Global Payroll Data Analyst - Transform & Optimize Pay Data

Primark; Normanton on Trent; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 77,000; Part time

Job summary

Primark seeks a Payroll Data Analyst to support global payroll transformation, data validation, cleansing, and reconciliation across multiple systems. You will collaborate with Payroll, HR, Finance, Technology and external providers to ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance.

You’ll contribute to payroll system implementations, data migrations, and process improvements while producing dashboards and insights for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Payroll Data Analyst or similar role.
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, data structures, and controls.
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP and Power Query.
• Experience with large data sets and complex reconciliations.
• Exposure to payroll system implementations or upgrades.
• Excellent attention to detail and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Payroll data analysis, validation, and reconciliation across multiple systems.
• Data cleansing, mapping, transformation, QA, and migration activities.
• Contribute to payroll system implementations and process improvements.
• Produce dashboards, reports, and actionable insights.
• Investigate discrepancies and propose fixes.
• Support statutory reporting and audit data needs.
• Maintain validation, reconciliation, and control documentation.
• Assist with UAT and parallel payroll runs during implementations.

Skills

Payroll data analysis

Advanced Excel

Data cleansing

Data reconciliation

Stakeholder engagement

Power BI

SQL

Multi‑country payroll

Tools

Workday

SAP

Oracle

ADP

SD Worx

SuccessFactors

Job description

Primark seeks a Payroll Data Analyst to support global payroll transformation, data validation, cleansing, and reconciliation across multiple systems. You will collaborate with Payroll, HR, Finance, Technology and external providers to ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance.

You’ll contribute to payroll system implementations, data migrations, and process improvements while producing dashboards and insights for stakeholders.