Business Analyst- HR & Payroll

Business Analyst (HR & Payroll)

Manchester (1 day on site every fortnight)

Outside IR35

A Business Analyst is required for our client who are based in Manchester. You will play an instrumental role in the successful delivery the client’s high-profile ERP migration project to replace their current Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system (Agresso) with a fully integrated cloud-based ERP solution (covering our people, payroll, finance, procurement, expenses, membership fees &  recurring customer billing functions).

You will be involved in all aspects of the project lifecycle; starting-out by mapping as-is processes, designing our ‘to-be’ businesses processes (leveraging your expertise in best-practice modern ERP process design), capturing business requirements (as User Stories) and in collaboration with your respective workstream, create solution designs that satisfy the business requirements.  You will also play a leading role in the migration of the legacy ERP data to the new ERP solution. 

You will also assist with activities relating to the successful adoption of the new system into the business; including User Acceptance Testing, end-user training and post go-live support.

Essential criteria

In-depth understanding of Human Resource (HR), payroll and staff expense processes, including recruitment, absence, performance, compensation, and benefits.

Extensive experience of implementing enterprise-scale HR, Payroll and Expenses solutions, ideally working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O, Workday or similar enterprise cloud-based systems.

In-depth knowledge of industry-leading HR and payroll system capabilities, including

Experience of working in the delivery of enterprise-level ERP implementation projects.

Extensive experience in defining, analysing and documenting business and technical requirements (user stories).

Ability to write clear business documentation, such as: business processes, user stories, solution designs, configuration & security protocols, report wireframes and training documents.

Expertise in workshop skills to support requirements gathering.

Experience of supporting the testing of a technical solution to ensure it meets business and user needs.

Experience of analysing and designing data cleansing and data migration rules to support the migration of legacy data to the new target system.

Have advanced knowledge of Agile and user-centred design approaches.

A high degree of computer literacy; with excellent Microsoft Office skills (including Visio, ideally with experience of BPMN), and experience of using JIRA and Confluence.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with public sector organisations.

Formal Business Analysis qualification.

Formal Agile Scrum qualification.

Formal ERP functional consultant certifications (eg D365: Core Finance and Operations)

Main responsibilities

Take the lead in all business analysis activities relating to the people workstream (HR, payroll and expenses) - supporting all phases of delivery from scope and requirements definition, solution design, data migration, test and business implementation.

Document detailed ‘as-is’ business processes using standard process modelling techniques (eg BPMN, using MS Visio).

Lead the elicitation, analysis and authoring of business requirements (with MoSCoW rating); collaborating closely with the ERP product team and business stakeholders. This includes functional and non-functional requirements.