Remote LATAM Payroll Specialist – Work From Anywhere — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
Fully async, work-from-anywhere: This role at Remote.com is one of the most nomad-friendly positions available. The company explicitly states "you can fulfill this role from any location" and operates on a fully asynchronous model — no fixed hours, no mandatory meeting windows, no timezone lock-in. You truly plan your day around your life.
Timezone flexibility: Because the payroll focus is on LATAM countries (Argentina, Mexico, Chile), you'll need occasional overlap with business hours in UTC-3 to UTC-6. This makes destinations in Europe (Lisbon, UTC+0/+1), Southeast Asia (Bangkok, UTC+7), or South America itself (Medellín, UTC-5) all viable — though European evenings may require some late-day availability for LATAM client queries.
Salary vs. cost of living: The range of $35,250–$79,300 USD/year goes a long way in nomad hubs:
- Lisbon, Portugal: Comfortable living at ~$2,000–$2,500/month — mid-range salary covers this well.
- Bangkok, Thailand: High quality of life at ~$1,200–$1,800/month — even the lower end of the salary is generous here.
- Medellín, Colombia: ~$1,000–$1,500/month — excellent purchasing power, and timezone aligns perfectly with LATAM clients.
Nomad-relevant perks include: home office/IT equipment budget, coworking space budget, and a learning budget. No travel stipend is mentioned, but the coworking allowance lets you hot-desk anywhere globally. The company employs people across 6 continents, so compliance paperwork via their own EOR platform should be smooth.
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 a 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 our 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
This is an exciting time to join our global Payroll Operations team — not only because we are growing, but because our teams build the future of Global Payroll by elevating the processes and ways of working in the industry.
What You Bring
- Solid knowledge of payroll best practices and local compliance requirements.
- Strong proficiency with Excel and Google Sheets.
- An analytical mindset with problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail.
- Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, with a passion for identifying improvement opportunities.
- A proactive attitude, always looking for ways to streamline and optimize workflows.
- 5+ years of experience working with payroll for Argentina, Mexico, and/or Chile.
- Experience with in-house payroll processing, Social Security filings, and vendor management is a strong plus.
- Customer-facing experience, solving problems and guiding clients and prospects through local payroll processes and questions.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
Key Responsibilities
- Process both Global Payroll (GP) and EOR payrolls, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant calculations, filings, and reports.
- Update and maintain accurate payroll records and employee data in the Remote platform and payroll software systems.
- Manage the Zendesk ticket queue, providing timely and professional responses.
- Act as the main point of contact for customers (GP) and internal/external stakeholders regarding payroll questions and processes.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with payroll vendors, ensuring quality, accuracy, and timely service delivery.
- Continuously improve payroll processes and keep up to date with internal payroll projects and updates.
- Ensure full data integrity across all payroll systems and processes.
Practicals
- You'll report to: Payroll Operations Manager Latam
- Team: Operations – Payroll
- Location: You can fulfill this role from any location
- Start date: As soon as possible
Application Process
- (Async) Profile review
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with Payroll Specialist Lead
- Interview with future manager
- Bar Raiser Interview
- (Async) Offer
- Prior employment verification check
Compensation
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.
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate is dependent upon factors such as location, transferable skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands.
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. 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 $35,250 – $79,300 USD.
Benefits
Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at 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)
- 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.
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 in 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 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. As an equal employment opportunity employer, it's important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.
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