Payroll Implementation Country Lead - Italy

What this job can offer you

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Global Payroll Country (or Regional) Lead, joining our Implementation team.

What you bring

We’re looking for a GP Lead to own and deliver Italy payroll implementations for Remote customers—taking complex, real-world setups and turning them into clean data, robust configurations, and reliable go-lives. This is not a traditional “run payroll end-to-end” role. Your impact is in making sure customers start on the right foundation: the right structure, the right rules, the right migrations, and the right expectations. You’ll lead onboarding projects, run deep due diligence (beyond checklists), and work cross-functionally with Operations, Product, and Engineering to continuously improve how implementations are delivered at scale.

• Lead end-to-end Italy payroll implementations: discovery → requirements → configuration → data migration → testing → go-live.
• Conduct structured due diligence on customer payroll setups and constraints (CCNL rules, allowances, accruals, TFR, funds, social security/tax impacts, etc.).
• Proven, hands-on experience implementing Zucchetti Paghe Infinity (mandatory): configuration, data imports/migrations, setup validation, go-live support.
• 2+ years of Italy payroll experience, ideally in a consultancy/payroll bureau, outsourcer, or in-house payroll function with exposure to implementations/subsidiary transitions.
• Strong understanding of payroll foundations that affect implementation success (e.g., progressivi, CU logic, Uniemens structure, year-to-date handling, etc.)—even if you’re not running monthly payroll as your primary job.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, priorities, and timelines in a remote environment.
• Clear, structured communication: you can translate complexity into actionable steps for customers and internal teams.
• Experience with mid-year transitions, parallel payroll, and complex onboarding scenarios.
• Strong working knowledge of high-volume CCNLs (e.g., Commerce, Metalmeccanico).
• Experience in tech or high-growth environments; comfort collaborating with Product/Engineering.
• Professional English proficiency (written and spoken).
• Extensive payroll experience in a client payroll environment.
• Expert legislative knowledge in the relevant Country.
• Payroll implementation experience.
• Strong communication skills for explaining payroll processes.