Global Payroll & Reward Specialist

The role

You will take end to end operational ownership of the global payroll ecosystem, compensation architecture, and total rewards frameworks. This includes managing multi-country payroll delivery, leading compensation review cycles, and overseeing global benefits management.

What you will do

• Manage the full monthly payroll cycle across South East Asia, Africa and Europe.
• Take responsibility for calculation integrity and gross-to-net reconciliations.
• Partner with Finance to distribute global salary payments and prepare payment schedules.
• Guarantee compliance with statutory reporting, deductions, and withholdings globally.
• Maintain operational governance over third-party and platform partners.
• Maintain Standard Operating Procedures and runbooks for audit readiness.
• Serve as the main point of contact for payroll queries.
• Lead data modeling and operational rollout of global compensation reviews.
• Maintain salary bands, leveling frameworks, and compa-ratio dashboards.
• Manage and calculate company incentive schemes, discretionary bonuses, and operational standby policies.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of specialised Payroll, Compensation and Reward experience managing complex, multi-country payroll and reward operations for a distributed workforce of 400+ employees.
• Demonstrated hands-on operational knowledge of statutory payroll, tax compliance, and benefit regulations in South Africa and the United Kingdom.
• Direct exposure to Southeast Asian markets (Malaysia and/or Indonesia) and global Employer of Record (EOR) models.
• 3+ years of project management experience leading system implementations, process overhauls, or annual compensation and audit initiatives.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills (Google Sheets / Microsoft Excel), including complex nested formulas, pivot tables, gross-to-net reconciliations, and multi-currency modeling.
• Tertiary qualification in Finance, Accountancy, Commerce, Human Resources, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Industry certifications (e.g., CIPP, GRP, CCP, or regional payroll accreditations)

Benefits

• Option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
• Private medical insurance
• Retirement fund benefit
• Access to Learnably and additional learning platforms
• 6 months primary care-giver leave
• Paw-ternity leave
• Annual Inspiration Day in addition to annual leave
• Regular social events and virtual classes
• Free lunch and snacks
• 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start

About the company

Luno is a crypto investment app that enables users to buy, store and explore crypto securely. The company works in multiple markets around the world and works closely with regulators to ensure compliance.