Senior Payroll Implementation Specialist - Netherlands & Belgium

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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

Our Global Payroll team sits at the core of Remote's mission — ensuring that employees everywhere are paid accurately, compliantly, and on time. We operate across dozens of countries, managing the full spectrum of payroll complexity from onboarding through to live operations. As part of this team, you will work alongside implementation specialists, country leads, and payroll experts who bring best-in-class local knowledge to a globally distributed organisation. We move fast, solve hard problems, and take full ownership of our outcomes.

As a Senior Payroll Implementation Specialist for the Netherlands and Belgium, you will own the end-to-end onboarding of new clients, bringing deep country expertise to every implementation and ensuring that every go-live is a success. You will work directly with clients, internal stakeholders, and payroll software providers — with full visibility and accountability across the implementation lifecycle.

What you bring

• Several years of direct, hands-on payroll experience in the Netherlands, with solid legislative knowledge covering loonheffing, premies WW/ZW/WIA, Zorgverzekeringswet, and the 30% ruling
• Several years of direct, hands-on payroll experience in Belgium, including ONSS/RSZ, Dimona, DmfA quarterly cycles, and sector CLA structures
• Proven payroll implementation experience, including owning or significantly contributing to end-to-end projects from client kick-off through go-live
• Direct working experience with AFAS for Dutch payroll; experience with EasyPay for Belgian payroll is a strong advantage
• Strong communication skills for explaining payroll processes and compliance requirements to clients and stakeholders
• Structured mindset with strong problem-solving ability and attention to detail
• Experience with payroll reconciliations and parallel run validation
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, fully remote environment and default to action
• Constantly thinking of ways to improve and speed up your work
• You understand the need and value of working largely asynchronously
• Fluent written and spoken English; Dutch or French is a strong advantage
• Experience working remotely is not required but considered a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the true subject matter expert for the Netherlands and Belgium, covering both EOR and Global Payroll
• Attend sales calls as the Country Payroll SME when required
• Participate in sales handovers and client handover and kick-off calls
• Own the planning, execution, and monitoring of payroll implementation projects, ensuring timely and compliant delivery
• Own the full process from inception through parallel runs and the first month of live payroll before handing over to Payroll Operations
• Ensure that there is a complete record of all choices and configurations made throughout the implementation and that Payroll Operations have full visibility, including all SOPs required to fulfil business as usual
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and timelines
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all stakeholders throughout the implementation, including the customer, internal teams, and payroll software providers
• Input and validate data directly in payroll software — AFAS for the Netherlands and EasyPay for Belgium
• Develop and implement standardised payroll processes, project plans, and procedures to ensure consistency and efficiency across implementations
• Support and mentor Payroll Generalists working alongside you during implementations
• Maintain focus on KPIs and SLAs throughout the implementation lifecycle
• Work with internal teams to improve the Remote platform, completing UAT testing and ensuring all changes are documented

Practicals

• You'll report to: Manager, Payroll Operations
• Team: Global Payroll Operations
• Location: Anywhere in the world
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

1. (async) Profile review
2. Interview with recruiter
3. Interview with team member(s)
4. Interview with future manager
5. Bar Raiser Interview
6. (async) Offer
7. Prior employment verification check

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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

$41,600 - $93,600 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
• budget towards co-working spaces, learning and wellness (including gym memberships)
• mental health support services
• stock options
• home office budget & IT equipment

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.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

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.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.

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