Payroll Audit & HR Data Analyst Job BURN

  • Kenya
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 20 hours ago
BURN is seeking a detail-obsessed analyst to own internal payroll audits (employees, contractors, and sales agents), strengthen payroll controls, and turn HR data into decision-ready insights. You'll design and run recurring payroll audits and reconcile variances. You'll also build dashboards across hiring, engagement, compensation, and performance, and act as a BCP backup for payroll execution. As we transition personnel records to Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Business Central, you'll champion data quality, retention/privacy, and enable system change-logs for auditability. This role is critical to payroll accuracy, People data integrity, operational efficiency, and compliance.Duties and ResponsibilitiesPayroll audit & compliance
  • Design and run recurring internal payroll audits (e.g., monthly/quarterly): validate gross-to-net, statutory deductions, benefits, and bank details; investigate anomalies; document findings and remediation.
  • Establish and monitor payroll internal controls: segregation of duties, maker-checker approvals, access controls, audit trails, and regular reconciliations.
  • Sales-agent commission audits: reconcile ERP sales data to commissionable events; test plan logic, rate tables, caps/floors, clawbacks, and draws; sample transactions, recalc payouts, and sign off pre-pay.
  • Coordinate with Finance/Legal on external inquiries, employment verifications, and support for regulatory or investor audits; maintain audit workpapers and evidence.
HR data analytics & reporting
  • Build and maintain dashboards/KPIs across hiring funnels, engagement, compensation, attendance/leave, and performance; deliver trends, variance/exceptions, and predictive insights to leadership.
  • Aid the HR Team to maintain clean HR data, with employee data moving 100% to the Microsoft NAV ERP – define data mappings, quality checks, and reconciliations.
  • Run ad-hoc analysis as needed
  • Payroll operations (BCP)
  • Serve as a documented BCP resource to execute payroll end-to-end when needed; keep SOPs current, with test runs and checklists.
Skills and Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Accounting/Finance, Data/Analytics, HR, or similar).
  • 3-5+ years in payroll audit/compliance, HR data analysis, or related analytical roles.
  • Hands-on experience with HRIS/ATS and ERP (Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Business Central preferred); advanced Excel/Sheets.
  • Strong grasp of internal controls (preventive/detective/corrective), reconciliations, sampling, and evidence retention.
  • Excellent communication – able to explain complex findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders; crisp documentation.
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