Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Benelux

Remote • Waterville, WA

120d • $90,400 - $101,700

About The Position

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. As a GP Compliance Expert, you are a regional or domain-level authority in payroll and employment compliance. You’ll lead complex audits, shape scalable governance frameworks, and coach Specialists/Leads to elevate performance across multiple countries or high-impact regions. Your expertise will drive strategic outcomes, align global policies, and scale Remote’s compliance capabilities across teams, systems, and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in payroll, employment, and tax compliance across multiple countries or markets.
• Proven track record of leading complex audits, regulatory reviews, or cross-border compliance programs.
• Trusted escalation point and subject matter expert in high-risk or strategic matters.
• Strategic communicator who influences stakeholders across all levels — including product, legal, and senior leadership.
• Confident mentor and coach with experience developing team capability through structured learning and feedback.
• A systems thinker — able to scale solutions, frameworks, and documentation with clarity and impact.
• Adept at navigating ambiguity and fast-changing environments with adaptability and integrity.
• Comfortable leading initiatives across async, multicultural, and remote-first teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex audits across multiple countries or domains with 100% on time delivery.
• Support compliance investigations, partnering with key stakeholders and embedding learnings/new processes to resolve as quickly as possible.
• Design and implement scalable best practices or frameworks to elevate compliance maturity.
• Lead strategic initiatives globally, partnering with teams such as product, engineering & customer success to embed compliance into everything we do.
• Ensure alignment with key compliance policies across countries/markets.
• Resolve high-priority risks/issues and proactively embed those learnings.
• Maintain core compliance documentation.
• Deliver mentorship or coaching as a compliance expert; improving team growth year over year.
• Achieve ≥90% positive feedback from cross-functional stakeholders on compliance partnership.
• Tailor messaging and materials to audience needs; support quarterly coaching/upskilling documentation.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees