Strada Pay - Payroll Country Owner
Are you a payroll expert who thrives on solving challenges, driving compliance, and shaping world-class solutions?
Do you enjoy making a real impact through innovation and operational excellence? If so, this role is for you.
The Strada Payroll Country Owner is a critical subject matter expert and strategic leader responsible for ensuring our Strada Pay solution is compliant, efficient, and meets all regulatory standards for a specific country or group of countries. You will act as a central point of expertise for all things payroll in your region, working closely with Product Development to shape the future of our platform.
Key Responsibilities
• Serve as the go-to payroll expert for your assigned country, with deep knowledge of local legislation, tax laws, and compliance standards.
• Monitor and assess upcoming regulatory changes by working closely with the Compliance Alerts team, industry associations (e.g., Global Payroll Association), and government updates.
• Partner with the Product Development team to inform and influence the product roadmap and ensure the country-specific functionality is up to date.
• Maintain and update country workbooks with new legislative requirements and compliance changes.
• Analyze existing payroll procedures and recommend improvements to eliminate inefficiencies and minimize manual processes.
• Drive the evolution of Strada Pay by enhancing product functionality, cost-effectiveness, and user experience tailored to local market needs.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives within your country for Strada Pay methodology, delivery approach, templates, and standards.
• Provide subject matter expertise and strategic input to Strada Pay project teams during client deployments, ensuring smooth transitions into operational use.
• Act as a gatekeeper for client customization requests—balancing innovation with standardization and compliance.
• Support pre-sales activities by showcasing Strada Pay capabilities to prospective clients, sharing insights, lessons learned, and best practices.
• Collaborate with peers across the Country Champion network to share knowledge and drive alignment globally.
General requirement
• 5+ years of experience in Payroll or HR Outsourcing
• Deep knowledge of payroll processes, regulations, and compliance requirements within your assigned country or region.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex topics into clear, actionable insights.
• Highly detail-oriented and process-driven with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong sense of accountability, ownership, and service orientation.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and adaptable to a fast-paced, global working environment.
• Able to work proactively, independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Strada business units.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in Payroll or HR Outsourcing
- Deep knowledge of payroll processes, regulations, and compliance requirements within the assigned country or region
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to translate complex topics into clear insights
- Highly detail-oriented and process-driven with a continuous improvement mindset
- Strong sense of accountability, ownership, and service orientation
- Self-motivated, proactive, and adaptable to a fast-paced, global working environment
- Able to work proactively, independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
Strada Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Strada and has not been reviewed or approved by Strada.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Flexible/remote work is consistently highlighted as a key positive that supports work-life balance. Feedback suggests flexible working options are embedded in culture and careers messaging.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO policy is described as good, with time off standing out as a strong aspect of the package. Feedback suggests a broad range of offerings complements time away from work.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match is available, with some noting solid retirement plan options. Feedback suggests the match structure provides meaningful baseline support when employees contribute.
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What We Do
We believe that the most advanced companies are driven by people. Bringing people together and forging deep partnerships is what ultimately enables businesses to thrive. Our team of over 8,000 experts bring decades of expert knowledge and experience to help businesses across the globe. We design and deliver at scale, providing leading edge solutions and technologies to over 1,400 customers across 33 countries, supporting our clients every step of the way.
