Business Systems Analyst (IT, Payroll and HR)

Contechs Consulting; Essex; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Contechs Consulting is seeking a competent Business/Systems Analyst to join the EU Payroll IT team. The role balances BAU payroll IT support with contributing to future UK programmes, requiring strong BA skills and a touch of technical understanding, especially around system architecture and release processes.

You will work across Spain, Belgium, and the UK, coordinating with diverse stakeholders and ensuring payroll systems run reliably while driving improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, ideally within payroll, HR or related HR/IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Support BAU payroll IT activities and contribute to future UK programmes.
• Translate business needs for technical audiences and vice versa.
• Collaborate across multiple countries and stakeholder groups with strong communication skills.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

BAU and programme work

UAT testing

Communication

System architecture awareness

Job description

Business/Systems Analyst

12 Month Contract

Location: Dunton, Essex – 4 days a week onsite

GBP30.18 per hour – Inside IR35 (Umbrella Rate)

Position Description:

• Business/Systems Analyst
• Our Clients EU Payroll IT The EU Payroll IT team is responsible for the systems and processes supporting payroll operations across Spain, Belgium and the UK, with additional light touch support provided to other EU National Sales Companies (NSCs).
• The team ensures payroll systems run reliably day to day while also delivering improvement and transformation initiatives.

Role Purpose:

• Our Client are looking for a competent Business or Systems Analyst to join our EU Payroll IT team.
• This role will split time between supporting business as usual (BAU) payroll IT activities and contributing to future programmes of work, particularly within the UK.
• The ideal candidate will have strong core BA skills, with some technical understanding being a valuable bonus, particularly around system architecture, environments and release processes.

Skills Required:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, ideally within payroll, HR or a related HR/IT systems environment.
• Strong requirements gathering, stakeholder management and documentation skills.
• Experience supporting UAT and structured testing processes.
• Ability to work across multiple countries and stakeholder groups and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs for technical audiences and vice versa.
• Comfortable working in a BAU support environment alongside project and programme work.
• Basic understanding of system architecture diagrams and how to interpret them.

Skills Preferred:

• Awareness of environment planning (for example dev, test, UAT and production).
• Familiarity with release management processes.
• Understanding of FTP/SFTP file transfer processes, as commonly used in payroll data interfaces.
• General overview knowledge of cloud migration concepts and considerations.

Excellent Opportunity with immediate starts available.