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Payroll Automation & Data Specialist

Remote-US

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.

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 Automation & Data Specialist, joining our Payroll team, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver outstanding payroll services to our employees and customers.

What you bring

  • Expert in Process Analysis & Automation Design: Capable of analyzing complex business processes and datasets to identify inefficiencies and design robust, scalable automation solutions.
  • Proficiency in SQL & Data Transformation: Fluency in writing, optimizing, and debugging complex SQL queries. Knowledge of dbt for building reliable data transformation pipeline is considered as a plus
  • Familiarity with Scripting Languages Knwoledge in Python ,JavaScript , AppScript or any other scripting tool for automating tasks / manipulating data is considered as a plus
  • Advanced Spreadsheet Capabilities: Comprehensive command of Excel and Google Sheets, including the ability to generate advanced formulas, macros, and scripts for complex calculations and data analysis.
  • Data Visualization & BI Knowledge: Familiarity of how business intelligence tools like Looker, Sigma, and Quicksight are used to connect to data sources and build insightful visualizations and dashboards.
  • Communication & Documentation: Ability to generate clear, concise, and technically accurate documentation, including Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), to articulate project goals and outcomes.
  • It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus.

Key Responsibilities

  • Analyze business processes and performance metrics to identify automation opportunities.
  • Develop, test, and deploy automation solutions for payroll processes.
  • Create Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) to define automation projects.
  • Build and maintain data pipelines and backend services to generate actionable business insights and support data automations projects.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Payroll teams to implement improvements and solve complex problems.
  • Conduct post-implementation reviews to ensure projects deliver against KPIs.
  • Manage project delivery by coordinating with stakeholders on timelines, tasks, and implementation.
  • Identify and propose change management or training needs for new automations.
  • Continuously learn and share new skills and technologies to drive innovation.
 
 

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 prioritize applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify; EMEA or US
  • Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

Roughly 2 hours across 4 weeks

  1. Async Take Home Test
  2. Interview with Recruiter 
  3. Interview with team members 
  4. Interview with hiring manager and Payroll Automation & Data Specialist
  5. Bar Raiser Interview
  6. Prior employment verification check 

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:
  • work from anywhere
  • flexible paid time off
  • flexible working hours (we are async)
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • mental health support services
  • stock options
  • learning budget
  • home office budget & IT equipment
  • budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

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.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

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. 

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  • Remote Europe Holding, B.V., a company registered in the Netherlands under number 7403597, at Kraijenhoffstraat 137A, 1018RG Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and
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