Job Overview
Location
Northeast Asia
Job Type
Full-time
Category
HR & Recruiting
Date Posted
April 14, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • As a Payroll Specialist Lead in Japan, you will serve as a subject matter expert for payroll operations in the region, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely processing of payroll for Remote’s global workforce while driving process improvements and mentoring team members.
- • Day to day, you will manage end-to-end payroll processing including statutory filings, approvals, payments, and reconciliations; maintain data integrity; support payroll specialists; back up regional managers; and collaborate with Finance, Product, and Engineering teams to improve systems and workflows.
- • You will join Remote’s Global Payroll Operations Team, part of a fully remote, mission-driven company solving global employment compliance through innovation, automation, and AI, with team members across six continents and a culture rooted in asynchronous work and employee empowerment.
- • In this role, you will deepen your expertise in international payroll compliance, lead process optimization initiatives, develop mentoring and leadership skills, and contribute to scaling payroll operations in a high-growth, globally distributed organization.
🎯 Requirements
- • Payroll management or equivalent experience
- • Knowledge of payroll best practices
- • Proficient in using software tools like SAP, Excel / Google Sheet
- • Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities
- • Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment
- • Fluent English (written and spoken)
🏖️ Benefits
- • Work from anywhere (fully remote)
- • Flexible paid time off
- • Flexible working hours (async-first culture)
- • 16 weeks paid parental leave
- • Mental health support services
- • Stock options
- • Learning budget
- • Home office budget and IT equipment
- • Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
Skills & Technologies
About Remote Referral Board Inc.
Remote Referral Board operates a SaaS platform that enables companies to launch employee referral programs for remote and distributed teams. Recruiters create job postings and invite employees to submit referrals; the system tracks candidate progress, automates reward workflows and provides analytics on source-to-hire performance. The software integrates with ATS, Slack and Microsoft Teams, supports custom branding and offers tiered pricing for startups to enterprises. Founded in 2020, the company was built to help remote-first organizations scale hiring through trusted employee networks while reducing agency spend and time-to-fill.
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