Analytics & Workforce Intelligence Lead

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:

Strategic Workforce Analytics and Insight:

• Deliver integrated workforce and people analytics that enable evidence-based decision-making aligned to People and Workforce Strategy.
• Generate actionable insights across workforce structure, roles, capacity, productivity, skills, and costs, moving beyond descriptive reporting.
• Translate complex, multisource datasets into clear, executive-ready narratives and recommendations.

Workforce Data Integration and Intelligence:

• Integrate workforce data across HR systems, Finance, and other people data sources to create a single, aligned view of workforce intelligence.
• Align metrics, assumptions, and reporting standards across HR, Finance, and Strategy to drive shared understanding.
• Partner closely with Finance to connect workforce and cost analytics with financial planning and performance management.

Dashboarding and Reporting Transformation:

• Design, build, and maintain integrated workforce analytics dashboards using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent.
• Drive the shift toward dashboard-led analytics, reducing fragmented, manual reporting.
• Ensure dashboards are intuitive, standardised, and tailored for senior leadership decision-making with clear data definitions.
• Continuously measure and improve dashboard adoption, usability, and business impact.

Reporting Simplification and Optimisation:

• Lead the rationalisation and simplification of workforce reporting, eliminating duplication and low-value outputs.
• Replace activity-based reporting with insight-driven, decision-focused analytics.
• Establish a scalable and efficient analytics framework across the People function.

Advanced Analytics, Automation and AI Enablement:

• Apply AI-enabled techniques and automation to enhance the speed, consistency, and quality of insight generation.
• Use advanced analytics to surface trends, patterns, and forward-looking workforce intelligence, while ensuring practical and business-aligned application.
• Support workforce initiatives and strategic programmes through structured, predictive insights.

Data Governance and Quality Stewardship:

• Establish and maintain clear definitions, standards, and governance for workforce analytics (especially within Oracle HCM environments).
• Improve confidence in workforce data through transparency of methodologies, assumptions, and calculations.
• Act as a steward of highquality, decision-ready workforce insight across the organisation.

Stakeholder Partnership:

• Partner with senior HR leaders, Finance, and Strategy teams to support workforce strategy execution.
• Enable self-service insights where appropriate while guiding stakeholders on data interpretation.
• Support key workforce planning and organisational initiatives through insight-led collaboration.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability in data storytelling, translating complex datasets into clear, actionable, leadership-ready insights.
• 7-10 years of experience in People Analytics, Workforce Analytics, HR Analytics, or Business Intelligence roles, preferably in complex or matrixed environments.
• Knowledge of Oracle HCM data modules, including OTBI, BI Publisher, and FDI.
• Proven experience in designing and delivering dashboard-led workforce analytics solutions(Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools).
• Advanced analytical capability using Excel, SQL, and BI platforms.
• Demonstrated ability in data storytelling, translating complex datasets into clear, actionable, leadership-ready insights.
• Experience leveraging automation and AI-enabled analytics techniques to enhance reporting and insight generation.
• Strong understanding of workforce concepts, including capacity, productivity, performance, costs, roles, and skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive adoption of standardised, insight-driven analytics practices.