Areti Group | B Corp™
Payroll SME
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Payroll SME / Payroll Business Analyst
Contract
Outside IR35
Remote
6 + Months
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Payroll SME / Payroll Business Analyst to support the implementation of a new payroll solution across multiple European countries.
This is a hands-on role for someone with strong European payroll implementation experience who can work closely with local Payroll and HR stakeholders, translate country-specific requirements into a standardised solution, and support the project through workshops.
The initial programme will focus on a number of European countries, with the potential to expand into further regions as the programme progresses.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the Payroll SME and Business Analyst across the European payroll implementation programme.
- Work closely with local Payroll, HR and country stakeholders to understand current processes, requirements and country-specific payroll considerations.
- Facilitate and participate in process mapping exercises, documenting current-state and future-state payroll processes.
- Gather, analyse and document business and payroll requirements.
- Support local country teams in completing payroll implementation templates and documentation.
- Translate local payroll requirements into clear, standardised business requirements for the implementation team.
- Facilitate and participate in workshops and working sessions with Payroll, HR and project stakeholders.
- Support the project through configuration, testing, defect resolution and validation.
- Review and challenge proposed payroll processes and configurations to ensure they meet business and local-country requirements.
- Prepare clear meeting notes, actions, decisions, process documentation and project summaries.
- Identify gaps, risks, dependencies and country-specific complexities and ensure these are appropriately captured and managed.
- Act as a bridge between local payroll teams and the central project/implementation team.
- Provide payroll expertise and practical guidance throughout the implementation lifecycle.
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Experience & Skills
- Significant experience working within European payroll, ideally across multiple countries.
- Proven experience implementing or transitioning payroll solutions across Europe.
- Strong understanding of payroll processes and the ability to understand and challenge country-specific requirements.
- Experience working in a Business Analyst, Payroll SME or similar role within a payroll transformation or implementation programme.
- Strong process mapping and requirements gathering skills.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders across different countries and functions.
- Experience supporting testing, UAT and implementation activities.
- Excellent communication and workshop facilitation skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced transformation environment where processes and requirements may continue to evolve.
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Desirable
- Experience working with global or multi-country payroll technology solutions.
- Experience completing payroll implementation templates and configuration documentation.
- Experience working directly with a payroll technology provider during implementation.
- Experience supporting multi-country payroll standardisation or harmonisation programmes.
Country Experience
Experience across multiple European payroll jurisdictions is highly desirable, particularly:
- Italy
- Czech Republic
- Belgium
- Spain
- Netherlands
- France
- Germany
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