Global Compliance Lead, Singapore

Job Description

About RipplingRippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365all within 90 seconds.Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B from the worlds top investorsincluding Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrockand was named one of Americas best startup employers by Forbes.We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.About the RoleRippling is rapidly expanding its global HR and payroll software product and services to serve the needs of employees and employers all over the world. Were looking for an experienced Product Compliance leader to join Ripplings Global Product Compliance team.The Global Compliance leader will own all payroll and tax compliance requirements for a specific country and partner closely with the R&D team to translate compliance requirements into software. Country-level Compliance leaders should have comprehensive first-hand knowledge across pay rules, tax calculation structure, local tax filing requirements, time off / leave requirements, as well as exposure to best-in-class payroll software products. You will work hand-in-hand with Ripplings Product team, reporting into that organization directly, to review existing product behavior and proactively define requirements for upcoming changes.This is an exciting role that requires significant cross-departmental engagement across Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, Sales, and CX, along with engagement with third-party advisors and regulatory bodies. It is a leadership role that will have a significant impact on the product and customer experience.What You Will Do

• Establish global compliance as a function within a market.
• Serve as the DRI for end-to-end compliance for your specific countrys payroll product.
• Define the compliance requirement for how things need to work in order to be a compliant end-to-end payroll software. Leverage deep personal expertise and external resources and partners to arrive at the right answer for Rippling and our customers.
• Work collaboratively with Product and Engineering to translate compliance requirements into technical software requirements. Execute all steps from research, prioritization, spec development, testing, and ongoing audit.

What You Will NeedFirst and foremost, the Global Compliance Leader needs to bring deep expertise to accelerate the velocity and accuracy of our software development of payroll software. Specifically, there are several expertise areas that are relevant in this role. We understand Compliance leaders will necessarily draw from both their own expertise as well as that of third-party partners in order to advise R&D teams on the following:

• Tax calculation across earnings and employment types. You are responsible for defining how to calculate and apply taxation rules across basic wages, allowances, and variable earnings, as well as how they should be itemized on a payslip.
• Time / off leave requirements and implications on payroll. You are responsible for defining how to calculate and compliantly pay out each major leave type (holiday, military, overtime, maternity, paternity, sick, etc.), with the goal to minimize risk of any under/overpayments.
• Knowledge of critical payroll deduction types, including employee income tax and provident fund contributions. You are responsible for defining how each deduction type works, including but not limited to how they (employee and employer contributions) are calculated, how they are collected from customers, how they are reported and paid, whether they are pre/post tax, whether they are one-time or recurring, and how they are reported on a payslip.
• Requirements of a payroll software provider. You are responsible for staying up to date on the latest legislative requirements to operate as a compliant payroll software provider in the country. These requirements may range from nothing to annual software certifications / testing.
• Knowledge of key regulatory timelines and proactive monitoring of changes in compliance requirements. You are responsible for proactively monitoring, documenting, prioritizing, and implementing changes to compliance requirements (e.g., contribution rates, thresholds, tax types, policies).
• Relationships with and experience working with quality third party advisors. This may include affiliation and knowledge of regional payroll associations that can provide helpful insight into payroll requirements. You are responsible for executing both in-house research and leveraging experienced third parties to define the compliant answer for Rippling.

In addition to the technical expertise in the above areas, the Global Compliance Leader must have the following cross-functional and organizational experiences:

• Experience working closely with Product Managers and Engineers.
• Strong project management and organizational skills: high attention to detail with excellent work product, time management, and project execution.
• Proven track record of success managing multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Stellar communication and presentation skills; the ability to simplify complex concepts for any audience.
• 5 years of experience in a Compliance function; 10 years of experience in Payroll.

Preferred, but not required:

• Hands-on experience using at least one payroll system. You understand the practicalities of running payroll for a large organization.
• Preferred, but not required: CPA or country-equivalent credential.

LocationsRemote (Singapore)

Keyskills :
payroll compliance expertise tax calculation knowledgeproject management skillscross functional collaboration regulatory monitoring hr payroll software leave workforce communicationpayroll system time management presentation skillswages glob