Payroll Data Analyst

Job Description

Find where you belong!

Are you highly analytical with a passion for turning complex data into meaningful insights? Do you enjoy working with large datasets, solving data challenges, and improving accuracy? If so, our Temporary Payroll Data Analyst position could be the perfect next step for you.

As a Payroll Data Analyst on a 6-month fixed-term contract, you will support the Payroll Manager by analysing, validating, and cleansing large payroll datasets across our multi-site hotel estate. You will work across payroll, HR, and time and attendance systems to improve data quality, identify trends and risks, and provide valuable insights that support accurate payroll processing and informed decision-making.

You will be responsible for analysing and reconciling large datasets across multiple systems, identifying anomalies and inconsistencies, and ensuring payroll data is accurate, structured, and reliable. You will develop dashboards and reports that improve data visibility, support payroll audits through accurate and traceable data, and provide clear, actionable insights to the Payroll Manager. You will also work closely with the Payroll Manager to create timelines for updates and changes while supporting the development of payroll process maps and documentation.

In addition, you will use your advanced Excel skills to cleanse and standardise data from multiple sources, reconcile payroll, HR, and time and attendance information, and identify opportunities to improve data accuracy  will have experience working with large, complex datasets, a good understanding of payroll processes, and a keen eye for detail. You will be comfortable identifying patterns, trends, and root causes, while confidently communicating your findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience with in a multi-site environment, along with knowledge of Power BI or basic SQL, would be an advantage.

• Competitive Salary up to £40,000.00 & Annual Bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Hybrid working - a minimum of 60% of your time should be spent in the office and or visiting suppliers
• 50% personal discount for hotel bookings and great friends and family discounts too!
• A focus on learning and career development

At Travelodge, we’re more than just a Hotel brand; we’re a community where you can truly be yourself and belong. Through our “Better Me” initiative, we prioritise your total wellbeing—emotional, physical, financial, and professional—while actively celebrating the diversity that makes our teams stronger. If you’re a results-driven individual who pays attention to the little things and genuinely cares about people, you’ll fit right in.