[Hiring] Payroll Data Administrator @Remote - Referral Board

Role Description

This is an opportunity to build foundational payroll expertise in a fast-scaling, global environment. As a Payroll Operations Coordinator - Americas, you’ll support the accurate and compliant execution of payroll across multiple regions in the Americas ensuring employee data is clean, complete, and ready for processing according to established guidelines.

This role is critical to payroll quality. You will operate at the intersection of data integrity, compliance, and execution — supporting payroll teams to run smoothly and on time.

Qualifications

• Entry-level career experience in a payroll administration or HR operations role
• High attention to detail — you catch inconsistencies others miss
• Strong data handling skills; comfortable working in spreadsheets (Excel / Google Sheets)
• An analytical mindset with the ability to investigate and resolve data discrepancies
• Ability to follow structured processes while identifying opportunities to improve them
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-functional, and globally distributed environment
• Clear and concise communication skills in English
• Strong sense of ownership — you take responsibility for data accuracy and task completion

Requirements

• Exposure to payroll concepts, employee data management, or compliance requirements
• Experience working with HRIS, payroll systems, or ticketing tools
• Experience working remotely and across both the North American and Latin American markets

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and validate employee payroll data within internal systems, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and audit readiness against defined procedures
• Perform structured data checks and reconciliations to identify and resolve discrepancies ahead of payroll processing
• Partner closely with Payroll Specialists and Managers to support payroll cycle readiness across Americas countries
• Execute recurring operational tasks tied to payroll inputs (e.g. data updates, reporting support, expense management, mail management, and document validation)
• Support internal stakeholders (e.g. Benefits, Finance, Onboarding) to ensure data flows correctly into payroll
• Track and manage tasks through internal workflows and ticketing systems, ensuring SLAs are met
• Contribute to documentation and standard operating procedures to improve consistency and scalability
• Identify inefficiencies and propose improvements to streamline payroll operations and reduce manual effort

Practicals

• You'll report to: Manager, Payroll Operations
• Team: Payroll Operations - Americas
• Location: LATAM
• Start date: As soon as possible

Benefits

• Work from anywhere
• Flexible paid time off
• Flexible working hours (we are async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Mental health support services
• Stock options
• Learning budget
• Home office budget & IT equipment
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

How to apply

Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardized language we use here at Remote.

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.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at the 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 choose to.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.