Payroll Specialist Lead - Hungary
The Payroll Specialist Lead position at Remote offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the global employment sector by joining the Global Payroll Operations Team. Remote is dedicated to simplifying international employment processes, enabling businesses to recruit, pay, and manage teams worldwide. The company values innovation and operates with a future-focused work culture, encouraging team members to bring their unique talents and experiences to build a leading HR platform.
In this role, the Payroll Specialist Lead will act as a subject matter expert for Hungary, managing relationships with key stakeholders across Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, and Engineering teams. Responsibilities include processing end-to-end payroll in-house, ensuring compliance with statutory filing requirements, handling exceptions, approvals, and payments, and maintaining data integrity and quality. Additional duties encompass accounting reconciliations, focusing on key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements (SLAs), implementing and improving processes, mentoring payroll specialists, and providing backup support to regional managers during absences.
Candidates should possess payroll management or equivalent experience, a solid understanding of payroll best practices, and proficiency in software tools such as SAP and Excel or Google Sheets. An analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities is essential, along with the capacity to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment. A proactive attitude towards improving and accelerating work processes is highly valued. Fluency in English is required, and while prior remote work experience is not mandatory, it is considered advantageous. Demonstrated capabilities in automation and artificial intelligence are also desirable.
The annual salary for this full-time position ranges from 11,000,000 Ft to 12,700,000 Ft HUF. Remote offers a comprehensive benefits package, including the flexibility to work from anywhere, flexible paid time off, flexible working hours, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, mental health support services, stock options, a learning budget, a home office budget with IT equipment, and a budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces.
Remote fosters a culture of asynchronous work, allowing team members to plan their schedules around their personal lives rather than meetings. The company empowers employees to take ownership and be proactive, encouraging a balance between work and personal life. This environment is ideal for individuals who are energetic, curious, motivated, and ambitious, offering the opportunity to define the future of work.