Payroll Audit and HR Data Analyst

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Company Details
Name:BURN
Industry: Oil & Energy
Description: BURN designs, manufactures, and distributes aspirational fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing world.BURN has revolutionized the global cookstove sector by proving the business case for selling a high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized cookstoves.Since 2013, BURN has sold 200,000+ high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized jikokoas â„¢ stoves in East Africa. These stoves have helped 1,000,000+ beneficiaries save $39 million in fuel expenditures and 626,221 tons of wood while reducing indoor air pollution by 65%. BURN currently sells ~10,000 stoves per month and intend to double sales by the end of 2017.
Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

Payroll audit & compliance

  • 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.

HR data analytics & reporting

  • 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.

Skills and Experience

  • 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.
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
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