Global Payroll Analyst

✨ One platform, a whole world of opportunity 

Right now, the best jobs are limited to people in a handful of the world’s wealthiest cities, yet brilliant people are everywhere. Driven to overturn the status quo and distribute opportunities equally around the world, Oyster launched its global employment platform to help companies hire, pay, and care for talent anywhere. 

When it comes to global employment, we walk the walk. We’re proof that companies don’t need an office to create a highly-engaged culture. Since the company’s inception in January 2020, Oyster has:

🌏 Created a fully-distributed, vibrant team of 500+ employees across 60+ countries

👩‍💻Featured in Forbes having ranked #9 in Flexjobs Top 30 Companies for remote jobs  

🌈 Established a diverse leadership team and an employee base that’s 60% female

🏆 Achieved one of the highest employee engagement scores in its class

🦄 Raised $286 million to date, with a current valuation of $1.2 billion!

💚 B Corp status achieved in 2023

Our momentum speaks to the power of global employment—and we’re just getting started! If you want to change the world with Oyster and be empowered to work remotely while doing so, we’d love for you to apply! 

👩‍💻 The Role 

Location: While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster’s positions are fully remote, and you can work from home. Forever.To create the best experience for our new hire, this role requires you to be based within +1/ +3 UTC.

The Global Payroll Analyst is responsible for optimizing global payroll processes and analyzing global payroll data to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant global payroll operations. This role will join the Global Payroll Center of Excellence (CoE) team conducting payroll data analysis, ensuring regulatory compliance, identifying discrepancies, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.  The Global Payroll Analyst works closely with our external vendors, as well as with the Payroll Operations team, People and Finance team.  

Key Responsibilities 

• Global payroll data analysis: Collect, analyze, and interpret payroll data to ensure accuracy in processing and reporting, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
• Compliance: Ensure payroll processes adhere to country tax and compliance regulations
• Payroll Processing: Support the payroll team in processing payroll, validating payroll data, and identifying any discrepancies in employee records, benefits, and payments.
• Process Improvement: Analyze current payroll procedures and recommend process improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and compliance.
• Auditing and Reconciliation: Conduct regular payroll audits to verify the accuracy of payroll records, deductions, and payments and ensure reconciliation between payroll and general ledger accounts.
• Technology Utilization: Leverage payroll software and HR systems to improve workflow and reporting capabilities. Provide input on system upgrades and enhancements.
• Support: Assist customers and team members with payroll-related queries and resolve issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Collaboration: Work closely with external vendors,  Payroll Operations, and Finance teams to coordinate payroll activities and ensure the correct processing of taxes, benefits, and deductions.
• Stay Updated: Keep current with payroll regulations and industry best practices to ensure ongoing compliance and to implement necessary changes within payroll operations.

Core Requirements

• Experience: 4+ years of experience in payroll analysis or related payroll/finance roles.
• Technical Skills: Knowledge of payroll software, advanced Excel/Gsheet skills, experience with data transformation tooling
• Regulatory Knowledge: Strong understanding of payroll tax laws and other payroll-related compliance requirements.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze large datasets, identify trends, and provide actionable insights.
• Detail-oriented: High attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in payroll data, reports, and reconciliations.
• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Problem-Solving: Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on resolving payroll discrepancies and improving processes.

You’ll also need…

• A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
• Fluent English – required

🦪 How we work together at Oyster

Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we make, and the culture that makes us special. We elevate talent. 🙌  We build trust. 🤝 We thrive together. 🌍

Our mission is to create a more equal world—one global hire at a time. Everything we do ladders up to our mission—and that doesn’t just mean building software. We develop programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work. 

We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work—and we share how we work in the Oyster Public HQ —to help other global teams learn from our experiences.

💌  How YOU work

Different countries have different statutory benefits, different cultures have different norms, and different people have different needs! In order to best support and encourage our diverse team, we’ve created How YOU Work; a program of policies, practices, and perks to support your whole human experience as an employee at Oyster.

• Work from anywhere: Oyster is a borderless, HQ-less company. As long as your work gets done on time, your team has the support they need, and you’re authorized to work where you live, the world is truly your Oyster.
• Paid time off: We’re all about taking breaks—we all need it. Oyster provides employees with 40 days off each year, which includes public/bank holidays and vacation/holiday leave (unless your country mandates more).
• Mental health support: We consider your mental health a top priority. We offer access to Plumm, a mental well-being service, to support your mental health.
• Wellbeing allowance:  Each month, Oyster will top up your ThanksBen wallet with a wellbeing allowance. You can get pretty much anything that your heart desires! ThanksBen offers a wide array of options for spending your wellbeing allowance. Check out their benefits catalogue here for inspiration.
• Flexible parental leave: Families are created in lots of different ways. Our parental leave policy applies to all employees who are becoming parents, regardless of how they become a parent. Oysters are eligible for a minimum of three months of paid parental leave and your job will be held for 12 months (or longer if required by local jurisdiction).
• WFH stipend: Stipend to spend on your laptop and any other equipment you need for your home office; we’ll get you up and running in no time!

✨ The best jobs should be available to everyone 

At Oyster, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences and we’ve intentionally built our product and our company with an inclusive, global mindset. We know from experience that people from underrepresented groups often don’t apply for roles they don’t feel they meet all the criteria for. We’re committed to elevating talent by creating a trust-based environment where we can all thrive together. So if you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily check every single box, please consider applying. We’d love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team.

Oyster is committed to ensuring equal opportunity of employment for qualified persons with disabilities and actively fosters an inclusive work environment. If you require reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process, please email jobs@oysterhr.com with the subject line: Interview Accommodations.

Our available positions are published on our careers page and should you be invited to interview with us, our recruitment team will only ever contact you directly from an @oysterhr.com email address. We will never ask you to send us money as part of a job offer. If you receive a suspicious email relating to opportunities at Oyster from any other email domain where someone is claiming to be a part of our recruitment team, or are directed to anywhere other than www.oysterhr.com/careers to view our available jobs we encourage you to submit a report through our Compliance and Ethics Helpline.