# Global Payroll Operations Specialist

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Role:** Product Operations
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Global Payroll, South Africa Payroll, Payroll Software, Payroll Regulations, Tax Compliance, Social Security, Leave Entitlements, Labor Legislation, Excel, Google Sheets, Microsoft Office, Salesforce, Jira, Confluence
**Posted:** 2026-08-21

> Own payroll operations, filings, payments, and issue resolution for South Africa and other selected countries while partnering with product and engineering teams on compliant payroll software. Requires 4+ years of global payroll experience, strong South Africa expertise, and client-facing experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Execute timely payroll, filings, and payments for customers across key countries.
- Resolve issues and communicate with government agencies and external partners.
- Interface directly with customers and resolve payroll issues on their behalf.
- Partner with Global Payroll Engineering and Product teams to ensure payroll software supports payroll and tax compliance requirements.
- Help address product bugs and issues, including calculation and file-generation errors.
- Prioritize and implement internal tooling requirements.

## Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in global payroll processing.
- 2+ years of experience in a client-facing role.
- Strong South Africa payroll experience.
- Experience running payroll in-house with common payroll software.
- Experience processing payroll in accordance with social security, legislation, and local tax requirements.
- Google Suite or Microsoft Office experience, especially Docs, Sheets, and Excel.
- Ability to review and validate calculations.
- Understanding of payroll concepts and regulations.
- Deep understanding of leave entitlements.
- Knowledge of labor legislation.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to work under strict deadlines.
- Fluent in English.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience running payroll in other EMEA countries.
- Familiarity with Salesforce queues, JIRA, and Confluence.

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