Payroll Specialist, EMEA

About Remote People
At Remote People, we're building the infrastructure to power borderless teams. By handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance, our technology enables businesses to hire anyone anywhere compliantly at the push of a button.
If you're interested in adding to our vision of enabling people to work in dream jobs, for every company, and from anywhere in the world, apply now!
We're committed to building a global, diverse team representing different and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability. Being part of Remote People means being part of a growing, international family.
Position overview:
We’re looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to join our global payroll team and support the accurate and timely delivery of payroll across multiple countries.
This is a hands-on operational role focused on payroll processing, validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution. You’ll work closely with internal teams and payroll partners to review payroll results, investigate discrepancies, and ensure accurate outputs for our clients and employees.
You don’t need to be an expert in every country we support. We’re looking for someone with strong payroll fundamentals, experience managing payroll for at least one country, and the ability to quickly understand new payroll requirements and processes.
Key Responsibilities:
Support end-to-end payroll processing and validation for multiple countries.
Collect, review, and validate payroll inputs and outputs.
Perform payroll reconciliations and identify discrepancies between expected and final results.
Investigate payroll differences and work with internal teams or payroll partners to understand and resolve them.
Support payroll changes including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, deductions, and leave.
Review payroll calculations and supporting information for accuracy.
Communicate with internal payroll teams and external partners to resolve payroll questions.
Maintain accurate payroll records, documentation, and trackers.
Work with payroll technology and automated validation tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.
Learn and support additional countries as our global payroll operations continue to evolve.
Qualifications:
Previous hands-on payroll experience, ideally including in-house payroll processing.
Experience managing payroll for at least one country independently.
Strong understanding of payroll inputs, calculations, validations, reconciliations, and outputs.
Ability to investigate discrepancies and understand why payroll results have changed.
Strong attention to detail and confidence working with payroll data and numbers.
Comfortable using payroll systems, Excel/Google Sheets, and automated tools.
Strong English communication skills and the ability to work effectively with internal teams and payroll partners.
Comfortable learning new systems and adapting to evolving payroll processes.
Nice to have:
Payroll experience in one or more of the following countries: France, Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, or Spain.
Experience with Romania or Austria payroll.
Experience managing payroll across multiple countries.
Exposure to additional European or African payroll jurisdictions.
Experience with payroll platforms or systems such as ADP or similar tools.
Experience using automated payroll validation, reconciliation, or AI-enabled tools.
What it's like working at Remote People
Our service & product. We're a technology company, not an accountancy, payroll provider, recruitment firm or similar. We build a workforce management platform that allows our customers to hire the best talent in minutes, without worrying about compliance, payroll, or HR admin.
Our amazing team and environment. Working at Remote People means you're working on something very exciting: Allowing every person on the planet to have access to equal opportunities in living a fulfilled work and personal life. We believe in hiring from within and going the extra mile to retain top talent. As the company continues to grow extremely fast, you will be given the opportunity to develop and grow alongside.
Our benefits and perks. Being part of Remote People means that you get the benefit of:
A competitive salary
An asynchronous working environment
A "Remote-First" company environment (or Hybrid) - based on the nature of the job
The ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
Growth opportunities within the company
We provide all new joiners with the necessary hardware to ensure you have the tools you need to succeed from day one
How to apply
Please fill out the form and upload your CV in a PDF format.
If you don’t have an up-to-date CV but you are still keen to reaching out, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
Need help? Get in touch with us at: join@remotepeople.com