People Data Analyst

Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.

People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

Here at Howden, we are expanding our data team to reflect the critical nature of our data to our expanding HR department and the fast-paced, international company it is part of. The People Analytics Analyst will work on key initiatives to help us ensure that our data is accurate, relevant and able to provide the business with key people insights. The purpose of this role is to support the Howden people and commercial agendas by working with the rest of the People Analytics team to provide a view of our talent by maintaining people systems and being an expert in reporting from them as well as delivering ad hoc analysis to support specific initiatives.

Role Specific Responsibilities:

• Support an accurate and up-to-date view of employee headcount and associated metrics, working with the relevant teams to get best view of people movements, and with the HRES and HRIS teams to accurately maintain people systems and tools.
• Work with supervisor to design, deliver and consolidate and optimise our reporting of survey results across the employee lifecycle.
• Support the implementation of a holistic framework across all surveys.
• Support the preparation, analysis and presentation of key insights and recommendations from the survey dataset to key HR and business stakeholders.
• Partner with COE champions to support deployment of improvements to employee lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain new analytical tools/dashboards and processes to support the running of the business, leveraging proficiency in Databricks, SQL and Power BI.
• Partner with the business to understand needs and translate them into technology requirements, enhancing current processes to streamline data workflows and automate processes efficiently where possible.
• Support the master data principles for HR Data, defining blueprints for data management systems whilst ensuring the integrity, confidentiality and security of all datasets.
• Support implementation of policies and guidelines for data management and develop standard operating procedures for data handling and archiving.
• Working closely with the HR Information Systems (HRIS) team, Finance, IT and other data providers to support improved data collaboration, awareness, operational effectiveness and data quality.
• Build knowledge and share data expertise and techniques to cultivate a data driven culture across the wider HR team.
• Support improvement initiatives and ad hoc analytical tasks (eg. Attrition deep dives, Annual Leave analysis) along with being an analytical “power-user” and coach the team.

Person Specification:

• Clear and logical thinking.
• Comfort with numbers, systems, data and reporting.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills – ability to prioritise, multi-task and hit deadlines.
• Team player, but able to work on own initiative.
• Discrete, diplomatic and able to deal with highly confidential information.
• Organised with strong ability to prioritise.
• An inquisitive and challenging mind – with an interest in questioning and improving the “as is”.
• Driven by deadlines/reliably delivers against deadlines.
• Problem solver with the patience and perseverance it takes to do so.

Professional/Technical Qualifications:

• Required: Proficiency in Microsoft Suite and Power BI.
• Required: Experience in a People Analytics environment.
• Preferred: Proficiency in SQL and Databricks.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and quantitative skills.
• 2-3 years’ experience of working in a demanding environment, preferably a professional services or financial services organisation.
• Proven organisational and administrative skills, in a busy, fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with systems, reporting and data.
• Ability to analyse and solve problems methodologically driving business insights.
• Passionate about leveraging technology to improve performance using data to drive insight and action.
• Previous experience related at least one area of the employee lifecycle beneficial.

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:

• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new.
• We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges.
• We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond.

Reasonable adjustments:

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working. If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it’s the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role’s criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.