The Role
Lead payroll analytics by analyzing large payroll datasets, building dashboards, predictive models, and automation solutions. Partner with Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT to develop data pipelines, ensure data quality and governance, and automate reporting to improve payroll efficiency, compliance, and transparency.
Summary Generated by Built In
Position Summary:
The Payroll Business Intelligence Analyst is responsible for leveraging 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.
This 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
Key Responsibilities:
Data Analysis & Insights
• 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 decision
• 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
Required Qualifications:
• 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.
• Successful candidate must complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (past employment, education, and criminal history), and complete a drug screening.
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.
• The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer
About Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions
Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions is a premier global transportation provider that delivers essential and innovative transportation, logistics and technology services to help companies and people move forward. With headquarters in Reading, PA, Penske and its associates are driven by a dedication to excellence and a commitment to customer success. Visit Go Penske to learn more.
Skills Required
- 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
- Experience with Power Automate or another automation platform
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Regular, predictable, full attendance
- Successful completion of Penske employment application and background investigation (employment, education, criminal history)
- Successful completion of drug screening
Penske Logistics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Penske Logistics and has not been reviewed or approved by Penske Logistics.
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Retirement Support — Retirement options include a 401(k) and, in some driver roles, a 100% company‑funded pension that provides strong long‑term value. These retirement features are described as rare and valuable within certain assignments.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave are part of the standard package, with some roles offering PTO starting on day one. Time‑off provisions are consistently presented alongside core benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and hearing coverage are complemented by telemedicine, mental‑health support, and disability options. FSAs/HSAs and wellness resources contribute to broad healthcare coverage.
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The Company
What We Do
Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company. We provide supply chain management and logistics solutions to leading brands around the world. Penske Logistics delivers value through its design, planning and execution in transportation, warehousing, freight management, and dry-van truckload services. Penske offers customized supply chain and logistics solutions including: Dedicated Contract Carriage; Distribution Center Management; Freight Management; Freight Brokerage; Transportation Management Solutions (TMS); Lead Logistics Provider (LLP), Control Tower and 4PL Solutions. We serve a variety of industries including: automotive; food, beverage, grocery, wine and spirits; cold chain; convenience and drug stores; quick service restaurants (QSRs); retail; big box retailers; building and construction products; CPG; healthcare; industrial manufacturing; consumer appliances and consumer electronics; and many others.
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