Business/Systems Analyst - Payroll

Select Engineering; Essex; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Select Engineering in Dunton, Essex seeks a Business/Systems Analyst for EU Payroll IT. The role splits between BAU payroll IT tasks and UK-focused programmes of work, with emphasis on stakeholder communication and understanding system architecture. On-site four days a week; IR35 inside.

You will support payroll across Spain, Belgium, and the UK and align with release processes. The ideal candidate has payroll/HR IT experience and strong BA skills, with some technical understanding of

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, ideally within payroll, HR or 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 for translating business needs to technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• BAU payroll IT activities support.
• Contribute to future programmes of work, particularly in the UK.
• Collaborate with multi-country stakeholders and release processes.

Skills

Business Analyst experience

Requirements gathering

Testing support (UAT)

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

BAU and project mix

System architecture understanding

Education

Degree

Job description

Business/Systems Analyst – EU Payroll IT wanted for rolling contract based in Dunton, Essex

Position Description

Business/Systems Analyst – 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 We 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.

Education Required

Degree

Additional Information :

THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35 Dunton – 4 days a week on site