HR Data, Insights & Reward Manager (12-month mat cover)

About Us

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Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

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The Role / Position Overview

The HR Data, Insight & Reward Manager is a key role within the FT’s HR team, responsible for leading all aspects of the people analytics, reporting, and reward functions. This position runs a small team and works closely with other departments and senior stakeholders to provide informative data-driven recommendations, ensure the integrity of compensation structures, and drive the HR systems digital transformation. The ideal candidate will have sophisticated Workday configuration skills, particularly in report writing, security administration, and business process configuration, and possess excellent stakeholder management capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Team Management:
• Manage a team of two technical specialists in HR.
• Provide mentorship, support, and professional development opportunities to team members.
2. Data Analytics & Reporting:
• Prepare regular quarterly people and engagement reports.
• Utilise sophisticated data analytics to provide actionable insights for HR and business leaders.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of HR data.
3. Reward Function Management:
• Maintain the job architecture and ensure up-to-date pay ranges.
• Lead all aspects of the preparation and delivery of compensation statements.
• Lead compensation benchmarking and reward processes, addressing ad hoc benchmarking requests from the business.
• Prepare and deliver regular presentations on compensation and reward strategies.
4. Union Negotiations:
• Participate in union negotiations (US & UK), providing data-driven insights to support this process.
• Collaborate with Editorial and HR management to address compensation and reward-related matters related to unions.
5. HR Systems Digital Transformation:
• Drive the advancement of HR systems, focusing on digital transformation.
• Maintain and configure Workday, with a particular focus on report writing, security administration, and configuration.
• Ensuring data integrity, privacy and security within all HR systems.
6. Stakeholder Management:
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain a relationship with key partners in the Tech and Finance departments.
• Act as a trusted advisor on HR data, insight, and reward matters.
• Communicate sophisticated data insights in a clear and compelling manner.

Required skills and experience:

• Official Workday training (Security and Report Writing minimum)
• Proven experience in HR data analytics and reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with compensation benchmarking and reward processes is helpful.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with G-suite.
• Ability to lead a team

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced parental packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Further Information

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you wish to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact a member of our HR team who will be happy to help. 

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