Global Payroll & Reward Specialist
Luno helps users buy, store, and trade cryptocurrencies through a regulated platform designed for beginners and experienced traders.
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About Luno
Luno helps cryptocurrency investors access digital assets through a secure, regulated platform operating in multiple countries. With it, users can buy and sell cryptocurrencies, store assets in secure wallets, and access professional trading tools. Luno was acquired by Digital Currency Group in 2020.
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About the Role
You will take end to end ownership of global payroll, compensation architecture and total rewards. You will run the monthly multi-country payroll cycle, reconcile gross-to-net calculations, ensure statutory compliance, partner with Finance on payments, govern vendors, and keep SOPs audit-ready. You will also lead compensation reviews, manage variable pay, deliver workforce spend analytics, benchmark benefits and oversee global benefits administration.
Requirements
- 7+ years of Payroll, Compensation and Reward experience in multi-country operations for 400+ employees
- Hands-on knowledge of payroll, tax and benefit regulations in South Africa and the UK, with exposure to Malaysia and/or Indonesia and EOR models
- 3+ years of project management experience
- High accuracy and reconciliation skills
- Advanced spreadsheet skills (Google Sheets / Excel) including pivot tables and multi-currency modeling
- Excellent communication skills
- Tertiary qualification in Finance, Accountancy, Commerce, HR or equivalent experience
- Industry certifications (CIPP, GRP, CCP) a plus
Responsibilities
- Manage the full monthly payroll cycle across South East Asia, Africa and Europe
- Own calculation integrity and gross-to-net reconciliations before sign-off
- Partner with Finance to distribute global salary payments and prepare payment schedules, journal files and invoice packages
- Ensure statutory compliance and filings in South Africa, the UK, Malaysia and Indonesia
- Govern third-party vendors, enforce SLAs and lead annual service reviews
- Maintain SOPs and runbooks and explore automation and AI to optimise processes and integrations
- Resolve global payroll queries
- Lead the global compensation review cycle and build merit matrices
- Maintain salary bands, leveling frameworks and compa-ratio dashboards
- Manage incentive schemes, bonuses and standby policies
- Deliver workforce spend analytics reports
- Benchmark regional benefit packages and drive reward harmonisation
- Oversee benefits provider administration, enrollments and premium reconciliations
- Own reward principles and pay transparency compliance
Benefits
- Remote but reachable policy: choose between working from home or the office
- Option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
- Private medical insurance
- Retirement fund benefit
- Access to Learnably and learning platforms
- 6 months primary care-giver leave
- Paw-ternity leave
- Annual Inspiration Day and leave increasing with length of service
- Regular social events and virtual classes
- Free lunch and snacks
- 0 fees up to a certain amount on Luno Instant Buy