Global Payroll Analyst - Part-Time, Remote

Overview

This part-time, highly flexible remote role provides a centralized review, reconciliation, and reporting layer across global payroll operations. The position does not process payroll. Instead, you will independently review payroll results, reconcile activity to employee and compensation changes, investigate unusual variances, and report insights to HR and Finance.

This role is designed to help the organization confidently answer monthly questions:

• Did we pay people correctly?
• Did we pay the correct employment-related costs?
• Can we explain what changed?

Responsibilities

• Review payroll results and reconcile payroll activity to employee and compensation changes.
• Investigate unusual variances and identify errors and potential overpayments, including:
  • incorrect or duplicate payments
  • payments after termination
  • compensation discrepancies
  • employer tax or contribution issues
  • workers' compensation classifications
  • payroll provider or PEO/EOR billing discrepancies
• Work with HR, Finance, local teams, and payroll providers to resolve discrepancies.
• Own consolidated global payroll reporting and provide HR and Finance a reliable view of payroll costs across countries, entities, and providers.
• Establish and maintain a disciplined global payroll review process, including:
  • documenting exceptions
  • quantifying financial impact
  • coordinating corrections or recoveries
  • identifying recurring issues requiring stronger controls
• Improve the consistency and reliability of global payroll reporting across multiple systems, providers, countries, and entities.
• Provide clear, timely explanations of payroll variances and employment-related costs to support financial reporting and decision-making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in payroll, payroll accounting, payroll audit, payroll reconciliation, or a closely related field.
• Strong experience reviewing payroll registers, reconciling payroll activity, and identifying discrepancies.
• Solid understanding of gross-to-net payroll, employer taxes and contributions, deductions, bonuses, commissions, and other payroll-related employer costs.
• Advanced Excel and/or Google Sheets skills, including pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze payroll data, recognize unusual activity, investigate discrepancies, and follow issues through resolution.
• Ability to reconcile payroll changes to hires, terminations, compensation changes, bonuses, commissions, and other employee activity.
• Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to organize and consolidate data received from multiple systems, providers, and formats.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience reviewing payroll across multiple countries, legal entities, or payroll providers.
• Experience with global payroll reporting and reconciliation.
• Experience working with Professional Employer Organization (PEO) and/or Employer of Record (EOR) arrangements.
• Experience reviewing payroll provider invoices, employer taxes, statutory contributions, and other employment-related costs.
• Familiarity with payroll accounting, accruals, and month-end close processes.
• Experience reviewing bonuses, commissions, or other variable compensation.
• Experience identifying payroll overpayments, duplicate payments, provider billing discrepancies, tax or contribution errors, or other payroll-related exceptions.
• Experience developing or improving payroll controls, reconciliation processes, or reporting.
• Experience working in a high-growth, international, or decentralized organization.

Compensation & Benefits

• $30–$40 per hour, based on skills and experience.
• Part-time position requiring approximately 40 hours per month.

Location

• Remote within the United States.
• Highly flexible schedule, with availability required around established payroll and month-end reporting deadlines.

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.