productivity-focused with a drive to speed up work.
• Willingness to work largely asynchronously.
• Fluent English in speaking and writing.
• Remote work experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as a true subject matter expert for Australia.
• Manage relationships with Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, and Engineers.
• Process full end-to-end payroll in-house, statutory filings, approvals, payments and compliance.
• Ensure data integrity and quality.
• Accounting/reconciliations; focus on KPIs and SLAs.
• Implement and improve payroll processes.
• Mentor and support payroll specialists.
• Back up regional managers during absences.

Skills

In-house payroll

Payroll best practices

SAP

Excel/Google Sheets

Analytical mindset

International environment

Productivity mindset

Asynchronous work

Fluent English

Remote work experience

Tools

SAP

Excel/Google Sheets

Job description

About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.
We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in‑class HR platform.

What this job can offer you

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Payroll Specialist Lead joining our Global Payroll Operations Team.

What you bring

• In-house payroll management or equivalent experience

• Knowledge of payroll best practices.

• Proficient in using software tools like SAP, Excel / Google Sheet.

• An analytical mindset with great problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment with a passion for making an impact.

• Is a productivity geek and will constantly think of ways to improve and speed up their work.

• You understand the need and ideal to work largely asynchronously.

• Writes and speaks fluent English

• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a true subject matter expert for Australia

  • Manage existing relationships with key stakeholder within Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, Engineers.

  • Process full end to end payroll in-house, statutory filing requirements, exceptions, approvals, payments and compliance.

  • Ensure full data integrity and quality

• Accounting/reconciliations

• Focus on KPIs and SLAs

• Implement and improve processes

• Mentor and support payroll specialists

• Back up regional managers during times of absence

Practicals

• You’ll report to: Manager, Payroll Operations

• Team: Payroll Operations

• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify; Australia

• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.
The base salary range for this full-time position is $65,500 USD to $73,000 USD. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.
At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter

2. Interview with future manager

3. Interview with Senior Manager

4. Interview with team member

5. Bar Raiser Interview

6. Prior employment verification check

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.
At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is

$65,500—$73,000 USD

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

• work from anywhere

• flexible paid time off

• flexible working hours (we are async)

• 16 weeks paid parental leave

• mental health support services

• stock options

• learning budget

• home office budget & IT equipment

• budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.