Payroll Specialist Lead – Slovenia

Remote from: EMEA
Salary, yearly, EUR: 39,900 - 40,400
Department: Finance & Accounting
Employment type: Full Time,
Job posted: 30 Jun 2026
Apply before: 30 Jul 2026
Experience level: Senior
Views / Applies: 22 / 7

About company

About Remote

Helping companies hire and pay global teams effortlessly.

Human Resources
2019

Actively Hiring

AI Summary

Remote is seeking a Payroll Specialist Lead to join their Global Payroll Operations Team. This fully remote role involves end-to-end payroll processing, managing stakeholder relationships, ensuring data integrity, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate has deep payroll expertise, an analytical mindset, and thrives in a fast-paced, async environment. This position offers the opportunity to shape global employment solutions.

Role DNA

Job Complexity

Easy Hard

Pace & Pressure

Relaxed Fast-paced

Autonomy Level

Guided Full Ownership

Communication Load

Independent Highly Collaborative

AI Insight The role requires expert payroll knowledge and leadership, but benefits from a supportive global team, making it moderately challenging.

Salary Analysis

AI Insight The offered salary of around €40,150 median is competitive within the European market for a Payroll Specialist Lead, though it may be slightly lower than in Western European hubs.

Core Skills Required

Payroll Processing Compliance Data Integrity Mentoring Process Improvement KPIs Excel Google Suite Async Communication Global Payroll

Cover Letter Sample

Dear Hiring Team,

I am excited to apply for the Payroll Specialist Lead position at Remote. With extensive experience in end-to-end payroll processing and a passion for improving efficiency, I am confident in my ability to lead and mentor a team while ensuring compliance and data integrity. I thrive in fast-paced, asynchronous environments and am eager to contribute to Remote's global operations.

My strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel and Google Suite allow me to optimize payroll workflows and meet KPIs consistently. I look forward to the opportunity to bring my expertise to your team.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

Sample Interview Questions

How do you ensure data integrity in payroll?

I implement regular audits, reconciliations, and automated validation checks to catch errors early.

Describe a time you improved a payroll process.

I streamlined data entry using macros in Excel, reducing manual errors by 20% and saving 5 hours per month.

How do you handle tight deadlines during month-end?

I prioritize tasks based on urgency, communicate clearly with stakeholders, and maintain contingency plans for unexpected issues.

How do you mentor team members effectively?

I provide constructive feedback, create detailed documentation, and offer one-on-one coaching sessions to address skill gaps.

How do you stay updated with changing payroll regulations?

I subscribe to legal updates, attend webinars, and participate in professional networks to ensure compliance across jurisdictions.

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

End-to-end payroll processing in-house or within a payroll service provider
Knowledge of payroll best practices.
Proficient in using software tools like Excel / Google Suite.
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

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
- Payroll journals/reconciliations
- Focus on KPIs and SLAs
- Implement and improve processes
- Mentor and support payroll specialists
- Back up regional managers during times of absence
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.

Practicals

You’ll report to: Manager, Global Payroll Operations.
Team: Payroll
Location: Anywhere in the World
Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

(async) Profile review
Interview with recruiter
Interview with future manager(s)
Bar Raiser Interview
(async) Offer
Prior employment verification check

#LI-DNP

Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity 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.
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.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is

€39.900—€40.400 EUR

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.

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.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.

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