Workforce and Payroll transformation analyst

Title : Workforce and Payroll transformation analyst

Location : Remote

Duration : 6+ Months

Qualifications
Bachelor''s degree in Business, Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in payroll operations, payroll transformation, workforce consulting, HR transformation, or business process improvement.
• Experience supporting payroll platforms such as Workday Payroll, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll, Oracle HCM, UKG, ADP, Ceridian Dayforce, Paychex, or similar solutions.
• Understanding of payroll operations, payroll controls, payroll accounting, compliance, and payroll service delivery models.
• Familiarity with payroll process documentation, operating model design, process mapping, and stakeholder management.
• Experience creating executive presentations, business cases, assessments, and transformation recommendations.
• Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple client priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Experience with global payroll operations, payroll governance, shared services, outsourcing, or payroll transformation programs preferred.

Role Description
• Assess end-to-end payroll processes including inputs, validation, calculations, controls, outputs, funding, accounting, statutory reporting, and post-payroll reconciliation.
• Analyze payroll operating models, service delivery structures, and organizational design across in-house, shared services, outsourced, and hybrid environments.
• Support payroll stabilization efforts and identify opportunities to improve payroll accuracy, timeliness, compliance, and employee experience.
• Document payroll processing calendars, payroll processing checklists, continuity plans, and standard operating procedures.
• Evaluate payroll risks, control gaps, manual workarounds, and operational dependencies.
• Support development of payroll transformation roadmaps and future-state operating models.
• Assist clients in evaluating payroll service delivery options including shared services, centers of excellence (CoE), outsourcing providers, and global business services models.
• Help support payroll governance structures, escalation models, service level agreements, and performance metrics.
• Conduct current-state and future-state assessments for payroll transformation programs.
• Support assessments of payroll technologies, HRIS platforms, time and attendance systems, benefits systems, and middleware solutions.
• Assist with payroll technology selection, rationalization, and implementation initiatives.
• Gather payroll business requirements and support system design workshops.
• Evaluate payroll system integrations between HR, finance, workforce management, benefits, and payroll platforms.
• Support payroll data validation, testing, reconciliation, and readiness activities.
• Assist clients in documenting payroll controls, audit requirements, and SOX-related processes.
• Support payroll compliance assessments across multiple jurisdictions.
• Evaluate payroll governance, segregation of duties, approval structures, and risk management processes.
• Perform payroll controls testing and support remediation planning.
• Analyze payroll data to identify trends, operational risks, cost drivers, workforce impacts, and improvement opportunities.
• Support development of payroll dashboards, KPI reporting, and executive presentations.
• Assist with gross-to-net analysis, payroll accounting reviews, and payroll reporting requirements.
• Support opportunities to automate payroll activities using workflow tools, AI, analytics, and process automation technologies.
• Support development of business cases for payroll automation and digital transformation initiatives.
• Assist in implementing process improvements that reduce manual effort and improve payroll quality.
• Support workstreams and deliverables for payroll transformation initiatives.
• Engage in client interviews, workshops, and process walkthroughs.
• Present findings and recommendations to client management teams and executives.