HR Analytics Specialist

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The HR Analytics Specialist acts as a critical member of the HR Analytics team focused on self-service, data integrity, system administration and infrastructure, process improvements, reporting and insights. The Specialist provides day-to-day system administration, long-term system and capability planning, and analytics and reporting services over select HR process areas. The specialist has analytics ownership over multiple HR process areas and executes projects, standard reports and statistical models designed to provide business and HR leaders with insights on people and operational data to help them to make decisions that build strategic and tactical advantage, mitigate risk and create ROI.
Flexible Remote position: This position offers flexible remote scheduling with majority of work from a home office. You are expected to live within a reasonable commuting distance to the Meijer Corporate office (Grand Rapids MI) for any required work onsite or visit the office as needed for the position.

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What You'll be Doing:

• Provide HR system configuration.
• Set and maintain HR system standards and security and help set HR system policy.
• Provide strong auditable administrative system processes.
• Provide scheduled and unscheduled HRIS maintenance and issue resolution.
• Assist in the evaluation, testing and implementation of new HRIS systems, upgrades, or patches. Collaborate with functional and technical staff, vendors and IT to coordinate application upgrades or fixes.
•  Design, develop, maintain and analyze useful metrics, dashboard, analysis and data reporting to support a variety of HR and business initiatives. This requires accessing and utilizing complex data, and interpreting, transforming and synthesizing it to meaningful information for decision making.
• Respond to scheduled and non-scheduled analytics needs.
• Partner with the rest of the Analytics team to determine and implement an analytics capability framework that enables a shift from stand-alone reporting to sophisticated analysis and strategic initiatives.
•  Combine HR functional knowledge with strong technical expertise of HR systems in order to drive process and system efficiencies/best practices, promote data integrity and ensure delivery of accurate reporting of data to the business.
• Develop new HR processes or alternative processes.
• Maintain awareness of current trends in HRIS with a focus on product and service development, delivery and support, and applying key technologies.
• May serve as the primary consultant for internal clients to design and support analytics and reports, Identify and perform statistical analyses, and make recommendations on complex HR issues in partnership with Analytics leadership.
• Present methodology and conclusions of analyses directly to senior executive teams.
• Establish or recommend benchmarks and/or lead data collection to benchmark the organization on human capital metrics.
•  Utilize project management skills and indirect leadership skills to facilitate HR projects (including the development and management of work plans.) May serve as a project manager or project work stream lead on multiple projects, initiatives or studies.
• Produce and leverage system and capability road maps in assignment.
• Produce clear, concise reports and/or presentations.

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, MIS, Computer Science, Statistics or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 3-5 years of HRIS or HRIT experience.
• Experience with an HR system of record (Workday preferred).
• 1-2 years of project management and systems implementation experience recommended.
• Strong understanding of HR processes and data; relies on extensive experience and judgment to perform the functions of the job.
• Strong understanding of HRIS database design, structure, functions and processes, and experience with databases tools.
• Expertise in navigating through an HR system of record.
• Solid computer skills with thorough technical aptitude and attention to details; advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, Visio), with a strong background in Microsoft Excel and Access.
• Effective time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills including written and verbal communication skills.
• Project management experience involving systems.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks & projects; working unsupervised exercising a high degree of discretion and independent judgment.
• Service oriented, collaborative approach to internal customers and peer relationships.
• Solid technical problem solving capabilities with ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical users/customers.