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Payroll Risk & Compliance Principal - Nordics

9 hours, 49 minutes ago
Norway
Full-time
Lead
Compliance Manager
Finance and Accounting
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Professional Services
251-1K
Founded 2019
$496M raised
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Description

  • Own payroll compliance across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, including statutory accountability for Norwegian payroll assignments.
  • Embed Nordic legislation into product logic, systems, and governance frameworks.
  • Translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into scalable operational and technical design.
  • Lead audits, investigations, and regulatory readiness across the region.
  • Work with Product, Engineering, Design, Legal, and Operations to build compliance into the payroll platform from the start.
  • Influence how compliance is operationalised across the Nordics and beyond.
  • Shape product logic and automation frameworks that can scale globally.
  • Build thought leadership through documentation, industry engagement, and conference participation.
  • Develop future compliance leaders through structured coaching programs.
  • Drive innovation in automation, rule-building, and AI-assisted compliance tooling.

Requirements

  • Active Autorisert Regnskapsfører licence is mandatory.
  • Active Norwegian State Authorised Accountant certification issued by Finanstilsynet is required.
  • Deep Norwegian payroll expertise with hands-on experience in A-melding reporting, NAV processes, pension administration, Altinn.no workflows, and GRFS standards.
  • Understanding of how legislative requirements translate into payroll calculations and quality control.
  • Working knowledge of payroll and employment compliance in Sweden, Denmark, and/or Finland.
  • Ability to convert statutory rules into structured, build-ready product requirements.
  • Understanding of payroll logic, tax calculations, thresholds, and edge cases from a systems perspective.
  • Experience leading audits, regulatory reviews, or country-level compliance programs.
  • Ability to communicate complex regulatory requirements clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership.
  • Comfort working in an async, fast-changing, fully distributed environment.
  • Strong automation and AI capabilities.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with pay equity and fair, location-based salary practices.
  • Stock options.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • Flexible working hours in an async work environment.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Mental health support services.
  • Learning budget.
  • Home office budget and IT equipment.
  • Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces.
  • Fully remote work from anywhere.

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