Be the accountable expert for payroll compliance in your jurisdiction(s).
Ensure local requirements are correctly interpreted, documented, and implemented across processes, systems, and customer workflows.
Translate statutory rules, payroll logic, tax calculations, thresholds, and edge cases into structured requirements for Product and Engineering.
Partner with Product Design to create user experiences that are compliant, intuitive, and auditable.
Review specifications, test logic, and validate product outputs to ensure legislative accuracy.
Own and deliver multi-country or high-risk audits from planning through remediation.
Establish audit frameworks that scale across new and existing jurisdictions.
Identify root causes and drive systemic improvements.
Serve as the primary escalation point for compliance issues in your region, supporting Incident Managers to resolve incidents swiftly and effectively.
Create clear, scalable, and documented processes for payroll compliance operations.
Develop controls, SOPs, and monitoring mechanisms to ensure ongoing adherence.
Build training materials, guidance, and rules documentation to upskill internal teams.
Partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, Support, and Customer Success to ensure compliance is embedded into decision-making.

Deep expertise in payroll, employment compliance for your country/region — and a strong understanding of how legislation translates into payroll calculations and system logic.
Proven record leading audits, regulatory reviews, or country-level compliance programs.
Experience partnering with technical teams to convert statutory rules into product requirements.
Strong communicator capable of influencing stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Legal, Support, and Senior Leadership.
Confident investigator with sound judgment in high-risk or sensitive scenarios.
Mentor and coach who grows the capability of the team around you.
Systems thinker who designs frameworks, documentation, processes, and controls that scale.
Comfortable operating in an async, fast-changing, fully remote environment.

Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert

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