Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Benelux

Payroll Risk & Compliance Expert - Benelux

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. We're backed by A+ investors and our team is world-class, literally and figuratively, as we're all scattered around the world. We encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age and abilities to apply. You can also check out independent reviews by other candidates on Glassdoor. If this job description resonates with you, we want to hear from you!

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 Opportunity

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 Remotes compliance capabilities across teams, systems, and stakeholders.

What You'll Do

You'll deliver impact in the following areas :

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

What We Value (Who You Are)

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.

How You'll Grow Here

Influence Remote's global strategy for audits, frameworks, enablement, and policy alignment.

Lead regional or cross-regional initiatives that define how global payroll compliance scales.

Mentor and develop future leaders across the compliance team.

Shape thought leadership through publications, knowledge sharing, and conference visibility.

Drive innovation in frameworks, automation, and knowledge systems that make compliance a competitive advantage.

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remotes Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally. The base salary range for this full-time position is 90,400 - 101,700 EUR. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

Application Process

How to Apply

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.