Payroll Operations Country Lead

What this job can offer you

• Help build and maintain the future of payroll with Remote Product, Engineer and Operations teams.
• An environment where your in depth knowledge and expertise on payroll processing makes a difference.
• Identify solutions to challenges, inconsistencies, and obstacles by collaborating with necessary stakeholders.

What you bring

• Expert in payroll processes specifically for employees under the portage salarial business model
• Experience in designing, implementing, and managing payroll processes to support the portage salarial business model
• Deep working knowledge of French labor law related to portage salarial, including URSSAF, retirement schemes, and unemployment rights for salariés en portage salarial
• Experience in working on payroll systems (using Silae) and services in a multi-product, high-growth scale-up company
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Writes and speaks fluent English and French
• Remote work experience is a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Help build and maintain portage salarial payroll with Remote product, engineering, and operations teams
• Manage and coordinate all aspects of proprietary payroll software deployment for portage salarial
• Ensure correct interpretation of contracts, billing schedules, and reimbursements for salariés en portage salarial
• Process professional expenses, per diems, and travel reimbursements specific to salariés en portage salarial ensuring legal and fiscal compliance
• Work closely with legal and account management teams to ensure full compliance and support for portage employees and customers
• Coordinate with Remote internal teams to facilitate testing and integration of platform changes to support payroll at Remote
• Work closely with Remote teams, including Product, Engineering, Tax and Accounting to develop Payroll solutions in the Remote platform
• Identify solutions to challenges, inconsistencies, and obstacles by collaborating with necessary stakeholders
• Evaluate third-party vendors based on needs and obligations of Remote to ensure compliance with statutory requirements as well as company requirements

Practicals

• You'll report to: Associate Manager, Payroll Operations
• Direct reports: No
• Team: Payroll Operations
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritise applications from France and EMEA
• 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 $40,700 to $91,650 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.

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 & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager
3. Interview with team members (no managers present)
4. Bar Raiser Interview
5. Prior employment verification check 

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Benefits

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
3. If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here. 

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.