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Senior Specialist, Global Benefits Risk & Compliance

Remote.com

Remote OK
EMEA
EMEA
US hours

Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This remote ok full time position at Remote.com is open across the EMEA region, which includes South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Remote</strong></h2>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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.<br><br><span class="discussion-id-2f7cb4da-dab4-8068-a80f-001c50b2d808 suggestion-update notion-enable-hover" data-token-index="0">With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.</span><br><br>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.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!</span></div></div><h2>The position</h2>
<p>This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>Benefits Compliance Specialist</strong>, joining our <strong>Benefits</strong> team.</p>
<p>As a Benefits Compliance Specialist, you will help establish Remote's benefits compliance function and ensure Remote’s benefits programs, operations, vendor processes, and product workflows remain compliant, scalable, and aligned with country-specific statutory and regulatory requirements. You will partner closely with Benefits Operations, Benefits Solutions, Legal, Payroll, Finance, Product, and external advisors to define standards, identify compliance risks, strengthen controls, and support reliable benefits delivery across Remote’s global footprint.</p>
<h2>What this job can offer you</h2>
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<li>A role at the intersection of benefits operations, regulatory compliance, payroll, product, - helping Remote deliver compliant, scalable benefits globally and increase the value of our benefits product for customers.</li>
<li>The ability to improve compliance controls and reduce operational risk across multiple countries and products.</li>
<li>Exposure to complex global benefits topics, including statutory benefits, pensions, health insurance, vendor governance, and multi-product benefits delivery.</li>
<li>The chance to contribute to scalable processes, automation, documentation, and reporting that improve compliance and increase the value of Remote’s benefits product for customers..</li>
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<h2>Key responsibilities</h2>
<ul>
<li>Monitor and interpret benefits compliance requirements across countries where Remote operates, including statutory benefits, mandatory insurance, and supplemental benefits.</li>
<li>Oversee compliance with statutory benefits filings, mandatory reporting, and regulatory obligations by partnering with stakeholders to ensure requirements are completed accurately and on time.</li>
<li>Conduct regular audits of benefits processes, data, vendor outputs, payroll inputs, deductions, contributions, and operational workflows to identify compliance gaps or risks.</li>
<li>Partner with Legal, Payroll, Finance, Benefits Operations, Benefits Solutions, Product, and external advisors to assess requirements and implement compliant processes.</li>
<li>Identify areas of non-compliance or operational risk, document root causes, recommend remediation plans, and drive issues through to resolution.</li>
<li>Design, implement, and maintain benefits compliance controls, SOPs, country guidance, escalation paths, and audit documentation.</li>
<li>Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into operational and product requirements, ensuring new benefits launches and process changes are compliant by design.</li>
<li>Track compliance incidents, remediation actions, and recurring risk themes; contribute to reporting and dashboards that improve visibility and accountability.</li>
<li>Support vendor governance by helping review benefits provider processes, outputs, documentation, and compliance obligations.</li>
<li>Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that reduce manual work, improve data quality, and strengthen compliance outcomes.</li>
<li>Stay up to date with global benefits legislation, regulatory updates, and best practices, and communicate relevant changes to stakeholders.</li>
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<h2>What you bring</h2>
<ul>
<li>Experience in benefits operations, benefits compliance, HR compliance, payroll compliance, legal operations, employment compliance, or a related field.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of benefits administration and statutory benefits requirements, ideal

Tips for South African Applicants

Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Remote.com

Remote.com is a company in the Accounting industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 36 open positions on Hirezar. View all Remote.com jobs →