UK Payroll Transformation Analyst - 18-Month Project

Lincoln Motor Company; Basildon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincoln Motor Company is seeking a motivated professional to join our Business Development team for a major payroll transformation program. The role offers a fixed 18-month period supporting the implementation of a new payroll system, with responsibility across requirements, design, testing and deployment.

You will engage with internal stakeholders, third-party integrators and cross-functional teams to ensure governance and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skill set required.
• Experience in project management and test planning.
• Ability to work with large data sets including complex analysis and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Support team activities across payroll transformation.
• Take ownership of assigned activities, ensuring delivery to agreed timelines and quality standards.
• Collaborate with team members, sharing knowledge and escalating issues or risks where appropriate.
• Support Payroll activities associated with implementation of the new payroll system.
• Participate in requirements gathering with internal stakeholders and third-party system integrators.
• Review system designs and requirements to identify potential payroll, control, and end-user impacts.
• Develop strong knowledge of the new payroll system and its functionality to support successful delivery.
• Support payroll changes through requirements, design, testing, and deployment.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation in line with governance and control requirements.
• Provide analysis and evidence to support project decisions and implementation readiness.
• Develop and execute Payroll testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Ensure testing provides appropriate coverage of payroll requirements, processes, and controls.
• Analyse test results, maintain supporting evidence and identify and track defects through to resolution.
• Assess the potential payroll, financial, employee and compliance impact of identified issues.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and provide progress updates to the project team and management.
• Build effective working relationships across Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, and external partners.
• Participate in project meetings, design workshops, and change discussions.
• Support end-user engagement, deployment readiness, training, and documentation.
• Participate in post-implementation support and lessons-learned activities.

Skills

Excel

Project management

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Testing

Documentation

Tools

SAP

Global View

Job description

Lincoln Motor Company is seeking a motivated professional to join our Business Development team for a major payroll transformation program. The role offers a fixed 18-month period supporting the implementation of a new payroll system, with responsibility across requirements, design, testing and deployment.

You will engage with internal stakeholders, third-party integrators and cross-functional teams to ensure governance and timely delivery.