About Remote

Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance (learn more about how it works). We're backed by A+ investors and our team is world-class, literally and figuratively, as we're all scattered around the world.

Please check out our public handbook to learn more about our culture. We encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age and abilities to apply. You can also check out independent reviews left by other candidates and our employees on Glassdoor. If this job description resonates with you, we want to hear from you!

All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!

How we work

We love working async and this means you get to do your own schedule.

We empower ownership and proactivity and when in doubt default to action instead of waiting.

The position

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Senior Payroll Automation & Data Specialist, joining our Payroll team, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver outstanding payroll services to our employees and customers.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze business processes and performance metrics data to identify and assess potential opportunities and benefits.
• Understand the market and conduct competitive analysis end to end
• Conduct performance reviews post-implementation and analyze if adjustments are needed. Validate if automation projects are delivering against the KPIs defined and ensure timely action, proper adoption, and appropriate support, maintaining a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Provide vision and clear Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), to innovate and automate manual processes, to decrease inefficiencies and support with business growth.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment automation solutions across Payroll processes.
• Deploy process improvements quickly and iteratively, challenging yourself and counterparts to find minimal solutions to problems.
• Work with Engineering, Product and Payroll to build intricate solutions to complex problems.
• Continuously learn and share new skills, tools, technologies and utilise it to unlock new challenges and opportunities at Remote
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders acting as the key contact person. Take a hands-on approach to implement solutions and coordinate action plans, set timelines, and prioritize tasks to ensure a successful and timely project delivery.
• Identify and propose change management or training needs for automation projects delivered.

Requirements

• 6+ years experience in payroll process analysis or process automation.
• High level expertise in Excel
• Expert level leveraging full-stack engineering to deliver limited but well rounded solutions in short periods of time.
• Proficiency in SQL and Cloud computing platforms like AWS or GCP.
• Great judgment making both strategic (what to prioritize) and tactical (feature scope) decisions.
• A strong sense of pragmatism and exceptional problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding English written and verbal communication and collaboration skills at all levels to clearly articulate and drive the desired business requirements and outcomes.
• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Manager, Payroll Business Operations
• Team: Payroll - Payroll Business Operations
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritise applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify;
• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

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.

The base salary range for this full-time position is between $ 46,000 USD to $ 104,000 USD. 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.

Application process

Roughly 2 hours across 4 weeks

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager
3. Interview with Director, Payroll Business Operations
4. Prior employment verification check