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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hybrid
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.
1,000+ customers across 50+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $100M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI and Graceview.
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.
We're hiring an APAC Payroll Specialist to help build and scale payroll as Legora continues to grow across the region. Working closely with our Global Payroll Manager, you'll help ensure payroll runs smoothly across multiple APAC countries in an outsourced setup, 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.
Act as point of contact for external payroll providers, coordinating monthly payroll cycles and deadlines
Ensure accurate and timely payroll delivery across all countries
Act as backup to Global Payroll Manager in times of absence
Perform payroll validations and reconciliations, and review payroll reports to identify discrepancies
Ensure compliance with local regulations and internal policies
Support audits and maintain clear, up-to-date documentation
Help build, standardize, and improve payroll processes, including developing clear workflows and driving automation and efficiency initiatives
Manage payroll inputs from our HR system (HiBob) and ensure data quality and completeness
Collaborate with HR and Finance on reporting, reconciliations, and payroll-related queries, and communicate with vendors to avoid and resolve issues
To thrive in this role, we see that you are structured and process-driven, take strong ownership and accountability, and bring a problem-solving mindset to a fast-moving environment. You also communicate well in an international setting, working comfortably across cultures and time zones.
You also bring:
Experience in multi-country payroll, preferably in an outsourced environment
Strong understanding of payroll controls and processes
Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills
Comfortable working with HRIS and payroll systems
Nice to have:
Experience with payroll vendors (e.g. BDO, Deel, Remote)
Experience building payroll processes from scratch
Exposure to audits and compliance frameworks
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.
