Payroll Systems Analyst (Fintech)

Location: Remote from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Uganda, Kenya, or Ghana, with reliable internet access and availability between UTC -8 and +4.

Salary: $88,100–$125,900 annual gross, depending on level and location.

Company

hirify.global builds affordable financial services and payment products to help make Africa the first cashless continent.

What you will do

• Map and strengthen payroll processes across markets, including calendars, cut-offs, approvals, handoffs, controls, RACIs and issue-resolution workflows.
• Design and deliver an internal payroll-to-finance reconciliation tool covering payroll providers, HRIS, general ledger data, gross-to-net amounts, employer costs, accruals, FX, entities and cost centers.
• Automate payroll data ingestion and create exception reporting, dashboards and variance analysis for Payroll, HR, Finance and business stakeholders.
• Support HRIS-to-payroll data flows, payroll provider changes, integrations, consolidations and new-market launches.
• Coordinate testing of legislative and system updates, including tax tables, social contributions and minimum wage changes.
• Own payroll data quality audits, privacy and access controls for sensitive pay and banking data, including GDPR compliance.

Requirements

• Fluent English and French.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in HRIS, payroll operations, payroll systems or payroll accounting, ideally in a multi-country or multi-entity organization.
• Understanding of end-to-end payroll processes, including inputs, calendars, cut-offs, gross-to-net calculations, statutory deductions and payments.
• Hands-on experience reconciling payroll to the general ledger, including employer costs, accruals, and cost center and entity mapping.
• Experience with third-party or in-country payroll providers and data flows between HRIS, payroll and finance systems.
• Experience documenting, standardizing and improving processes, including controls, checklists, sign-off flows and RACIs.
• Advanced knowledge of data management, analysis and reporting; experience with BI systems such as Sigma, Power BI or Looker.
• Experience building tools or automations with scripts, Apps Script or low-code platforms such as Workato or Zapier, or a strong interest in learning to do so.
• Effective written and verbal communication with Payroll, HR and Finance stakeholders, including explaining technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills.

Nice to have

• Payroll experience in francophone West Africa, including CNPS, IPRES/CSS or ITS/IRPP, or experience with OHADA accounting.
• Experience with Workday or another enterprise HRIS.
• Payroll certification such as CPP, FPC or CIPP.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work is available from the listed countries within the UTC -8 to +4 working range.
• Subsidized health insurance for employees and dependents, with retirement contributions varying by country.
• Six months of fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance.
• Flexible vacation, with most employees taking 30–40 days per year.
• $10,000 annual charitable donation matching.
• Autonomy to own projects from problem definition through production monitoring in a rapidly growing, mission-driven fintech environment.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume in English and a cover letter describing interest in hirify.global and the role.
• Applications are reviewed frequently.