Payroll Specialist Lead - Spain
remotecom • Remote-Iberia
No Relocation
Posted: February 13, 2026
Job Description
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
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: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify; Spain.
- Start date: As soon as possible
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Bar Raiser Interview
- Prior employment verification check
Additional Content
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
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: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify; Spain.
- Start date: As soon as possible
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Bar Raiser Interview
- Prior employment verification check