Remote
Senior Specialist, International Operations - US & PEO Compliance
Job Summary
The role involves overseeing regulatory and compliance operations related to U.S. state licensing, business registrations, and legal entity management. Collaboration with legal, tax, payroll, benefits, and operational teams is essential to ensure adherence to local regulations and streamline compliance processes. The candidate should have experience in compliance, legal or regulatory roles, especially within PEO or payroll companies, with a strong understanding of U.S. state regulations and licensing requirements. The position supports the expansion of the company's US services, manages risk and documentation, and leads projects to optimize compliance workflows in a remote, fast-paced environment.
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Job Description
About Remote
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.
Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance (learn more about how it works). We're backed by A+ investors and our team is world-class, literally and figuratively, as we're all scattered around the world. Please check out our public handbook to learn more about our culture. We encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age and abilities to apply. If this job description resonates with you, we want to hear from you!
How we work
We love working async and this means you get to do your own schedule. We empower ownership and proactivity and when in doubt default to action.
About the role
Remote is looking for a International Operations Senior Specialist - US and PEO Compliance to support the setup and launch of our expanded US services, while also overseeing local operations, compliance, and entity management. You’ll work closely with an International Operations Manager to build a new service line from the ground up—an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our US offerings from day one.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, early-stage environment and enjoys translating complex regulatory frameworks into scalable, streamlined processes.
Our mission is to make it simple for businesses to manage their people and operations across borders. As part of that mission, this role plays a key part in enabling US-based companies to grow compliantly with confidence.
You’ll join a purpose-driven team with a global mindset, where autonomy, impact, and growth go hand-in-hand.
Key Responsibilities
- Licensing, Compliance & Entity Maintenance
- Oversee ongoing regulatory and compliance operations across U.S. states, including business registrations, corporate filings, and reporting obligations.
- Ensure alignment with state-specific labor and employment regulations, coordinating updates with legal, payroll, and operational teams.
- Manage the lifecycle of legal entities, supporting governance tasks, renewals, and administrative maintenance in partnership with internal stakeholders and external advisors.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Legal, Tax, Payroll, Benefits, and Ops teams to ensure compliance across all jurisdictions.
- Partner with local legal advisors and external providers to implement legal documents and ensure regulatory readiness.
- Compliance Documentation, Reporting & Risk Management
- Maintain centralized records of compliance activities, filings, and regulatory correspondence.
- Create internal documentation, checklists, and guides to support consistency and knowledge sharing.
- Identify and address compliance risks, lead audit responses, and provide regular status updates to stakeholders.
- Process Optimization & Tooling
- Optimize workflows for compliance tracking, documentation management, and project execution.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of internal tools, automation, and operational infrastructure to support scalable compliance.
- Project Ownership & Strategic Execution
- Lead projects related to regulatory setup and operational expansion across U.S. states and global jurisdictions.
- Manage competing priorities across projects with autonomy, ensuring alignment with business goals, timelines, and risks.
Requirements
- Experience & Background
- Experience in compliance, legal, or regulatory roles—ideally within a Payroll or PEO company—managing U.S. state-level licensing, registrations, and ongoing compliance obligations.
- Experience supporting entity setup and maintenance, including licensing, corporate governance, and operational continuity across multiple jurisdictions.
- Regulatory Knowledge
- Strong understanding of U.S. state regulations, particularly in compliance, regulatory reporting requirements, and entity management.
- Direct experience with PEO-specific compliance, including navigating licensing rules, filing deadlines, and multi-state obligations.
- Proven track record managing audits or regulatory inquiries, ensuring accurate, timely responses to state agencies.
- Skills & Execution
- High attention to detail, particularly with legal documentation, license applications, and compliance records.
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills, able to manage high volumes of tasks, filings, and strict deadlines.
- Risk-aware and solutions-oriented, able to identify compliance gaps and implement preventive strategies.
- Collaboration & Communication
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, working effectively with legal, payroll, tax, benefits, and operations teams.
- Clear, proactive communicator, capable of distilling complex regulatory issues to internal and external stakeholders.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
- Tools & Remote Readiness
- Proficient in collaboration tools, such as Notion, Slack, and workflow platforms like Kissflow.
- Comfortable in async, remote-first environments, with experience working autonomously in fast-paced, high-growth teams.
Remote Compensation Philosophy
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.
The base salary range for this full-time position is $77,000 USD - $108,000 USD. 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.
Application process
- Interview with Recruiter
- Assessment
- Interview with Hiring manager
- Interview with Team member
- Interview with Executive
- Bar Raiser interview
- Prior employment verification check
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Benefits
- 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 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.
Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.
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.
At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here.
Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.
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