People Analytics and Insights Specialist

Vivaenergyaustralia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Viva Energy Group is seeking an experienced People Analytics & Insights Specialist to drive data-informed decision‑making across the organisation.

This role offers the opportunity to shape how workforce insights are used across Viva Energy, delivering analytics, reporting and visualisations that support strategic business outcomes across a large and diverse workforce spanning retail, convenience, refinery and corporate functions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in People Analytics, HR Reporting, Business Intelligence or a related analytical discipline.
• Advanced Power BI capability including dashboard development, data modelling, DAX, visualisation design and report optimisation.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills across data analysis, modelling and reporting.
• Experience working with HRIS, payroll and workforce datasets.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and critical‑thinking capability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills, including experience engaging and presenting to senior leaders.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to data quality, governance and reporting accuracy.
• Experience with SQL or other data‑querying tools will be highly regarded.
• Experience integrating data from multiple systems and sources will also be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of workforce analytics, trend analysis and actionable insights to support business and people‑related decisions.
• Analyse workforce data across headcount, turnover, retention, recruitment, diversity, engagement, performance and remuneration.
• Conduct deep‑dive analysis to identify workforce risks, opportunities and emerging trends.
• Design, develop and maintain enterprise workforce dashboards, scorecards and reporting solutions.
• Act as the Power BI subject matter expert for People & Culture reporting.
• Develop data models, measures and visualisations that translate complex data into meaningful business insights.
• Drive reporting automation and continuous improvement to increase efficiency and access to workforce information.
• Deliver regular and ad‑hoc reporting to People & Culture leaders, executives and key stakeholders.
• Establish reporting standards, workforce metric definitions and supporting documentation.
• Partner with HRIS, Payroll, Finance and Technology teams to identify and resolve data‑quality issues.
• Support compliance with data governance, privacy and reporting requirements.
• Present workforce trends and recommendations to senior stakeholders, using evidence‑based analysis to influence decision‑making.
• Evaluate people initiatives, programs and policies through outcome measurement and data‑driven insights.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Data storytelling

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

Power BI

Excel

DAX

SQL

HRIS

Job description

We are seeking an experienced People Analytics & Insights Specialist to help drive data-informed decision‑making across Viva Energy Group. This is an opportunity to shape how workforce insights are used across the organisation, delivering analytics, reporting and visualisations that support strategic business outcomes across a large and diverse workforce spanning retail, convenience, refinery and corporate functions.

This role offers the opportunity to own and enhance our people analytics capability, leading the development of Power BI dashboards, workforce reporting and data visualisation solutions used by People & Culture, and business leaders to identify workforce trends, measure organisational effectiveness and deliver evidence‑based recommendations.

Responsibilities & Requirements

• Lead the delivery of workforce analytics, trend analysis and actionable insights to support business and people‑related decisions.
• Analyse workforce data across headcount, turnover, retention, recruitment, diversity, engagement, performance and remuneration.
• Conduct deep‑dive analysis to identify workforce risks, opportunities and emerging trends.
• Design, develop and maintain enterprise workforce dashboards, scorecards and reporting solutions.
• Act as the Power BI subject matter expert for People & Culture reporting.
• Develop data models, measures and visualisations that translate complex data into meaningful business insights.
• Drive reporting automation and continuous improvement to increase efficiency and access to workforce information.
• Deliver regular and ad‑hoc reporting to People & Culture leaders, executives and key stakeholders.
• Establish reporting standards, workforce metric definitions and supporting documentation.
• Partner with HRIS, Payroll, Finance and Technology teams to identify and resolve data‑quality issues.
• Support compliance with data governance, privacy and reporting requirements.
• Present workforce trends and recommendations to senior stakeholders, using evidence‑based analysis to influence decision‑making.
• Evaluate people initiatives, programs and policies through outcome measurement and data‑driven insights.
• Significant experience in People Analytics, HR Reporting, Business Intelligence or a related analytical discipline.
• Advanced Power BI capability, including dashboard development, data modelling, DAX, visualisation design and report optimisation.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills across data analysis, modelling and reporting.
• Experience working with HRIS, payroll and workforce datasets.
• Demonstrated ability to convert complex datasets into clear, practical and actionable business insights.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and critical‑thinking capability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills, including experience engaging and presenting to senior leaders.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to data quality, governance and reporting accuracy.
• Experience with SQL or other data‑querying tools will be highly regarded.
• Experience integrating data from multiple systems and sources will also be advantageous.

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage and support diversity in our traditional and non‑traditional roles.

You must hold full Australian working rights to be considered for this role. Unfortunately, Viva Energy is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have unrestricted rights to work in Australia.

Please note: This role is being sourced through Viva Energy Australia, therefore we will not be accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.

Applications Close 30 November 2026