Job Description
HR Data Analyst - Payroll and HRIS
Application Deadline: 19 June 2026
Department: People
Employment Type: Contract
Location: Noida
Compensation: ₹1,000,000 - ₹1,600,000 / year
Description
About the role
This is strictly 6-month contract role.
Role & responsibilities
- Collect payroll files from all Reconomy entities and locations in line with agreed payroll calendars.
- Understand the structure, content, and definitions of payroll data across different countries, providers, and formats.
- Maintain clear documentation of payroll file structures and data variations.
- Build and maintain a consolidated master payroll dataset bringing together all locations.
- Reconcile payroll data against the HRIS to identify discrepancies, missing fields, or misaligned values.
- Clearly document variances and propose corrective actions aligned to global data standards.
- Identify data missing from payroll files and actively chase required information with local HR, payroll teams, or Finance.
- Track and monitor recurring data quality issues and support root‑cause analysis.
- Work with People Systems colleagues to ensure HRIS updates are completed accurately and on time.
- Build strong working relationships with regional HR teams, payroll providers, and Finance colleagues.
- Clearly communicate data issues, risks, and progress to the People Systems & Data team.
- Support the development of standardized payroll‑to‑HRIS reconciliation processes.
- Contribute to improved data governance, controls, and audit readiness.
- Identify opportunities to automate or streamline data collection and reconciliation activities over time.
What we need from you
- 6 to 10 years of strong experience working with large, confidential datasets, ideally payroll, HR, or financial data.
- Advanced Excel skills (e.g. lookups, data cleansing, pivot tables; Power Query desirable).
- High attention to detail with a strong focus on data accuracy and consistency.
- Experience reconciling data between multiple sources and systems.
- Confidence working with stakeholders across different countries and time zones.
- Experience working with HRIS and payroll systems.
- Understanding of global payroll concepts and country‑specific variations.
- Experience supporting recurring operational processes (e.g. payroll cycles, monthly reporting).
- Exposure to data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI).
- Highly organised with the ability to manage recurring deadlines.
- Comfortable working independently while collaborating within a global team.
- Curious and analytical, with a drive to understand how data is created and used.
- Clear communicator, able to explain data issues to non‑technical colleagues.
- Adherence to confidentiality and data protection while working with highly sensitive data.
