Data Analyst, HR & Compensation - Corporate Services Market

The HR Data and Compensation Analyst supports data-driven HR and people decisions to analyze and gain insights on the firm's compensation practices and a broad range of topics including compliance, workforce planning, employee engagement, employee attraction and selection, development, performance, diversity and inclusion, and retention.

HR Data Responsibilities:

• Research and develop data analytics in support of the Human Resources Department's strategic initiatives

• HR metrics and reports development across all HR Technology modules

• Data conversions for HRIS migrations

• Data mapping, cleansing, and SQL queries

• Streamline reporting and automate reports within the HR function

• Importing, exporting, and manipulating employee data

• Regulatory and compliance reporting

• Conduct internal compliance audits

• Ability to translate results of analyses into data-driven insights to ensure key messages resonate with the target audience

• Work with MIS and practice operations teams to develop visualization methods/tools to enable end users to access and understand relevant data easily

• Handle ad-hoc data requests from the HR and Leadership teams

Compensation Data Responsibilities:

• Analysis of compensation trends in relevant industry markets

• Researching employee salaries in similar roles, organizations, and industries and recommending changes based on findings

• Collecting feedback on compensation-related issues

• Participating in and collecting/analyzing data from industry-related compensation surveys to determine market trends

• Benchmarking jobs against data collected and market intelligence to determine competitive compensation for each role

• Planning and communicating best practices for evaluating and compensating employees, including pay equity compliance

• Preparing and presenting charts and reports of compensation analysis

• Researching and advising on relevant state and federal laws to ensure the organization remains compliant with its compensation policies

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate's/Bachelor's Degree in Business Analytics, Statistics, Human Resources, or a similar degree

• 5+ years of work experience in data analytics, compensation, or compliance within Human Resources

• Experience extracting HRIS data; Experience in Microsoft Power BI or UKG Pro BI a plus

• Strong knowledge of HR practices and processes

• Strong research, data analysis, and data visualization skills

• Ability to explain and present data and metrics in a logical, concise manner including to a non-technical audience

• Advanced in Microsoft Excel and database management skills including the ability to merge, clean, and analyze large amounts of data. Experience with analytics tools is a plus

• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, or a Compensation certification is a plus

Gresham Smith is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Gresham Smith provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender, national origin, status as a protected veteran, disability or any other classification protected by law.

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