Payroll Compliance

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Payroll Compliance & Governance Specialist

About the Role

As the Strada Pay Compliance Specialist, you will be a key figure in ensuring our Strada Pay solution remains legally compliant and operationally effective across all countries of deployment. In this critical coordinating role, you'll serve as the central compliance lead, working closely with Payroll Country Champions, third-party vendors, and internal teams to drive legislative adherence, mitigate risks, and ensure that every regulatory requirement is planned for, implemented, and validated.

You'll bring structure and governance to a dynamic environment, managing complex compliance roadmaps and documentation standards while empowering a global network of payroll champions.

Key Responsibilities

• Compliance Leadership & Coordination - Act as the central orchestrator of payroll legal compliance across regions—tracking, planning, and overseeing the implementation of all legislative changes into the Strada Pay system.
• Governance & Risk Mitigation - Provide governance to Payroll Country Champions and ensure robust, standardized processes are followed to minimize risk and uphold the integrity of our global payroll operations.
• Third-Party Collaboration - Work closely with local payroll vendors and service providers to ensure all country-specific legal requirements are incorporated and maintained in the system.
• Change Management & Resource Planning - Manage legislative change pipelines, aligning resources and timelines to deliver, test, and deploy updates seamlessly.
• Process Ownership & Documentation - Maintain and continuously improve compliance documentation, process workflows, and audit trails—ensuring that every aspect of our compliance framework is current, accessible, and actionable.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication
• Communicate to stakeholders on delivered and upcoming changes to the country solution, cascading the information to relevant teams across Strada.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of experience in payroll operations, compliance, or project management in a multi-country or global environment
• Bachelor's Degree
• Highly organized, with proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects
• Excellent documentation and process improvement skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Self-motivated and collaborative, with a continuous improvement mindset

At Strada, our values guide everything we do:

• Anticipate Customer Needs – We stay ahead of trends so our customers can grow and succeed.
• Own the Outcome – We take responsibility for delivering excellence and ensuring things get done right.
• Challenge Ourselves to Work Smarter – We move faster than the world around us to drive change and accomplish more.
• Empower Each Other to Solve Problems – We tackle challenges head on, ask tough questions, and collaborate to find the best solutions.
• Care About Our Work – We understand that what we do impacts millions, and we have a responsibility to get it right.

Benefits

At Strada, we support your whole self—offering a range of benefits for your health, wellbeing, finances, and future. These include health coverage, wellbeing programs, paid leave (vacation, sick, parental), retirement plans, learning opportunities, and more.

All offers are contingent on successful completion of background checks, where permitted by law and as appropriate for the role. These may include identity, education, employment, and in some cases, criminal history verification, checks against global watchlists, credit reports, and/or drug testing. You'll be informed of the specific checks applicable to your role and location during the recruitment process.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Strada is dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that embracing differences strengthens our teams and drives innovation and success.

Diversity Policy Statement

Strada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination based on legally protected characteristics. We actively support the advancement of underrepresented groups and provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities and religious practices. Applicants may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting their recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

To be considered, you must have current and future work authorization in the country where you're applying, without the need for visa sponsorship by Strada.

Please note: This job description does not limit Strada's right to assign or reassign responsibilities, including to subsidiaries, partners, or future business purchasers.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Strada business units.

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