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# JC-4485; Payroll Operations & Data Analyst - Payroll Review & Transformation

- **Company:** B2E CONSULTING, LLC
- **Location:** United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Operational Data Store, Power BI, SQL Databases, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Data Processing, Powerquery
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/jc-4485-payroll-operations-data-analyst-payroll-review-transformation-avenel-nj--2425b347-912b-466b-8470-927122d738ea

## About the Role

Data Analysis, Operational Audit, Operational Audit, Data Analysis, Consulting, Research Skills, Payroll Software/Services, Root Cause Analysis, Customer Support/Service, Reconciliation, Do you have hands-on experience analysing payroll operational data to identify error patterns, investigate exceptions and establish evidence-based root causes in complex payroll environments?

This consulting opportunity is to support our client undertaking an independent review of its payroll service and defining a sustainable future operating model. Working alongside the Lead Payroll SME, this is a hands-on diagnostic role focused on payroll data analysis and root cause fact-finding.

The project needs a consultant who has:

 * deep hands-on experience working with payroll operations and the end-to-end pay cycle in complex, high-volume environments
 * demonstrable experience interrogating payroll operational data to identify patterns, anomalies, exceptions and recurring error populations
 * proven root cause investigation capability, tracing payroll issues across source data, processes, controls, systems and interfaces
 * strong data manipulation and reconciliation skills, including advanced Excel.
 * ability to work as an analytical specialist alongside a Lead Payroll SME within clear governance and role boundaries, turning evidence into a defensible fact base, * significant hands-on experience analysing payroll operations data in a complex, high-volume payroll environment
 * demonstrable experience using payroll data to investigate errors and exceptions and establish evidence-based root causes - not solely process mapping or requirements gathering
 * advanced Excel and strong data manipulation and reconciliation skills, with confidence working with large payroll extracts
 * practical understanding of payroll processing, corrections, manual payments, reconciliations, controls and exception management
 * ability to distinguish and investigate issues arising from source data, process, system/configuration, integration/interface or control failures
 * strong analytical judgement and the ability to produce clear, traceable evidence and concise findings for senior review
 * experience working collaboratively across Payroll, People/HR, Finance, Technology and third parties within a clearly governed delivery team

Optional Requirements:

It will also be advantageous if you have:

 * experience of Oracle Fusion Payroll and/or tools such as Power Query, Power BI or SQL would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Working Pattern: Mainly remote (UK) with some travel to client sites across the UK.

## Description

* gather, structure and interrogate payroll data and supporting evidence, including payroll outputs, corrections, manual payments, exceptions, reconciliations and case/ticket data where available
 * analyse trends, anomalies, error types and recurring populations to identify where and why payroll performance is breaking down
 * trace issues through the end-to-end payroll lifecycle to identify likely failure points across upstream data, processing, interfaces, configuration and controls
 * test emerging hypotheses and root causes against data, triangulating quantitative evidence with stakeholder interviews, process walkthroughs and system evidence
 * support payroll-cycle observation, reconciliations and control testing to assess whether issues are isolated or systemic
 * maintain a clear evidence trail, documenting findings, data limitations, assumptions and unresolved questions for review with the Lead Payroll SME
 * support current-state process and control mapping and the prioritisation of tactical improvements and longer-term recommendations, providing the analytical fact base for the Lead Payroll SME's conclusions and future-state design