Payroll Specialist Lead - Germany

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 Payroll Specialist Lead joining our Global Payroll Operations Team.

What you bring

End-to-end payroll processing in-house or within a payroll service provider

Knowledge of payroll best practices.

Proficient in using software tools like Excel / Google Suite.

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.

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

Key Responsibilities

Act as a true subject matter expert for the country

Manage existing relationships with key stakeholder within Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, Engineers.

Process full end to end payroll in-house, statutory filing requirements, exceptions, approvals, payments and compliance.

Ensure full data integrity and quality

Payroll journals/reconciliations

Focus on KPIs and SLAs

Implement and improve processes

Mentor and support payroll specialists

Back up regional managers during times of absence

Practicals

You'll report to: Manager, Global Payroll Operations.

Team: Payroll

Location: Anywhere in the World

Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

(async) Profile review

Interview with recruiter

Interview with future manager(s)

Bar Raiser Interview

(async) Offer

Prior employment verification check

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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 &