Hr Controlling & Analytics Coordinator

Barcelona Supercomputing Center; Madrid; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant tickets

Private health insurance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) is seeking an HR Controlling & Analytics Coordinator to lead workforce cost planning, budget control, and data-driven insights. Reporting to the Head of HR, you will bridge HR strategy with advanced analytics to support strategic initiatives.

You will develop and monitor wage bill budgets, KPIs, and analytics packages, collaborating with Finance, Legal, and HR units to enable informed decision-making and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years in a People Analytics role in a research organization/public sector.
• Experience managing HR budgets and/or personnel budgeting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in Spanish, Catalan and English.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, complex formulas).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end cycle of the centre's total wage bill from planning to monthly tracking.
• Ensure regulatory compliance across salary structures with Finance and Legal teams.
• Manage monthly payroll cost closings and support personnel cost planning.
• Monitor the global HR operational budget and identify risks and efficiency gains.
• Define, monitor and report HR KPIs.
• Develop comprehensive reports and dashboards for senior management.
• Coordinate monthly analytics packages and ad-hoc workforce data requests.
• Supervise and mentor a junior HR Controlling & Analytics Officer.

Skills

Spanish

Catalan

English

Excel

Education

Bachelor degree in Labour Relations

Tools

HR analytics tools

SAP

Job description

Job Reference: 444_26_MNG_HR_HRCAC

Job Title: HR Controlling & Analytics Coordinator

Starting Date: 16/10/2026

Closing Date: Friday, 16 October, ****

About BSC

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain.

It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe.

The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress.

BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over **** staff from 60 countries.

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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research.

In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured.

We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.

If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer.

We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.

Context And Mission

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) is looking for an HR Controlling & People Analytics Coordinator to lead and elevate our workforce cost planning, budget control, and data-driven people analytics insights.

Reporting directly to the Head of HR, the successful candidate will play a central role in bridging HR strategy and advanced organizational analytics to support strategic initiatives.

Key Duties

• Coordinate and ensure the end-to-end cycle of the centre's total wage bill (masa salarial), from initial budgetary planning, simulation, and allocation to monthly tracking, deviation analysis, and year-end closing.
• Ensure full institutional and public-sector regulatory compliance across salary structures in collaboration with Finance and Legal teams.
• Manage monthly payroll cost closings, and provide strategic support to Group Leaders for personnel cost planning within their teams in partnership with the Finance Projects unit.
• Monitor the global HR operational budget, identifying financial risks, efficiency gains, and corrective actions.
• Define, monitor, and report key HR KPIs to measure the effectiveness of HR processes and initiatives.
• Develop comprehensive reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights for senior management and department heads.
• Coordinate the end-to-end delivery of regular monthly analytics packages and high-priority ad-hoc workforce data/report requests.
• Supervise and mentor a junior HR Controlling & Analytics Officer, fostering their professional development.
• Collaborate with other HR units to integrate analytics into decision-making processes.
• Act as a key liaison between HR and other departments, ensuring seamless communication and support on budget and analytics matters.
• Coordinate mandatory institutional statistics, public-sector audits, and legal workforce compliance reporting in partnership with the payroll provider.
• Oversee headcounts, FTE tracking, and policies regarding affiliated personnel, visiting researchers, and joint appointments.
• Maintain up-to-date institutional organization charts and structural headcount mappings.
• Management of affiliated personnel of BSC.

Requirements

• Education: University degree in Labour Relations, or a related field.
• Specialization studies in Controlling or People Analytics.
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience: 3 - 4 years of experience in a People Analytics position in a research organization/public sector.
• Demonstrated ability to manage HR budgets and/or personnel budgeting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication (Spanish, Catalan and English); other European languages will be valued.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (pivot tables, complex formulas, etc.).

Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience

• Familiarity with HR analytics tools and dashboard creation is a strong asset.
• Experience with SAP or similar systems is an advantage.
• Other experiences in an HR department will be valued.

Competences

• Planning and organizing (Structured mindset).
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume, deadline-driven environment.
• Inclusive leadership.
• Team work.
• Proactive Cooperation (Desire to learn and improve).
• Flexibility.

Conditions

The position will be located at BSC within the Management Department.

We offer a full-time contract (35h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures.

Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration.

Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement.

Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona.

Starting date: 16/10/2026.

Development of the recruitment process

Curriculum Analysis: Evaluation of previous experience and/or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position.

• 40 points – Interview phase: The highest-rated candidates at the curriculum level will be invited to the interview phase, conducted by the corresponding department and Human Resources.
• 60 points.

A minimum of 30 points out of 60 must be obtained to be eligible for the position.

The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation of women. In accordance with OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for each vacancy at the beginning of the process.

After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will begin the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview.

At a minimum, a personality questionnaire as well as a technical exercise will be conducted during the process.

The panel will make a final decision, and all individuals who participated in the interview phase will receive feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.

At BSC, we seek continuous improvement in our recruitment processes.

OTM-R principles for selection processes

BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R).

This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.

BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.

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