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Payroll Specialist Lead - South Africa/Sub-Sahara

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LocationSouth Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
SeniorityLead
CompanyRemote
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What this posting tells you

Remote payroll lead role focused on South African payroll operations, statutory filings, compliance, reconciliations, process improvement, and mentoring payroll specialists. The listing states an annual base salary range of ZAR 732,550–824,150; USD amounts are not stated.

Role lane

Accounting, Customer success, Data, Finance and investments, Healthcare admin, Marketing, Operations, Product, Security, Software, Customer support

Where you can work

South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Working hours

Timezone overlap is not stated.

Arrangement

Lead · full_time

Required signals
End-to-end South African payroll processingPayroll best practicesExcel or Google SuiteFluent English
Preferred signals
Remote-work experience
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End-to-end South African payroll processingPayroll best practicesExcel or Google SuiteFluent EnglishRemote-work experienceRemote; listed as Remote - EMEA, while the description says location is anywhere in the world.
Job description

Payroll Specialist Lead - South Africa/Sub-Sahara at Remote

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 South African 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

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 locally competitive 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 hire globally.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The interviewer will share further details with the candidate on the more restricted pay range for the role in line with their specific location. The individual 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, internal parity 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.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is ZAR 732,550 to ZAR 824,150.

Company context

Working remotely at Remote

Remote empowers companies of all sizes to pay and manage full-time and contract workers around the world.

Headquarters
United States
Team size
501-1000
Founded
2019
Application process

Review current openings on Remote's official careers page before applying.

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