Payroll Compliance Expert

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.

With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.

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.
 
If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

The position

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in how Remote manages and scales payroll compliance in the United States.

You’ll be part of the Payroll Risk & Compliance team and will play a key role in strengthening US compliance practices, supporting automation projects, leading audits, and guiding the payroll team through complex regulations and change.

The role suits someone with deep US payroll and tax expertise who enjoys solving operational challenges, improving systems, and partnering across teams.

What this job can offer you

• The chance to lead US payroll compliance across multiple entities and product lines, including PEO and internal compliance operations.
• A central role in building and improving automated payroll processes and controls.
• The opportunity to work closely with product, operations, legal, and finance teams to embed compliance into how we work.
• Direct impact on risk reduction, audit readiness, and team development.
• A supportive, transparent, and flexible work environment that values both quality and collaboration.

What you bring

• Extensive knowledge of US payroll compliance, including federal and multi-state taxation, wage and hour laws, tax and benefits reporting.
• Proven experience managing US payroll operations or compliance programs in a complex or multi-entity environment.
• Experience working with PEO & EOR models is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding and experience of audit processes (internal and external), system controls, and regulatory reporting.
• Proven ability to translate legislation into practical, compliant processes.
• Experience leading or supporting automation and process improvement initiatives.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain compliance topics clearly.
• Comfortable working independently and collaborating with distributed, global teams.
• Experience with payroll system configuration or logic mapping.
• Familiarity with federal and state labor law audits or investigations.
• Background in payroll compliance within a technology-driven or SaaS business.

Key responsibilities

• Act as Remote’s subject matter expert for US payroll compliance, including federal, state, and local wage and tax regulations.
• Lead internal payroll compliance audits, identify issues, and oversee resolution.
• Support the design and implementation of automated payroll processes and system controls for the US.
• Partner with Payroll Operations, Product, Tax, and Legal to ensure all US payroll logic and workflows are compliant.
• Support and guide the US payroll team through complex compliance matters, audits, and investigations.
• Monitor and interpret changes in US payroll legislation and ensure these are reflected in our operations and product.
• Develop and deliver training and documentation to build compliance awareness and capability within the payroll team.
• Participate in global projects to strengthen Remote’s overall payroll compliance framework.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Director, Payroll Strategy & Compliance
• Team: Payroll Strategy & Compliance
• Team size: 20+
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritise applications from the USA.

Application process

1. Async assessment
2. Interview with recruiter
3. Interview with future manager and payroll team member
4. Interview with senior leaders
5. Interview with cross functional team members
6. Bar Raiser Interview
7. 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$52,000—$146,250 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.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
3. If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here. 

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.