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. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.

Please take a look at remote.com/handbook to learn more about our culture and what it is like to work here. Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age and abilities to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. You can check out independent reviews by other candidates on Glassdoor or look up the results of our candidate surveys to see how others feel about working and interviewing here.

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

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