Business Analyst - Payroll & Workforce Management

Job Description

Job Description

Business Analyst - Payroll & Workforce Management.

Title: Business Analyst - Payroll & Workforce Management

Salary: $115,000 - $126,000

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid - 1 Day Per Week Onsite Preferred; Remote Considered)

About the Company

Founded in 1911, this global electrical equipment and grid technology organization employs approximately 3,000 to 5,000 people worldwide, with more than 2,000 employees based in its Chicago headquarters and manufacturing campus. For over a century, the company has designed and manufactured advanced switching, protection, and control solutions for electric power transmission and distribution systems, helping utilities and industrial customers build safer, more reliable, and intelligent electrical infrastructure.

The Chicago location serves as the company's primary innovation, engineering, and manufacturing hub, where teams develop and produce medium and high voltage switching equipment, smart grid automation systems, energy storage solutions, and power quality technologies. This facility also houses advanced research and development capabilities focused on grid modernization, automation, and resiliency technologies designed to support a more sustainable and outage resistant power grid.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Business Analyst - Payroll & Workforce Management, to serve as a key liaison between Payroll, Human Resources, Operations, and Information Technology. This newly created position will support the ongoing evolution of our payroll and workforce management environment, helping drive process improvements, system enhancements, and best practices across payroll and time and attendance functions. 

Responsibilities

• Partner with Payroll, HR, Operations, and IT stakeholders to gather business requirements, analyze processes, and recommend scalable payroll and workforce management solutions.

• Support and optimize payroll and time and attendance systems, ensuring accurate system configuration, data integrity, and alignment with organizational policies and business rules.

• Facilitate process improvement initiatives related to payroll administration, workforce management, scheduling, approvals, attendance tracking, and related workflows.

• Lead requirements gathering, process mapping, testing, user acceptance activities, documentation, and implementation efforts for system enhancements, integrations, and ongoing initiatives.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders by translating technical concepts into clear, practical recommendations and ensuring successful communication between technical and non-technical teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting payroll systems, workforce management platforms, HRIS applications, business analysis initiatives, or a combination of these areas.

• Hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now, ADP Workforce Manager, UKG Pro, UKG Workforce Management, Kronos, or similar payroll and timekeeping platforms.

• Strong understanding of payroll operations, time and attendance processes, workforce management practices, and exempt and non-exempt employee populations.

• Proven ability to work across business and technical teams, gather and document requirements, support system integrations, and drive process improvement initiatives.

• Experience within manufacturing, industrial, distribution, logistics, or other complex employee environments is highly preferred. Exposure to reporting tools, data analysis, and HR technology implementations is a plus.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting payroll, time and attendance, or workforce management systems within manufacturing, industrial, distribution, or other complex employee environments.

• Experience supporting multi-country payroll or workforce management environments, including Canada and Mexico, is preferred but not required.

Benefits

- 401K with up to 6% matching and an additional 3% added even if nothing has been contributed
- Bonus paid annually based on company and individual performance - 10%
- 10 days of PTO
- 5 Sick Days
- 16 Paid Holidays 9 of which are during the Christmas holiday season.
- Health Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance

- For this position, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa. This job was first posted by CyberCoders on 10/28/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed. Everforth CyberCoders is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, status as a crime victim, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications, and a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. A human recruiter reviews all results. Click here for details on our virtual recruiter .  Everforth CyberCoders will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. Everforth CyberCoders is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. Individuals needing special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment can contact a member of our Human Resources team at  View email address on ziprecruiter.com to make arrangements.

Salary

$115000 - $126000 USD per year

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