Payroll Data Administrator - Americas at Remote — Remote Worldwide

Payroll Data Administrator - Americas at Remote — Remote Worldwide | RemoteJobs

What this job can offer you

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.

What you bring

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.

What’s nice to have:

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

Application process

Interview with recruiter

Interview with future manager

Interview with team member

Bar Raiser Interview

Prior employment verification check

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy 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.