Workforce Reporting Analyst - Fixed Term Contract

We're looking for a talented Workforce Reporting Analyst to join our dynamic People team in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. This is a fixed term contract position covering maternity leave for a period of between 12-15 months. In this exciting role you'll support the delivery of accurate and insightful workforce reporting, with a focus on maintaining and improving core HR data within Workday and Adaptive Planning. This role will assist in the production of regular HR metrics and dashboards, ensuring data integrity and supporting wider workforce planning activities. You'll also assist with the continuous improvement of our recent implementation of Workday Adaptive Workforce Planning as well as creating and maintaining dashboards, reports & security within the system. Come join our dynamic team and become a pivotal force in shaping our workforce data! This role is all about driving system enhancements, ensuring seamless and efficient reporting, and collaborating closely with leaders across the organization. Your contributions will be vital in maintaining the heartbeat of our operations and propelling us towards greater success. Sound like you.,

• You'll maintain accurate workforce data within Workday, ensuring regular validation and cleansing activities are carried out.
• You'll support the production of monthly people metrics and dashboards (e.g., FTE, attrition, absence, diversity metrics).
• You'll assist in the preparation of workforce data for reporting cycles (such as Gender Pay Reporting and annual pay reviews).
• You'll work with colleagues to ensure consistency in skills data, naming conventions, and other key reporting fields across Workday and Adaptive Planning.
• You'll support testing and documentation of any system changes in Workday relating to workforce data.
• You'll help manage user queries related to workforce data and reporting.
• You'll liaise with the People Systems team to identify and escalate data quality issues.
• You'll provide administrative support to the Workforce Planning team as needed.
• You'll maintain a library of regular reports, ensuring they are up to date and accurate.
• You'll ensure compliance with internal policies, data protection standards, and regulatory requirements in handling sensitive workforce data.
  
  Proficient in Workday: You'll have strong expertise in workforce data and reporting. Any experience of Workday Adaptive Planning is desirable but not essential.
• HR analytics and workforce planning experience: You'll have a proven track record working with HR analytics and workforce planning.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills: You'll be proficient in pivot tables, formulas, PowerQuery, and data manipulation.
• Excellent communication skills: You'll need to be able to explain data clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Data Storytelling expertise: You'll be skilled at using data to craft compelling narratives.
• Industry experience: A proven track record in Financial Services or other regulated industries is desirable but not essential., Working knowledge of Workday, particularly in relation to workforce data and reporting.
• Strong attention to detail with excellent data accuracy skills.
• Previous experience in HR analytics or workforce planning.
• Competent in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, formulas, PowerQuery and data manipulation).
• Experience working with HR data and producing regular people reports.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines.
• Good communication skills with the ability to explain data clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Experienced at using data to tell a story.
Desirable:
• Experience of Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Experience working within Financial Services or a regulated industry.
Skills:
• Workday Systems.
• Data Accuracy.
• HR Reporting & Analytics.
• Microsoft Excel.
• Problem Solving.
• Communication.
• Time Management.
• Collaboration.
• Process Documentation.
• Data Protection.
Ready to make a positive impact? Apply now and be part of something big! What can we do for you? People first. Always. We're passionate about our colleagues and know the best people deserve an extraordinary working environment. We owe it to them so that's what we offer. Our workplaces are energetic, inspirational, supportive. To get a taste of the advantages you'll enjoy, take a look at all our perks in full here.

We're First Central Insurance & Technology Group (First Central for short), an innovative, market-leading insurance company. We protect the things customers love so they can get on with what matters to them in life. Data drives us. It fuels our outstanding distribution, finance, technology and legal services. Our underwriting skills are built on data expertise; it creates the insights we need to give the right cover to the right customers at the right price. But, it's the people inside and outside our business that power us. They make us stand out, help us succeed. We're ambitious. We're growing. We've won awards.