Payroll Systems Administrator / Payroll Implementation Consultant / Global Payroll Analyst

Role Description

These roles help organisations maintain reliable payroll systems, introduce new payroll solutions, and verify payroll results across countries. They work with HR, Finance, IT, and local payroll providers to resolve data and calculation issues and ensure changes are tested before they affect employee pay.

The Payroll Systems Administrator maintains pay rules, user access, and interfaces with HR and timekeeping systems, and troubleshoots failed data transfers or unexpected calculations. The Payroll Implementation Consultant gathers requirements, configures the solution, coordinates data migration, and reconciles parallel payroll runs before go-live. The Global Payroll Analyst reviews provider outputs across countries, reconciles payroll totals to finance records, investigates variances in headcount and labour costs, and follows up on exceptions with local teams.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in payroll systems administration, payroll implementation, or multi-country payroll operations relevant to the position.
• Understanding of gross-to-net calculations, pay elements, deductions, retroactive adjustments, and payroll cut-off procedures.
• Proficiency in Excel and experience validating payroll data against HR, timekeeping, or finance records.
• For systems administration roles, experience maintaining payroll configurations and access permissions, testing system updates, and troubleshooting interfaces.
• For implementation roles, experience mapping payroll requirements, validating migrated data, and reconciling parallel run results to identify issues before launch.
• For global payroll roles, experience reviewing payroll across countries, coordinating with local providers, and explaining variances in consolidated payroll reports.
• Ability to handle confidential pay data discreetly, document changes and exceptions clearly, and escalate issues that could affect pay accuracy or deadlines.