Senior Specialist, Global Benefits Risk & Compliance

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!

The position

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Senior Benefits Compliance Specialist, joining our Benefits team.

As a Benefits Compliance Specialist, you will help establish Remote's benefits compliance function and ensure Remote’s benefits programs, operations, vendor processes, and product workflows remain compliant, scalable, and aligned with country-specific statutory and regulatory requirements. You will partner closely with Benefits Operations, Benefits Solutions, Legal, Payroll, Finance, Product, and external advisors to define standards, identify compliance risks, strengthen controls, and support reliable benefits delivery across Remote’s global footprint.

What this job can offer you

• A role at the intersection of benefits operations, regulatory compliance, payroll, product, - helping Remote deliver compliant, scalable benefits globally and increase the value of our benefits product for customers.
• The ability to improve compliance controls and reduce operational risk across multiple countries and products.
• Exposure to complex global benefits topics, including statutory benefits, pensions, health insurance, vendor governance, and multi-product benefits delivery.
• The chance to contribute to scalable processes, automation, documentation, and reporting that improve compliance and increase the value of Remote’s benefits product for customers..

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and interpret benefits compliance requirements across countries where Remote operates, including statutory benefits, mandatory insurance, and supplemental benefits.
• Oversee compliance with statutory benefits filings, mandatory reporting, and regulatory obligations by partnering with stakeholders to ensure requirements are completed accurately and on time.
• Conduct regular audits of benefits processes, data, vendor outputs, payroll inputs, deductions, contributions, and operational workflows to identify compliance gaps or risks.
• Partner with Legal, Payroll, Finance, Benefits Operations, Benefits Solutions, Product, and external advisors to assess requirements and implement compliant processes.
• Identify areas of non-compliance or operational risk, document root causes, recommend remediation plans, and drive issues through to resolution.
• Design, implement, and maintain benefits compliance controls, SOPs, country guidance, escalation paths, and audit documentation.
• Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into operational and product requirements, ensuring new benefits launches and process changes are compliant by design.
• Track compliance incidents, remediation actions, and recurring risk themes; contribute to reporting and dashboards that improve visibility and accountability.
• Support vendor governance by helping review benefits provider processes, outputs, documentation, and compliance obligations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that reduce manual work, improve data quality, and strengthen compliance outcomes.
• Stay up to date with global benefits legislation, regulatory updates, and best practices, and communicate relevant changes to stakeholders.

What you bring

• Experience in benefits operations, benefits compliance, HR compliance, payroll compliance, legal operations, employment compliance, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of benefits administration and statutory benefits requirements, ideally across multiple countries or regions.
• Experience designing compliance frameworks and leading audits, reconciliations, risk assessments, controls, or compliance documentation.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data, spreadsheets, reports, and operational evidence.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to identify process gaps, inconsistencies, and compliance risks.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to turn complex requirements into clear documentation and guidance.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across countries, stakeholders, and timelines.
• A proactive, ownership-oriented mindset with a bias toward scalable solutions and continuous improvement.

Practicals

• You’ll report to: Senior Manager, Benefits
• Team: Benefits
• Location: EMEA
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager
3. Executive Interview
4. Bar Raiser Interview
5. Offer
6. Prior employment verification check

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$46,150—$103,900 USD

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

1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
3. 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.