Part - time Payroll Specialist managing accurate Canadian and U.S. payroll processing. Supporting HR, tax compliance, audits, reconciliations, and payroll system transitions.
About the role
- Payroll compliance expert helping Remote, a global employment platform, interpret legislation and build scalable compliant payroll products. Advising Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Customer Experience teams worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary payroll compliance expert for assigned countries or region
- Interpret payroll, tax, social security, labour, and employment legislation
- Monitor regulatory changes and assess impacts on products, processes, and customers
- Provide practical and commercially balanced compliance guidance
- Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to embed compliance into product development
- Translate legislative requirements into business and product requirements
- Review product designs and validate system logic, calculations, workflows, and outputs
- Support product launches and go-live activities
- Advise stakeholders on complex compliance questions and emerging regulatory developments
- Support customer-facing teams with high-risk or complex compliance matters
- Provide guidance for market expansion and new product offerings
- Conduct compliance assessments and reviews
- Lead or support regulatory audits and investigations
- Identify compliance gaps and recommend remediation strategies
- Monitor legislative developments and communicate changes across the organisation
- Partner with Product and Operations to implement regulatory changes
- Create and maintain compliance documentation, rules libraries, and knowledge assets
- Design repeatable processes and support compliance controls and governance frameworks
- Contribute to automation and compliance-by-design initiatives
- Deliver training and enablement programs
- Mentor Payroll Specialists, Product teams, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Create documentation and guidance materials that simplify complex legislation
Requirements
- Deep expertise in payroll, tax, social security, labour, and employment compliance within a country or region
- Strong understanding of translating legislation into payroll calculations, processes, and product requirements
- Experience working with technology, product, or operational teams to implement regulatory requirements
- Ability to translate complex legislation into scalable business processes and system logic
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Stakeholder relationship-building and influencing skills across Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, Customer Experience, and Leadership
- Ability to balance compliance requirements with operational and commercial realities
- Confident communication and ability to simplify complex regulatory concepts
- Experience conducting audits, reviews, investigations, or compliance assessments
- Ability to identify root causes and recommend pragmatic corrective actions
- Strong judgement when managing risk and ambiguity
- Curiosity, proactivity, continuous learning, and comfort in a fast-paced evolving environment
- CV and application must be submitted in English
- Ability to use automation and AI capabilities as part of role requirements
Benefits
- work from anywhere
- flexible paid time off
- flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- budget towards co-working spaces, learning and wellness (including gym memberships)
- mental health support services
- stock options
- home office budget & IT equipment
- life-work balance
- Employee Resource Groups (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech)
- accommodations available during interviews and beyond
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