Payroll MI Analyst - 9 Month FTC

Love payroll? Obsessed with data? This is your moment! At GXO, we’re looking for a Payroll MI Analyst to join us on a 9-month fixed-term contract. You’ll dive into data reporting, exception analysis, and process improvements—helping us standardise and streamline the way we work. Based at our Northampton head office with flexible home-working options (up to 3 days in the office), this is your chance to make an impact at the heart of our payroll operations Pay, benefits and more: We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £55,000 per annum. In addition, we offer 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days. You’ll have access to a variety of high street discounts, as well as a cycle to work scheme, a workplace pension, and many other perks. What you’ll do on a typical day: • Support the payroll team and wider payroll stakeholder group with the analysis of payroll data, identifying and escalating any omissions or errors • Provide monthly management and payroll frequency reports along with payroll performance reporting • Develop a detailed understanding of our payroll data requirements and become a subject matter expert for the reporting tools used • Support and lead on continuous improvement and project activities to develop the payroll processes and reporting tools What you need to succeed at GXO: • A solid background in payroll with a strong track record of working with large amounts of data and reporting, you’ll need to be a confident user of a data analytics tool such as Power BI, Google Analytics or Tableau, SQL knowledge & advanced MS Access. If you have knowledge of Java or Python knowledge this would be big tick for us! • Familiarity of working with data lake/warehouse(s) with VBA knowledge to remove manual activity • Strong analytical and project management skills with the ability to identify and resolve problems with minimal supervision • Hands-on and in-depth experience of working with ADP Global View, SAP or similar payroll products • Ability to coach and mentor We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains. GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.