Payroll Specialist Lead - Australia

Position Overview

Remote is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Payroll Specialist Lead to join our Global Payroll Operations Team. This role is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the global employment space by ensuring compliant and efficient payroll processing for our Australian operations. You will act as a subject matter expert, manage key relationships, and contribute to process improvements within a fully remote, globally distributed team.

About Remote

Remote is dedicated to solving the modern organization's challenge of navigating global employment compliantly and with ease. We empower businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. Our core values drive our future-focused work culture, where team members tackle ambitious problems asynchronously from across the globe. We celebrate diversity and encourage every team member to bring their unique talents, experiences, and culture to help us build a best-in-class HR platform. If you are energetic, curious, motivated, and ambitious, join us and define the future of work!

What You Bring

• In-house payroll management experience or equivalent.
• Knowledge of payroll best practices.
• Proficiency in software tools such as SAP, Excel, and Google Sheets.
• An analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment with a passion for making an impact.
• A productivity-oriented approach, constantly seeking ways to improve and expedite work.
• Understanding of and ability to thrive in a largely asynchronous work environment.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Experience working remotely is considered a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert for Australia.
• Manage existing relationships with key stakeholders in Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, and Engineering.
• Process full end-to-end payroll, including statutory filing requirements, exceptions, approvals, payments, and compliance.
• Ensure full data integrity and quality.
• Perform accounting and reconciliations.
• Focus on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Implement and improve payroll processes.
• Mentor and support payroll specialists.
• Provide backup support to regional managers during absences.

Practicals

• Reporting to: Manager, Payroll Operations
• Team: Payroll Operations
• Location: Applications are welcomed globally, with a prioritization for candidates located in Australia.
• Start Date: As soon as possible.

Salary & Compensation

• Salary Range: $65,500 USD to $73,000 USD (base salary for this full-time position).
• Compensation Philosophy: Remote's Total Rewards philosophy ensures fair, unbiased compensation and equity pay, along with competitive benefits across all operating locations. We do not support cheap-labor practices and aim to pay above in-location rates, inspiring other companies to support global talent hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.
• Salary Bands: Our salary bands are wide due to international operations and a globally distributed workforce. Geo ranges are used to consider geographic pay differentials, ensuring competitiveness in various markets while hiring globally.
• Factors Influencing Pay: Actual base pay is determined by factors such as location, transferable skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range is subject to change.
• Internal Mobility: Remote fosters internal mobility and employee growth, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. All compensation changes related to internal moves are reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case-by-case basis.

Application Instructions

If you are energetic, curious, motivated, and ambitious, apply now and define the future of work!