Regional Lead, Payroll Product Compliance Apac

**Who we are is what we do.**

Deel and our family of growing companies are made up of global teams dedicated to helping businesses hire anyone, anywhere, easily.

The team comprises over three thousand self-driven individuals spanning over 100 countries, and our unified yet diverse culture keeps us continually learning and innovating the platform and products for customers.

Companies should be able to hire the best talent anywhere in the world, so we are building the best platform to make that a reality. Our market-leading technology, expertise, and global team are crucial to the platform’s success. We deliver the best products and features in our space, enabling millions of jobs worldwide and connecting the global workforce with the best companies and opportunities.

**Why should you be part of our success story?**

We offer global teams all the tools they need to hire, onboard, manage, pay, and scale at full speed. We aim to foster a diverse global economy by building a generational platform that seamlessly connects companies with talent worldwide.

After our successful Series D in 2021, we raised another $50M in 2023, doubling our valuation to $12B. There’s never been a more exciting time to join Deel — the international payroll and compliance market leader.

**What You Will Do**
- Oversee payroll and tax compliance with APAC regulations, ensuring all processes align with legal requirements.
- Build a small team of experts to ensure coverage across critical APAC jurisdictions, aligned with our product strategy
- Support the Product Management team by providing insights and guidance on legal and compliance issues during payroll engine development.
- Keep abreast of legislative changes in payroll and tax laws within the APAC region, and advise on necessary updates to the payroll systems.
- Act as a liaison between engineering, product, design and compliance teams, facilitating effective integration of tax and compliance requirements.
- Identify potential compliance risks in payroll processes and suggest preventive or corrective actions.
- Review and approve payroll system process architectures and designs to ensure they meet compliance standards.
- Communicate with internal stakeholders and external partners, such as legal advisors, to gather and disseminate relevant compliance information.
- Educate product and development teams on specific compliance requirements and best practices in the APAC payroll context.
- Maintain detailed records of compliance checks, decisions, and advice provided, ensuring transparency and accountability.
- Regularly review and recommend improvements to payroll systems and processes to enhance compliance, efficiency, and user experience.

**What We’re Looking For**
- 10+ years of Product Compliance experience supporting the design, build and implementation of a multi-region Payroll Solution
- Minimum 3 years experience working in a high-growth scale up environment, a high level of resilience and comfort with a significant level of ambiguity
- Independent and autonomous leader
- Understanding of Agile Principles and an interactive product development process
- Understanding of both UX and UI
- Strong financial acumen, having built B2B financial products at scale
- Experience building managing a team of payroll experts distributed across a wide range of complex topics in different regions
- Location: APAC timezone

**Total Rewards**

Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all.

**Some things you’ll enjoy**
- Provided computer equipment tailored to your role
- Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location
- Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country
- The flexibility of remote work, including WeWork access where available
- Deel is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects different abilities, backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, identities and perspectives._