HR Product Specialist - Analytics - AVP

Role Description

The Workforce Management and Analytics AVP has hands-on experience of using databases and (ideally) HR systems to design and build workforce-related reporting, analytics (descriptive and predictive), and forecasting techniques. The resource should also be able to perform Project management activities, including tracking and reporting of various projects.

Your key responsibilities

• Primary responsibility is to deliver a) the weekly FTE outlook for the current month b) the monthly FTE forecast to Finance. In the first instance, this requires execution to the current forecasting models, which takes various inputs housed in HR systems including hiring rates, open roles, attrition rates and restructuring cases.
• As a second order priority, the incumbent should look to evolve the models so we are delivering accurate FTE forecasts to support data driven business decisions
• The role will also support the annual planning process by providing various data inputs to both Finance and the business as required
• Provides MI and analytics support to the HR function in the areas of people metrics, reporting, analytics and responsible for successful delivery as per agreed KPIs
• Provides support to the functional leads on various project management activities and drives the projects to their appropriate conclusion.
• Also collaborates with subject matter experts across the HR functional areas to promote use of data, standard practices and to improve overall strategic and operational performance and insight.
• Utilizes technology and relevant tools to develop and analyze enterprise-wide people and other cross-functional data as needed, and communicate findings to senior management via formal presentations and standard management reporting artifacts on a periodic basis.
• Serves as the domain expert for human capital analytics, and understands change and attunes to changes in the environment and business, and responds quickly and flexibly by taking appropriate measures to promote analytics agenda in HR
• Serves as an active participant on cross-functional project teams and provide guidance and training to teams in asking appropriate questions, interpreting data, and translating into insights and action.

Your skills and experience

• Experience in an analytics environment (including MI and reporting), preferably within HR.
• Experience in FTE forecasting in an organisation of our size or forecasting more broadly
• Ability to communicate statistical concepts and reporting output to non-experts effectively - both written and verbal
• Experience in project management and process transformation through digitization, automation.
• Experience in leading the interpretation of large datasets in order to identify significant differences, relationships, and trends in data, as well as factors that could affect the results, and report results of statistical analyses in the form of graphs, charts, and tables.
• Experience in developing and embedding high quality into all areas of workforce reporting.
• Support HR WFM&A function to assist relevant teams in the management and auditing of data and development of reporting solutions in support of key HR processes.
• Continually drive change and process improvement, including the testing and implementation of new HR databases and tools, providing feedback to system and process owners.

Education / Certification/ Skills

• Statistical & Analytical experience in interpretation & reporting of large data sets
• Good Understanding of databases and proficient reporting tools like SQL, MS-Office, RDBMS
• Ability to up skill and learn various reporting and analytical tools.
• Demonstrable partnership and influencing skills