Senior Business Analyst – Regional Payroll Transformation

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Employment Type: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)
Start Date: Immediate / December 2026 preferred

The Opportunity

Salt is partnering with a leading global technology organisation to recruit an experienced Senior Business Analyst for a major regional payroll transformation programme.

This opportunity sits within the organisation’s People & Culture function and will play an integral role in the next phase of its multi-country payroll upliftment and harmonisation initiative across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Hong Kong.

We are seeking a hands-on Business Analyst who combines strong payroll domain knowledge with proven experience in business requirements analysis, process improvement, systems implementation and stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements-gathering workshops with country payroll subject matter experts, business stakeholders, technology teams and external implementation partners.

• Analyse existing payroll processes, identify operational gaps and develop as-is/to-be process maps to support regional harmonisation.

• Translate complex business and statutory payroll requirements into clear functional specifications, process documentation and actionable implementation requirements.

• Collaborate with payroll technology vendors to validate solution designs, clarify requirements and resolve functional or implementation issues.

• Support payroll data mapping, migration, validation and reconciliation activities to ensure accuracy and integrity across systems.

• Develop and review test scenarios and test cases, coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT), parallel payroll runs and defect resolution.

• Maintain requirements traceability and proactively track project actions, risks, issues, dependencies and decisions.

• Facilitate cross-functional communication, ensuring alignment between country payroll teams, project stakeholders and implementation partners.

• Apply lessons learned from previous implementation phases to improve delivery efficiency and reduce operational risks.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of relevant Business Analysis experience, ideally within payroll transformation, HR technology or enterprise systems implementation.

• Demonstrated hands-on involvement in payroll system implementations, migrations, harmonisation or transformation projects.

• Working knowledge of payroll processes and statutory requirements in at least two of the following countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

• Strong experience in business requirements elicitation, functional specifications, stakeholder workshops and business process mapping.

• Proven ability to collaborate with payroll SMEs, technology teams and third-party implementation vendors.

• Practical experience in UAT, test-case development, payroll validation or implementation testing.

• Excellent stakeholder management, analytical thinking, documentation and communication skills.

• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and proactively identify delivery risks.

Highly Desirable

• Experience with payroll or HCM platforms such as Ramco, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP HCM, ADP or equivalent solutions.

• Previous involvement in multi-country payroll harmonisation or regional HR transformation programmes.

• Experience supporting payroll data migration, reconciliation and parallel payroll testing.

• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence or similar project delivery tools.

• Experience working across multiple implementation waves within a complex regional programme.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Contribute to a high-impact regional payroll transformation across multiple Asian markets.

• Work closely with experienced payroll specialists, technology stakeholders and implementation partners.

• Gain exposure to complex country-specific payroll requirements and enterprise systems integration.

• Play a meaningful role in improving payroll processes, consistency and operational efficiency across the region.

• Join a collaborative transformation programme within an established global technology organisation.

Interested?

If you’re an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in payroll systems implementation and regional transformation, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or reach out to Salt for a confidential discussion.

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