HR Business Analyst

Payroll Business Analyst | 6-Month Contract | Woking

We're looking for an experienced Payroll Business Analyst to support a major payroll transformation programme within a large, well-known organisation.

This is a functional, business-focused BA role, so we're looking for someone who really understands the payroll domain, including payroll processes, compliance and UK regulatory requirements, rather than someone from a technical or development-focused background.

The programme involves the transformation and migration of payroll processes onto a new ERP Payroll & HR platform, so previous payroll transformation, implementation or migration experience would be particularly valuable.

What you'll be doing

• Working closely with payroll, HR and business stakeholders to understand and document requirements
• Gathering and translating business needs into clear functional requirements and process definitions
• Supporting the payroll transformation and migration programme from a functional perspective
• Analysing existing payroll processes and identifying gaps and areas for change
• Ensuring requirements consider UK payroll compliance and regulatory obligations
• Supporting the appropriate handling of sensitive employee and PII data
• Running workshops and discussions with key business stakeholders
• Supporting process mapping, requirements traceability and business acceptance
• Acting as the link between payroll stakeholders and the wider transformation programme

What we're looking for: Ideally, you'll bring:

• Strong experience as a Business Analyst within payroll or HR/payroll transformation
• Excellent functional knowledge of payroll processes and operations
• Good understanding of UK payroll compliance and regulatory requirements
• Strong requirements gathering and documentation skills
• Experience with business process analysis and process mapping
• Experience working across payroll, HR and wider business teams
• Good understanding of sensitive employee and PII data
• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills
• Experience working within large-scale change or transformation programmes
• Around 7-10 years' relevant experience

Nice to have

• Previous payroll platform migration or implementation experience
• Experience with Harris ERP Payroll & HR
• Previous experience working on UK payroll transformation programme