APAC Payroll Specialist

About Us

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 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.

The role

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.

What You Will Be Doing

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

Who You Are

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