Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

About the Role

The Payroll Business Intelligence Analyst leverages advanced analytics, statistical modeling, and machine learning to enhance payroll operations, improve data accuracy, and drive strategic decision-making. This role transforms payroll data into actionable insights and builds predictive solutions that improve efficiency, compliance, and workforce transparency. The position partners across Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT to develop scalable analytics and automation solutions that elevate payroll from a transactional function to a data-driven business capability.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large-scale payroll datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and business opportunities.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations to provide actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Perform exploratory data analysis to support workforce, cost, and compliance decisions.
• Build predictive models (e.g., forecasting, classification, clustering) to improve payroll decision-making.
• Design and test statistical and machine learning models using structured and unstructured data.
• Ensure ongoing model performance, accuracy, and relevance over time.
• Identify, extract, cleanse, and integrate data from payroll and enterprise systems.
• Develop data pipelines and transformation processes to support analytics and modeling.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and governance across payroll datasets.
• Develop analytical and automation solutions using SQL, Python, R, or similar tools.
• Build reusable data assets, scripts, and models to support ongoing analytics needs.
• Automate reporting and data workflows to reduce manual effort.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience working with large datasets and applying analytical techniques.
• Strong programming skills in SQL and at least one statistical language (Python, R, etc.).
• Experience building and implementing machine learning or statistical models.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience with Power Automate or another automation platform.
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.

Physical Requirements

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Read, communicate verbally and/or in written form, remember and analyze information, and understand instructions or guidelines.
• Stand, walk, and sit as required by the duties of the job.
• Frequently use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs/12 kg.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

About the Company

Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions is a premier global transportation provider delivering essential and innovative transportation, logistics, and technology services. With headquarters in Reading, PA, Penske and its associates are driven by a dedication to excellence and a commitment to customer success.

Location: Reading, PA (100 Gundy Drive)