Senior HR Data Analyst

Job Description Summary:

Working within the HRIS function, this role will optimize HR data quality, develop analytics capabilities, and deliver actionable insights to HR and business leaders that will support strategic workforce decision-making across the organization. This position will spend time diving into key performance metrics, process efficiency, and pain points to improve the overall HR operational experience. Essential duties will be performed while keeping quality, integrity, and security of HR information at the forefront of all activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

1. Support the development, implementation, and ongoing adherence to data governance policies and procedures.
2. Develop and deliver data-driven insights and recommendations to inform business decisions and drive strategic initiatives.
3. Serve as a data-driven strategy partner, advising on implementation of new workforce analytics, that inform business strategy.
4. Partner with HR teams to understand business needs and translate them into data-driven solutions.
5. Develop and maintain self-service reporting and analytics capabilities within the Workday and other analytics platforms.
6. Respond to ad hoc report requests in support of BAU activities and special projects, including, but not limited to, M&A activities and executive dashboards, maintaining balance between business requirement and system integrity.
7. Maintain custom Prism datasets to incorporate external data into Workday analytics capabilities.
8. Design, own and deliver complex reporting and analysis solutions to provide rich insights on HR data, processes, performance, and quality.
9. Conduct in-depth data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights related to workforce performance, employee experience, and organizational effectiveness.
10. Collaborate with HR teams to improve data quality and consistency within the Workday system.
11. Partner with business leaders to understand pain points, prioritize requirements and identify opportunities to improve processes and gain efficiency by leveraging Workday functionality.
12. Maintain awareness of Workday feature releases/roadmap and the potential impact of those plans on current and future analytics functionality.
13. Responsible for the thorough testing and analysis of new Workday and other reporting and analytics features and functionality; participates in relevant release planning, accountable for regression testing, unit testing, User Acceptance testing and pre-launch testing/sign-off for new features or enhancements.
14. Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices in people analytics.
15. Provide excellent customer service in response to report requests and resolve requests accurately and timely.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

This position is hiring for two different levels - a HR Data Analyst and a Senior HR Data Analyst. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Bachelor’s Degree Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related field preferred.
2. 2+ years of experience in HR data analysis and reporting. Requires a minimum 2 years of experience with Workday .
3. Experience with various data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Workday Prism, Excel, SQL, Tableau, Power BI).
4. Experience with Workday report writer, Workday Prism, or other HRIS systems (preferred).
5. Functional experience with broad HR practices and program development that allows you to understand the needs of stakeholders across the HR functions (preferred).
6. Compliance experience in PII, GDPR, SOX (preferred).

Senior Data Analyst Specific:

1. 5+ years of experience in HR data analysis and reporting.
2. Support the development, implementation, and ongoing adherence to data governance policies and procedures.
3. Develop and deliver data-driven insights and recommendations to inform business decisions and drive strategic initiatives.
4. Serve as a data-driven strategy partner, advising on implementation of new workforce analytics, that inform business strategy.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

1. Workday Pro Reporting or Workday Pro Prism Analytics (preferred).

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

1. Advanced proficiency in Excel, including data manipulation, pivot tables, and data visualization.
2. Strong SQL skills for data extraction and manipulation.
3. Advanced understanding of statistical concepts and methods.
4. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
5. Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills required.
6. Ability to articulate HR data structures and terminology to HR and business stakeholders.
7. Ability to interpret and incorporate operational business functions into assigned activities.
8. Ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for non-technical audiences.
9. Ability to empower business leaders to data-driven process improvements.
10. High degree of customer-centric mindset and personal accountability, with a track record for delivering results, team collaboration and strong analytical acumen.
11. Ability to work on and time-manage multiple assigned projects in parallel while meeting target deadlines.
12. Ability to exercise discretion and show good judgment; honesty, integrity, and trust-building behaviors in all dealings is essential and required in this role.

If you are interested, please apply through the link. Please do not reach out to me directly via LinkedIn as I am unable to respond to the overwhelming number of inquiries.