Payroll Operations Business Analyst - 12 Month FTC

Are you a payroll expert who thrives on accuracy, control, and accountability? Do you enjoy owning complex payroll transitions and confidently challenging outcomes to protect delivery?Are you ready to lead a critical outsourced payroll programme with real visibility and impact?Here at GXO, we''re looking for an experienced Payroll Operations Business Analyst to take ownership of a high-profile payroll transition and ongoing delivery for the WDG Group. This 12-month fixed-term role combines hands-on payroll operations expertise with strong analytical and stakeholder management skills. You''ll play a pivotal role in transitioning multiple payrolls to Zellis, overseeing parallel runs and stabilisation, and then running the outsourced payrolls until handover to a new buyer.Supporting payrolls of just over 2,000 employees across monthly, weekly, and lunar cycles, you''ll act as the bridge between Payroll, HR, Finance, Technology, and the outsourced provider, protecting payroll delivery, maintaining controls, and ensuring compliance throughout.This is a 12 month FTC. You''ll be working Monday to Friday, 09:00 till 17:00 on a hybrid basis with regular travel to our Chippenham and Northampton offices. However, some flexibility is required, this is logistics after all!Pay, benefits and more:We''re looking to offer a salary of £60,000 per annum, depending on experience and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, ..... full job details .....