Payroll Specialist – France

Remote helps organizations overcome one of the biggest challenges of building international teams: employing people globally while staying compliant with local regulations.

The company provides businesses of all sizes with tools to hire, pay, and manage employees across different countries.

Remote operates as a globally distributed organization, with team members working across six continents and all positions designed to be fully remote.

Innovation is central to how the company operates, with automation and AI increasingly incorporated into roles and everyday workflows.

The company values the different experiences, skills, and cultures its employees bring to the organization while working toward building a leading global HR platform.

If you are ambitious, curious, proactive, and interested in helping shape the future of international employment, this opportunity may be a strong fit.

About the Role

Remote is looking for a Payroll Specialist Lead to join its Global Payroll Operations Team.

In this position, you will play an important role in managing payroll operations for assigned markets while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency. You will also collaborate with teams across Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, and Engineering while supporting and mentoring other payroll specialists.

Key Responsibilities

As a Payroll Specialist Lead, you will:

• Serve as a subject-matter expert for payroll operations within the assigned country or market.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with key stakeholders across Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, and Engineering.
• Manage the complete payroll process, including statutory filings, exceptions, approvals, payments, and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain high standards of payroll data accuracy, integrity, and quality.
• Prepare and manage payroll journals and reconciliations.
• Monitor and work toward established KPIs and SLAs.
• Identify opportunities to improve and streamline payroll processes.
• Mentor and provide support to payroll specialists.
• Provide operational coverage for regional managers when required

Benefits & Perks

Benefits may vary depending on the employee’s country, but Remote provides a range of benefits to its globally distributed workforce, including:

• Work-from-anywhere flexibility.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Flexible working hours.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Support for coworking spaces, professional learning, and wellness expenses.
• Mental health support services.
• Stock options.
• Home-office allowance and IT equipment.

Flexible, Asynchronous Working

Remote operates with an asynchronous working model, giving employees greater flexibility to organize their schedules around their personal lives rather than spending their days centered around meetings.

Employees are encouraged to take ownership of their responsibilities, work proactively, and make decisions independently when appropriate. The company emphasizes maintaining a healthy life-work balance and providing employees with the flexibility to organize work around their individual and family needs.

If you’re ready to contribute to a global payroll operation while working from anywhere, consider submitting your application.