Workforce Management & Analytics, AVP

The Workforce Management and Analytics AVP has extensive hands-on experience of using HR databases and systems to design and build workforce-related reporting, analytics (descriptive and predictive), and forecasting (employee life-cycle changes, headcount, organizational structures, diversity, learning, performance management etc.)

Your key responsibilities

• Support workforce planning and forecasting for FTE and compensation costs to ensure a systematic and transparent link between FTE, FTE movements and compensation costs.
• Also collaborates with subject matter experts across the HR functional areas, Finance and COOs teams to promote use of data, and to improve overall strategic planning & forecasting cycle and operational performance and insight.
• Provides MI and analytics support to the HR function in the areas of people metrics, reporting, advanced & predictive analytics, and responsible for successful delivery globally as per agreed KPIs
• Utilizes technology and analytical tools (R, Python recommended) to develop and analyze enterprise-wide people and other cross-functional data as needed, and communicates findings to senior management via formal presentations, standard management reporting artifacts on 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 and advance 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 / Exposure

• Experience in an analytics environment (including MI and reporting), preferably within HR.
• Experience in financial planning regarding workforce costs (fixed pay, variable pay, benefits).
• Ability to communicate complex statistical concepts and output to non-experts effectively in both written and verbal.
• Proficient in developing, owning and optimizing Statistical Models, Forecasting Plan & HR reports (e.g. HR Scorecard, HR Functional Dashboard, etc.) to drive meaningful business results.
• Experience in leading the interpretation of HR data 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 analysis and forecasting techniques 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

• Graduates / Post Graduates with at least 6 years of relevant work experience and overall 8+ years
• Advanced Statistical & Analytical experience in interpretation & reporting of huge data sets
• Advanced database and reporting (e.g., PeopleSoft, Workday, business intelligence tools, open source tools, and HR functional systems)
• Exceptional analytical skills, mastery of business intelligence or related disciplines
• Ability to work autonomously and lead large scale projects in fast paced matrix organizations
• Excellent executive presentation skills, ability to distill and present actionable information from complex analysis
• Strong and recent experience in statistical analysis software (e.g., SAS, R, Python, SPSS, Excel)
• Demonstrable partnership and influencing skills