Officially, his job is remunerative (9)

I believe the answer is:

paymaster

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'officially his job is remunerative' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for paymaster that I've seen before include "Official dealing with wages" , "Salary official" , "Official handing out money to troops or workers" , "One controlling through money" , "I hand out bread" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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