Global Payroll Specialist
Legora is hiring a Global Payroll Specialist for a remote role open to applicants in United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on Legora.
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- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
- This is listed as a remote role.
- The posting mentions global payroll, payroll reconciliation and audit among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
- Legora has 310 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Coordinate international payroll cycles, external providers, and process improvements for a growing legal tech company.
About Us
Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.
Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.
2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $200M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler.
We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.
Joining Legora means three things.
We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.
We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.
We grow together: as a team and with our customers.
Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.
If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.
The role
We’re hiring a Global Payroll Specialist to help build and scale payroll as Legora continues to grow internationally. Working closely with our Global Payroll Manager, you’ll help ensure payroll runs smoothly across multiple countries while also shaping the processes, controls, and ways of working that will support our continued expansion.
This is not a role where you’ll spend most of your time processing payroll yourself. Instead, you’ll coordinate with external payroll providers, review and quality-check their work, and help improve how we work as we enter new markets. As the function develops, there will also be room to shape parts of the role based on your strengths and interests.
What You Will Be Doing
Coordinate monthly payroll cycles across multiple countries
Act as a key contact for external payroll providers
Make sure payroll is delivered accurately and on time
Carry out validations, reconciliations, and checks before payroll is finalized
Help ensure payroll follows local regulations and internal processes
Support audits by keeping documentation clear and up to date
Help build and improve payroll processes as we grow into new countries
Create clear workflows and documentation so our ways of working can scale
Work with payroll data from HiBob and ensure inputs are accurate and complete
Partner closely with HR, Finance, and external vendors
Step in as backup to the Global Payroll Manager when needed
Who You Are
What matters most is your mindset: you are curious, eager to keep learning, and excited by the opportunity to grow in a global payroll role. We are looking for someone who brings structure, ownership, and a willingness to figure things out in a fast-moving environment.
You also bring:
5+ years of payroll experience
Strong understanding of payroll controls and processes
Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills
Comfortable working with HRIS and payroll systems
Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
How we rate this
Global Payroll Specialist at Legora rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
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- Tell me about a project where global payroll was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where payroll reconciliation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where audit was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where compliance was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where process improvement was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Global Payroll, Payroll Reconciliation, Audit, Compliance, and Process Improvement. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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