Business Analyst - Payroll - Waterfall - HR

Tria • Permanent • London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom • £75k - £80k / year • 4d ago

Business Analyst - Payroll Transformation (24-Month FTC)

Location: London (4 days per week onsite)
Contract: Full-Time, 24-Month Fixed Term Contract
Salary: Up to £80,000 plus 10% bonus, Private Medical Insurance (PMI) and excellent pension scheme

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to play a key role in a major payroll implementation and optimisation programme as part of a wider people systems and operational transformation initiative. Working across a complex, multi-entity organisation, you will partner with Payroll, Finance, HR, Reward, IT and operational stakeholders to understand current payroll processes, define future business requirements, and support the successful delivery of a new payroll solution.

This opportunity is ideal for a Business Analyst with strong payroll expertise who enjoys working in a collaborative environment and can translate complex operational requirements into clear, actionable deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Business Analysis activities for the payroll transformation programme.
Elicit, document and validate payroll business requirements across multiple operating companies.
Map end-to-end payroll processes, identifying risks, controls, gaps and opportunities for standardisation.
Produce high-quality business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
Translate payroll process requirements into clear specifications for implementation partners and solution providers.
Validate payroll outputs, ensuring accuracy, compliance, auditability and alignment with Finance requirements.
Lead or support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, scenario creation, execution, payroll reconciliation and defect management.

Skills & Experience Required

Proven experience as a Business Analyst on payroll implementation, transformation or optimisation projects.
Strong payroll process knowledge, including inputs, calculations, approvals, controls and outputs.
Skilled in process mapping, gap analysis and impact assessment.
Ability to write clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
Strong understanding of payroll controls, compliance, reconciliation and audit requirements.
Experience supporting payroll UAT and validating payroll outcomes.
Knowledge of workforce data dependencies and payroll-related finance postings.
Experience working within complex, federated or decentralised organisations.
Exposure to payroll technology selection, implementation or optimisation programmes is desirable.
Experience partnering with Finance stakeholders on payroll costing, reconciliation and financial impacts.

If you have strong Payroll Business Analysis experience and are looking to join a significant transformation programme where you can make a tangible impact, we'd love to hear from you.

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