Payroll & T&A Transformation Business Analyst

HSBC; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Payroll & T&A Transformation Business Analyst for a 12-month contract. The ideal candidate will be responsible for coordinating project activities, identifying business requirements, and managing User Acceptance Testing. Essential skills include knowledge of Payroll processes, experience in a Business Analyst role, and strong stakeholder management in a multi-cultural environment. This role offers a competitive rate of £546.95 per day with minimal office attendance required.

Qualifications

• Experience in Payroll and/or Time & Attendance projects.
• Experience in a Business Analyst role.
• Ability to manage financial and operational controls.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Payroll & Time & Attendance project activities.
• Identify business requirements and design processes.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing and manage reporting.

Skills

Knowledge of Payroll and Time & Attendance processes

Knowledge of SAP products

Understanding of change disciplines (e.g., Agile)

Experience in leading change and re-engineering processes

Vendor management experience

Job description

Payroll & T&A Transformation Business Analyst

Minimal expectation to go into an HSBC office

12-month contract

£546.95 p / d Umbrella

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role Payroll & T&A Transformation Business Analyst

About the role

The Payroll & T&A Transformation Business Analyst will work closely with the Payroll & T&A Transformation Project Manager in coordination and successful delivery of the Payroll & Time & Attendance project activities. Key activities will include, but are not limited to :

• Work with the HR stakeholders and other teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, process and data flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures throughout automation opportunities implementation.
• Analyse processes, identify automation opportunities / streamline opportunities through ‘start, stop, continue’ analysis and define ‘to be’ processes.
• Create and capture process inventories and solution design documentation (SDD)
• Manage training creation and delivery for the new processes and systems for HR Ops and other HR users to work in partnership with the project SMEs.
• Act as Payroll and T&A functional expert.
• Contributes to the change management and communication activities of new / changed functionality to ensure accuracy of communication and adequate user education is delivered.
• Contributes creation of adequate action plans to implement any necessary workarounds are drafted by the relevant GSO delegate and the correct governance model is followed.
• Risk identification, risk reporting and devising interventions to mitigating risks.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing, including working with SMEs to create / manage scenarios and reporting on testing progress

Experience / Skill set

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the end-to-end Payroll and Time & Attendance process and associated regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of SAP products (e.g., SuccessFactors) is helpful
• Deep understanding of change disciplines (e.g., Agile), transformation management and risk management
• Sound knowledge of LEAN and experience in leading change and re-engineering processes on a global scale.

Experience

• Proven experience of working on Payroll and / or Time & Attendance projects
• Proven experience in operating in a Business Analyst role across a multi-discipline programme
• Proven experience of positive, challenging interactions with senior stakeholders
• Proven ability in working across multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural diverse work environments
• Proven experience of managing financial and operational controls within Project boundaries
• Vendor management experience.

If you think you are up for the task and feel you meet the above criteria or interested to hear more information, please contact me on [e-mail]