Senior Specialist Senior Business Process Analyst

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Job Title: Senior Specialist / Senior Business Process Analyst
Location: Dubai UAE (Global delivery role)
Employment Type: 12-month fixed-term / Fulltime

Opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Specialist / Senior Business Process Analyst to support payrollrelated solutions through functional systems analysis implementation support and datadriven insights.

This role is suited to experienced professionals with strong enterprise systems and analytical capability. Prior payroll finance or accounting experience will be an advantage. Strong Systems thinking and analytical capability are the key success factors.

This role supports global operations and may require some flexibility in working hours.

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Translate business and regulatory requirements into clear system-ready functional designs and rules to support payroll system implementations and enhancements.
• Support payroll system implementations including thirdparty providers (e.g. ADP) across discovery configuration testing and migration phases.
• Perform impact analysis for payroll-related system and process changes including entity moves configuration updates and integrations.
• Validate payroll system behavior and outputs across HR payroll and downstream finance systems to ensure alignment with defined functional requirements.
• Apply and continuously build payroll domain knowledge (gross-to-net deductions accruals terminations) to support accurate system design and validation.
• Support testing UAT parallel payroll runs and payroll migrations by analyzing results identifying variances determining root causes and supporting remediation.
• Use advanced Excel and analytical tools to perform data analysis reconciliations and variance investigations translating findings into business-friendly insights.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of business processes through datadriven analysis and appropriate use of digital solutions.
• Collaborate with HR Payroll Operations IT Finance and external vendors to support delivery and issue resolution escalating risks and dependencies to the Lead Analyst as appropriate.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Handson experience with enterprise platforms (e.g. Workday Microsoft Dynamics 365 Costpoint SAP or ADP Celergo) in a functional systems or implementation support role.
• 5 years experience in functional systems analysis enterprise system implementations or transformation initiatives within complex environments.
• Experience supporting ERP system delivery including UAT parallel runs data migrations and integration testing.
• Strong analytical and structured problemsolving skills with the ability to translate complex business requirements into clear system logic and functional designs.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including largedata analysis reconciliations variance analysis and rootcause investigation.
• Strong communication skills able to explain system behavior and analytical findings to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Desirable

• Exposure to payroll HCM finance or accounting operations supporting understanding of endtoend processes and downstream impacts.
• Familiarity with analytics and reporting tools such as Power BI and/or Python or similar scripting tools to support data analysis reconciliation or light automation.
• Exposure to digital and automation platforms (e.g. Microsoft Power Platform Nintex UiPath) to support workflow automation and process optimization.
• Strong learning mindset attention to detail and ability to work effectively across business technology and delivery teams.

Education Qualifications

• A bachelors degree from a recognized university in Information Systems Computer Science Data Analytics Business Finance Accounting or related discipline is required.
• A masters degree and/or relevant professional certifications are considered an added advantage.