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Payroll Specialist Lead - Japan (Individual Contributor)

Remote · Vietnam Full-time

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. With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role. 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 Specialist Lead joining our Global Payroll Operations Team. What you bring

  • Payroll management or equivalent experience
  • Knowledge of payroll best practices.
  • Proficient in using software tools like SAP, Excel / Google Sheet.
  • 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
  • Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency.

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
  • Accounting/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

Application process

  • Interview with recruiter
  • Interview with future manager
  • Interview with team members (no managers present)
  • Bar Raiser Interview
  • 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

  • Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
  • We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
  • 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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