Remote Payroll Systems Analyst – Fintech (Multi-Country)

Wave Mobile Money; New York (NY); Remote; USD 113,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized health insurance and retire

6 months parental leave

Flexible vacation

Charitable donation matching

Job summary

Wave Mobile Money is seeking a Payroll Systems Analyst to streamline payroll operations across multiple countries and currencies. You’ll bridge Payroll, People and Finance, designing processes and building tools for multi-country payroll and GDPR-compliant data handling.

You’ll lead the design of an internal payroll-to-finance reconciliation tool, automate data ingestion, and deliver robust exception reporting to support month-end close and scalable payroll operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in HRIS, payroll operations, payroll systems or payroll accounting, ideally multi-country.
• Experience end-to-end payroll processes: inputs, calendars, cut-offs, approvals, and statutory deductions.
• Hands-on reconciliation of payroll to general ledger (employer costs, accruals, cost center/entity mapping).
• Experience with third-party or in-country payroll providers and HRIS/payroll/finance data flows.
• Proven ability to document, standardize and improve processes, controls, RACIs.
• Advanced data management, analysis and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Map current payroll processes in each market: inputs, calendars, cut-offs, approvals, handoffs.
• Align global payroll standards while accommodating local statutory requirements.
• Define how payroll requests are received, tracked and resolved (service desk, not emails).
• Train Payroll team on new processes and tools.

Skills

English-French fluency

Advanced Excel/Google Sheets

Data analysis & reporting

Communication skills

Automation / scripting

BI tooling (Power BI/Looker/Sigma)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, HRIS, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field

Tools

Workday or HRIS

Sigma/Power BI/Looker

Apps Script / low-code (Workato / Zapier)

Job description

Wave Mobile Money is seeking a Payroll Systems Analyst to streamline payroll operations across multiple countries and currencies. You’ll bridge Payroll, People and Finance, designing processes and building tools for multi-country payroll and GDPR-compliant data handling.

You’ll lead the design of an internal payroll-to-finance reconciliation tool, automate data ingestion, and deliver robust exception reporting to support month-end close and scalable payroll operations.