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# Senior Payroll Implementation Specialist - NL & Belgium at Remote - Referral Board

- **Company:** Remote - Referral Board
- **Location:** Western Europe
- **Compensation:** $42k–$94k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/remotereferralboardinternaluseonly/jobs/7805964003

## Job description

## About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

What this job can offer you

Our Global Payroll team sits at the core of Remote's mission — ensuring that employees everywhere are paid accurately, compliantly, and on time. We operate across dozens of countries, managing the full spectrum of payroll complexity from onboarding through to live operations. As part of this team, you will work alongside implementation specialists, country leads, and payroll experts who bring best-in-class local knowledge to a globally distributed organisation. We move fast, solve hard problems, and take full ownership of our outcomes.

As a Senior Payroll Implementation Specialist for the Netherlands and Belgium, you will own the end-to-end onboarding of new clients, bringing deep country expertise to every implementation and ensuring that every go-live is a success. You will work directly with clients, internal stakeholders, and payroll software providers — with full visibility and accountability across the implementation lifecycle.

## What you bring

- Several years of direct, hands-on payroll experience in the Netherlands, with solid legislative knowledge covering loonheffing, premies WW/ZW/WIA, Zorgverzekeringswet, and the 30% ruling
- Several years of direct, hands-on payroll experience in Belgium, including ONSS/RSZ, Dimona, DmfA quarterly cycles, and sector CLA structures
- Proven payroll implementation experience, including owning or significantly contributing to end-to-end projects from client kick-off through go-live
- Direct working experience with AFAS for Dutch payroll; experience with EasyPay for Belgian payroll is a strong advantage
- Strong communication skills for explaining payroll processes and compliance requirements to clients and stakeholders
- Structured mindset with strong problem-solving ability and attention to detail
- Experience with payroll reconciliations and parallel run validation
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, fully remote environment and default to action
- Constantly thinking of ways to improve and speed up your work
- You understand the need and value of working largely asynchronously
- Fluent written and spoken English; Dutch or French is a strong advantage
- Experience working remotely is not required but considered a plus

## Key Responsibilities

- Act as the true subject matter expert for the Netherlands and Belgium, covering both EOR and Global Payroll
- Attend sales calls as the Country Payroll SME when required
- Participate in sales handovers and client handover and kick-off calls
- Own the planning, execution, and monitoring of payroll implementation projects, ensuring timely and compliant delivery
- Own the full process from inception through parallel runs and the first month of live payroll before handing over to Payroll Operations
- Ensure that there is a complete record of all choices and configurations made throughout the implementation and that Payroll Operations have full visibility, including all SOPs required to fulfil business as usual
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans and timelines
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all stakeholders throughout the implementation, including the customer, internal teams, and payroll software providers
- Input and validate data directly in payroll software — AFAS for the Netherlands and EasyPay for Belgium
- Develop and implement standardised payroll processes, project plans, and procedures to ensure consistency and efficiency across implementations
- Support and mentor Payroll Generalists working alongside you during implementations
- Maintain focus on KPIs and SLAs throughout the implementation lifecycle
- Work with internal teams to improve the Remote platform, completing UAT testing and ensuring all changes are documented

Practicals

- You'll report to: Manager, Payroll Operations
- Team: Global Payroll Operations
- Location: Anywhere in the world
- Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

- (async) Profile review
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with team member(s)
- Interview with future manager
- Bar Raiser Interview
- (async) Offer
- [Prior employment verification check](https://www.notion.so/Veremark-Remote-96e108c037b8423cbd4c3f07a1f9b38b)

## #LI-DNP

Remote's [Total Rewards philosophy](https://www.notion.so/remotecom/people-Total-Rewards-1945bce8d3924ece9421ba8630f57b0c) is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce.  We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is $41,600—$93,600 USD

## Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at [remote.com/r/benefits](http://remote.com/r/benefits). As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

- work from anywhere
- flexible paid time off
- flexible working hours (we are [async](https://remote.com/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 you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at [remote.com/async](https://remote.com/async).

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

- Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
- We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised 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 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 chose to.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.

## About Remote - Referral Board

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Remote provides an all-in-one global HR platform that enables companies to hire, manage, and pay employees anywhere in the world, compliantly.
- **Entity Type**: Private (late-stage growth, Series C)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (fully remote company)
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Job van der Voort (CEO/Co-founder) and Marcelo Lebre (President/Co-founder)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Global HR / Employer of Record (EOR) / Payroll and Benefits
- Target customers: B2B – companies of all sizes (startups to enterprises) looking to hire internationally
- Mission/purpose: *“Talent is everywhere, opportunity should be too – eliminate barriers to international hiring so great companies can work with great people, no matter where those people are.”*

## Products & Services
- **[Global HR Platform / EOR]**: End-to-end service for employing, onboarding, paying, and managing international teams. Handles compliance, payroll, benefits, and local entity setup.
- **[Remote Payroll]**: Multi-country payroll management integrated with the platform.
- **[Remote Benefits]**: Country-specific benefits administration (health insurance, pension, etc.).
- **[Remote Mobility]**: Support for employee relocation and immigration.
- **[Remote Financial Services]**: Related financial products (likely payment and cross-border finance).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (last reported Series C at over $3 billion in 2022 – unconfirmed in search results)
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly disclosed (revenue and total funding not provided in search results)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not specified in searched sources (known investors include Index Ventures, Accel, Sequoia, etc. – not cited here)
- **Growth Signals**: Over 90 nationalities represented, 6 continents covered, 50+ languages spoken. The referral board lists 88 open positions across departments including Engineering, Sales, Customer Experience, and Operations, indicating active scaling.

## Competitive Advantages
- **True global remote-first culture**: Fully asynchronous, no physical office – gives a structural cost and talent advantage.
- **Compliance as a moat**: Deep expertise in local employment laws across dozens of countries, making switching providers painful for customers.
- **All-in-one platform**: Combines EOR, payroll, benefits, mobility, and financial services, reducing the need for multiple vendors.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand global entity coverage and maintain compliance as regulations change.
- Continue to hire top talent across all departments to accelerate product development and customer success.
- Scale the platform to serve both SMBs and large enterprises.

## Why Work Here
- **Work environment**: 100% remote-first and fully asynchronous – employees work from anywhere, choose their own hours, and plan work around life.
- **Culture**: High-performance culture built on values of Care, Innovation, Intensity, Transparency, and Excellence.
- **Perks & benefits**: Company stock options, flexible paid time off, paid parental leave, home office setup budget, co-working allowance, mental health support, learning budget, branded swag, and country-specific benefits.
- **Team**: “Ambitious, motivated, high-performing contributors” from over 90 nationalities; emphasis on ownership and collaboration across time zones.

## Sources
1. [remote.com/careers](https://remote.com/careers)
2. [remote.com/about](https://remote.com/about)
3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/remotereferralboardinternaluseonly](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/remotereferralboardinternaluseonly)
4. [remote.com/openings](https://remote.com/openings/7658499003)

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