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Senior Product Compliance Expert – Payroll

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full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Berlin • Germany

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Contribute to planning and executing compliance initiatives within payroll and other product areas.
  • Translate regulatory requirements into clear, actionable inputs for product teams.
  • Support the delivery of high-quality solutions on well-defined roadmaps.
  • Monitor upcoming regulatory changes relevant to payroll and wage tax and assess their impact within your scope.
  • Provide structured requirements and recommendations to support product decisions.
  • Identify compliance risks or gaps and escalate appropriately, proposing mitigations.
  • Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and designers to ensure compliance considerations are addressed early in the development process.
  • Clarify compliance requirements and facilitate cross-team discussions as needed.
  • Contribute to and maintain a collaborative, efficient working environment.
  • Provide guidance to team members and customer-facing teams on compliance topics within your area of expertise.
  • Contribute to internal training and documentation to build broader team understanding of compliance processes.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline compliance-related workflows.
  • Participate in workshops or reviews aimed at improving product and compliance processes.
  • Use data and documentation to support compliance assessments.
  • Support mitigation planning for identified compliance risks within defined areas.

Requirements

  • Strong knowledge of German wage tax and payroll compliance, typically demonstrated by 4–6 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience supporting product development with compliance insights in a complex or regulatory-focused environment.
  • Comfortable working with product and engineering teams to translate regulatory requirements into product requirements.
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication skills in German and English.
Benefits
  • Receive a competitive compensation package — reviewed annually — including salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity.
  • 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years.
  • Make an impact with 1 fully paid Impact Day dedicated to environmental or social initiatives.
  • Generous family leave, child care support, and mental health support (including 24 sessions per year with Oli for the employee and 10 sessions for a significant other), plus sabbatical opportunities.
  • Regular team meals, cultural initiatives, and events such as local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations, along with healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch.
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Hard Skills & Tools
German wage tax compliancepayroll complianceregulatory requirements translationcompliance risk assessmentdata analysisdocumentationcompliance workflow streamlining
Soft Skills
analytical skillsattention to detailcommunication skillscollaborationguidancefacilitation