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Payroll Lead
2026-02-24T02:54:20+00:00
Remote
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Consulting
Human Resources,Accounting & Finance,Management
KES
MONTH
2026-03-03T17:00:00+00:00
TELECOMMUTE
8

Background information about the job or company

Remote opens the vast potential of the world for every person, business, and country, building a world where every person and business truly belongs. We empower companies of all sizes to pay and manage full-time and contract workers around the world. Remote makes it easy to manage international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance in 50...

Qualifications or requirements

  • 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

Responsibilities or duties

  • 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
  • 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
  • Payroll management
  • Knowledge of payroll best practices
  • Proficient in using software tools like SAP, Excel / Google Sheet
  • Analytical mindset
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Adaptability to a fast-paced, international work environment
  • Passion for making an impact
  • Productivity improvement
  • Asynchronous work understanding
  • Fluent English (written and spoken)
  • Automation capabilities
  • AI capabilities
  • BA/BSc/HND
  • 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
  • Experience working remotely (considered a plus)
  • Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities
bachelor degree
12
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Vacancy title:
Payroll Lead

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Consulting, Category: Human Resources,Accounting & Finance,Management]

Jobs at:
Remote

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, March 3 2026

Duty Station:
This Job is Remote

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 24 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Background information about the job or company

Remote opens the vast potential of the world for every person, business, and country, building a world where every person and business truly belongs. We empower companies of all sizes to pay and manage full-time and contract workers around the world. Remote makes it easy to manage international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance in 50...

Qualifications or requirements

  • 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

Responsibilities or duties

  • 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

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Accounting/ Finance jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Tuesday, March 3 2026
Duty Station: This Job is Remote
Posted: 24-02-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 24-02-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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