Payroll Audit and HR Data Analyst
BURN.com
Office
Nairobi, Nairobi
Full Time
About the role
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 Responsibilities
Qualified Female Candidates encouraged to Apply
BURN does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other fees).
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 Responsibilities
- Payroll audit & compliance
- HR data analytics & reporting
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Qualified Female Candidates encouraged to Apply
BURN does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other fees).
Payroll Audit and HR Data Analyst
Office
Nairobi, Nairobi
Full Time
September 3, 2025