Global Payroll Analyst - Part-Time, Remote

Overview

This role provides centralized review, reconciliation, and reporting across global payroll operations. The position is part-time and fully remote within the United States.

The organization has approximately 700 employees globally, with payroll administered locally across multiple countries through internal teams, payroll providers, PEO/EOR partners, and external accounting firms. This role does not process payroll; instead, it serves as an independent review and reporting layer across those payrolls.

Responsibilities

• Review payroll results and reconcile payroll activity to employee and compensation changes.
• Investigate unusual variances and identify errors and potential overpayments.
• Work with HR, Finance, local teams, and payroll providers to resolve discrepancies.
• Consolidate and maintain global payroll reporting for HR and Finance, providing visibility into payroll costs across countries, entities, and providers.
• Create and maintain a disciplined global payroll review process to:
  • Catch errors
  • Explain payroll movement
  • Improve controls
  • Provide accurate and timely payroll information to leadership
• Maintain and improve standardized monthly review and reconciliation processes across global payrolls.
• Document exceptions, quantify their financial impact, coordinate corrections or recoveries, and identify recurring issues requiring stronger controls.
• Provide clear, timely explanations of payroll variances and employment-related costs to support financial reporting and decision-making.

Requirements

• 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 and employer taxes and contributions, including 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

• Compensation: $30–$40 per hour (based on skills and experience).

Location and Schedule

• Location: Remote within the United States.
• Employment Type: Part-time.
• Expected Hours: Approximately 40 hours per month.
• Schedule: Highly flexible, with availability required around established payroll and month-end reporting deadlines.