Business Analyst - Payroll

Job Title: Business Analyst - Payroll
Location: Hybrid working initially 3-4 days a week in project initiation phase (Birmingham City Centre)
Contract: 2-year Fixed Term Contract
Salary: Up to £65,000

About the Role:
We are currently recruiting on behalf of a well-known UK company for an exciting Business Analyst - Payroll position. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced professional to join a leading organisation and contribute to a major Human Capital Management (HCM) transformation programme. You will be responsible for gathering, analysing, and documenting payroll business and technical requirements while working closely with product owners, consultants, and other stakeholders. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Business Analyst with strong payroll expertise to play a key role in a high-profile transformation project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse existing payroll processes to understand the end-to-end workflows and their interdependencies with other workstreams.
• Lead payroll requirement-gathering workshops and ensure requirements are fully documented.
• Take ownership of payroll-related business change and technical design within the HCM programme.
• Collaborate with workstream leads to align payroll with data integration, migration, testing, and reporting outputs.
• Participate in vendor workshops to agree on product design decisions.
• Support the planning, coordination, and reporting of the payroll workstream.
• Perform testing, including user acceptance testing, to ensure requirements are met before implementation.
• Assist with the implementation, including training, communication, and post-implementation support.

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience managing business change projects across multiple functions, ideally with prior involvement in HCM implementations or similar transformation programmes.
• 5+ years of experience implementing software and process change projects with external vendors.
• Strong understanding of payroll systems and processes, particularly within the hospitality or retail sectors.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to simplify complex challenges.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• Degree educated or equivalent.
• Experience in process management techniques (e.g., Six Sigma/Lean).
• BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis or similar.
• Scrum Alliance certification (CSPO, CSM) or similar.

What's on Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits, including discounts
• Pension matched and above basic level
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid work environment.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a high-impact transformation programme at a well-known UK company. If you have the expertise and drive to succeed in this role, apply today!