Global Payroll Specialist

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · Stockholm, Sweden · Corporate

This role is for a Global Payroll Specialist at Legora, an AI-native legal tech company. The specialist will coordinate monthly payroll cycles across multiple countries, act as a contact for external payroll providers, ensure accuracy and timeliness, perform validations and reconciliations, ensure compliance with regulations and internal processes, support audits, help build and improve payroll processes for international expansion, create scalable workflows, manage payroll data from HiBob, and partner with HR, Finance, and vendors. The role emphasizes process improvement and scaling rather than direct payroll processing.

What you'd actually do

  1. Coordinate monthly payroll cycles across multiple countries
  2. Act as a key contact for external payroll providers
  3. Make sure payroll is delivered accurately and on time
  4. Carry out validations, reconciliations, and checks before payroll is finalized
  5. Help ensure payroll follows local regulations and internal processes

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of payroll experience
  • Strong understanding of payroll controls and processes
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills
  • Comfortable working with HRIS and payroll systems

Nice to have

  • curious
  • eager to keep learning
  • excited by the opportunity to grow in a global payroll role
  • brings structure
  • ownership
  • willingness to figure things out in a fast-moving environment

What the JD emphasized

  • help build and improve payroll processes as we grow into new countries
  • Create clear workflows and documentation so our ways of working can scale