Description
At The Hackett Group®, we offer opportunities to learn, connect, and collaborate with professionals worldwide, helping them achieve recent performance and competitive advantages. As payroll research professional, you will partner with Hackett’s payroll advisors, clients, and global stakeholders across industries to understand key trends, issues, and challenges related to establishing world-class performance. You will be a member of The Hackett Group’s research team, which covers G&A; functions (finance, HR, AI, and procurement), GBS, and end-to-end process programs (A2R, C2C, P2P, and payroll). You will work closely with advisors in the functional applied intelligence practice and your colleagues on the research team.
Responsibilities:
- Develop fresh perspectives on critical business and technology issues affecting payroll processes, including the impact of emerging technologies like generative AI and agentic AI.
- Contribute to the advancement and quality of payroll research and thought leadership initiatives.




- Lead and support the creation of payroll research agenda and deliverables including quantitative studies, benchmark data analysis, in-depth research reports, case studies, newsletters, thought leadership articles, and client presentations.
- Shape and execute quantitative and qualitative payroll research projects.
- Edit, analyze, and synthesize data.
- Review and critique drafts to meet quality standards.
- Assist in the development and lifecycle of payroll research reports.
- Collaborate with internal eminence producers to align campaign-related efforts and cultivate relationships with interested practitioners.
- Develop payroll research solutions, frameworks, and methods to address specific project needs.
- Identify payroll trends by tracking news articles, vendor announcements, and analyzing investment and market data.
- Deliver content for internal and external use in social channels, live and via webcasts, podcasts, and more.
- Oversee incomi

📌 Associate Manager/Manager-CIR (Hyderabad)
🏢 The Hackett Group
📍 Hyderabad