Business Analyst – Payroll (Workday PECI Integration / SAP HCM)

Ampstek; España; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampstek is seeking a Senior Business Analyst – Payroll to lead IT-driven payroll initiatives in Spain. You will analyze business processes, bridge HR and IT, and support Workday PECI integration and SAP HCM payroll workflows.

You will collaborate with IT and business teams to design tests, monitor integrations, resolve incidents, and ensure accurate payroll data across systems. Fluency in English is required, and ADP experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with HR payroll applications.
• Experience with Workday PECI Integration.
• Knowledge of SAP HCM, HR and payroll processes.
• Experience with ADP Payroll is a plus.
• Familiar with IT Service Management concepts (ITIL).
• Strong organizational, payroll management, decision-making and negotiation skills.
• Ability to own end-to-end delivery, working independently with discipline.
• Strong teamwork, collaboration, and customer focus.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Perform business analyses to support IT solution decisions and create the appropriate Business Blueprint.
• Support installation, management, maintenance, and optimization of IT service processes.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Payroll, contributing technical and business process/data expertise to ongoing operations.
• Collaborate with IT teams to estimate effort for IT solution development, change requests, and releases.
• Understand business processes in detail and align IT solutions and service delivery activities with business needs.
• Design test cases and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and reporting.
• Manage integration error handling from an IT perspective.
• Support the resolution of major incidents and critical situations.
• Workday PECI Integration: Support and analyze Workday Payroll Effective Change Interface (PECI) integrations, including payroll data exchange, integration monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• SAP HCM: Apply knowledge of SAP Human Capital Management (HCM), particularly HR and Payroll processes, to support payroll-related integration and business requirements.

Skills

Analytics

End-to-end delivery

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

ITIL familiarity

English fluency

HR payroll applications

Tools

Workday PECI Integration

SAP HCM

ADP Payroll

Job description

Business Analyst – Payroll (Workday PECI Integration / SAP HCM)

Main Responsibilities

• Perform business analyses to support IT solution decisions and assist in preparing the appropriate Business Blueprint.
• Support the installation, management, maintenance, and optimization of internal and cross-functional IT service processes.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the Payroll area, contributing technical and business process/data expertise to ongoing operations.
• Collaborate with IT teams to estimate effort for IT solution development, change requests, and releases.
• Understand business processes in detail and align IT solutions and service delivery activities with business needs.
• Design test cases and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and reporting.
• Manage integration error handling from an IT perspective.
• Support the resolution of major incidents and critical situations.
• Workday PECI Integration: Support and analyze Workday Payroll Effective Change Interface (PECI) integrations, including payroll data exchange, integration monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• SAP HCM: Apply knowledge of SAP Human Capital Management (HCM), particularly HR and Payroll processes, to support payroll-related integration and business requirements.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience working with HR Payroll applications.
• Knowledge and experience in Workday PECI Integration.
• Knowledge of SAP HCM, preferably in HR and Payroll processes.
• Experience working with ADP Payroll applications is a plus.
• Proven experience with IT Service Management concepts (ITIL).
• Good organizational, payroll management, decision-making, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to take responsibility for end‑to‑end delivery, working independently with discipline.
• Strong teamwork, collaboration, and customer focus.
• Strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of business processes and technologies.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.