Payroll Implementation Country Lead - Italy

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!

What this job can offer you

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Global Payroll Country (or Regional) Lead , joining our Implementation team.

What you bring

We’re looking for a GP Lead to own and deliver Italy payroll implementations for Remote customers—taking complex, real-world setups and turning them into clean data, robust configurations, and reliable go-lives. This is not a traditional “run payroll end-to-end” role. Your impact is in making sure customers start on the right foundation: the right structure, the right rules, the right migrations, and the right expectations.You’ll lead onboarding projects, run deep due diligence (beyond checklists), and work cross-functionally with Operations, Product, and Engineering to continuously improve how implementations are delivered at scale.What you’ll doLead end-to-end Italy payroll implementations: discovery → requirements → configuration → data migration → testing → go-live.Conduct structured due diligence on customer payroll setups and constraints (CCNL rules, allowances, accruals, TFR, funds, social security/tax impacts, etc.).

Proven, hands-on experience implementing Zucchetti Paghe Infinity (mandatory): configuration, data imports/migrations, setup validation, go-live support.

2+ years of Italy payroll experience, ideally in a consultancy/payroll bureau, outsourcer, or in-house payroll function with exposure to implementations/subsidiary transitions.

Strong understanding of payroll foundations that affect implementation success (e.g., progressivi, CU logic, Uniemens structure, year-to-date handling, etc.)—even if you’re not running monthly payroll as your primary job.

Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, priorities, and timelines in a remote environment.

Clear, structured communication: you can translate complexity into actionable steps for customers and internal teams.

Experience with mid-year transitions, parallel payroll, and complex onboarding scenarios.

Strong working knowledge of high-volume CCNLs (e.g., Commerce, Metalmeccanico).

Experience in tech or high-growth environments; comfort collaborating with Product/Engineering.

Professional English proficiency (written and spoken).

Extensive payroll experience in a client payroll environment.

Expert legislative knowledge in the relevant Country.

Payroll implementation experience .

Strong communication skills for explaining payroll processes and issues to customers and other stakeholders.

Deep knowledge in using local payroll tools and software tools like SAP, Excel / Google Sheet.

An analytical mindset with great problem-solving abilities.

Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment with a passion for making an impact.

Experience in accounting/reconciliations.

Is a productivity geek and will constantly think of ways to improve and speed up their work.

You understand the need and ideal to work largely asynchronously.

Writes and speaks fluent English

It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus