Remote US Payroll Lead — End-to-End & Compliance

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 67,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from anywhere

Job summary

Remote is seeking a mid-level PEO Payroll Specialist Lead for the United States. This role drives end-to-end US payroll operations, ensuring accuracy, regulatory compliance, and timely delivery in a remote-first environment.

You will collaborate with Payroll Ops, Finance, Product, and Service Ops teams, while guiding other payroll specialists and continuously improving processes with automation and data insights.

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end payroll execution within US PEO or similar.
• Knowledge of US federal, state, and local payroll regulations and best practices.
• Experience implementing payroll processes or contributing to operational rollouts.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end payroll operations for the US PEO environment, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Validate payroll inputs, calculations, and outputs, maintaining data integrity across all payroll cycles.
• Manage payroll-related exceptions, adjustments, and reconciliations, escalating complex issues when necessary.
• Support the operational implementation of payroll processes, including system updates, statutory changes, and new program rollouts.
• Serve as a point of contact for internal teams and relevant external stakeholders regarding payroll execution and compliance.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, documentation, and operational workflows.
• Participate in testing payroll system enhancements and updates to ensure operational readiness.
• Provide support and guidance to other payroll specialists when needed to maintain continuity and quality of payroll delivery.
• Monitor and contribute to payroll performance metrics, including SLAs and KPIs

Skills

Payroll execution

US payrolls

Regulatory compliance

Process improvement

Automation/AI

Remote work

Data analysis

Cross-functional

Tools

Payroll software

Automation tools

Job description

Remote is seeking a mid-level PEO Payroll Specialist Lead for the United States. This role drives end-to-end US payroll operations, ensuring accuracy, regulatory compliance, and timely delivery in a remote-first environment.

You will collaborate with Payroll Ops, Finance, Product, and Service Ops teams, while guiding other payroll specialists and continuously improving processes with automation and data insights.