Data Analyst

USS Investment Management Limited; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Wellbeing services

Learning & development

Volunteer days

Job summary

USS Investment Management Limited is seeking a Data Analyst to support HR Transformation with data analysis, quality, and migration activities across multiple HR systems.

You will work with HR, Payroll, Recruitment, IT and Programme teams to establish a robust data foundation, ensure governance, and deliver insightful reporting throughout the programme lifecycle.

The role offers hybrid working, with opportunities to develop data skills and contribute to a major UK pension programme.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Data Analyst or HR systems analyst.
• Ability to analyse, manipulate and reconcile large data sets.
• Strong data cleansing, validation and quality assurance skills.
• Experience documenting data requirements and mappings.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Data Discovery & Analysis across HR systems and databases.
• Data Quality & Cleansing across HR, Payroll and Recruiting.
• Data Migration Support including mapping and validation.
• Reporting & Analytics review of existing HR reports and dashboards.
• Data Governance contributions and programme documentation.

Skills

Data analysis

SQL

Data cleansing

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Tools

APIs

Job description

When you join USS, the size and scale of our pension scheme means you will have numerous opportunities to learn and develop your career. Given our size you’ll have real autonomy and influence as you collaborate closely with a wide-ranging team of experts.

Our office is a vibrant place to work, and we offer flexibility of office/homeworking due to our hybrid model.

About the role

In your role as Data Analyst you will make a meaningful and valued contribution from the outset. This role will provide a great opportunity to support the HR Transformation Programme by providing analytical, data quality, reporting and migration support to the Data Transformation Lead. The role will help assess current HR data structures, analyse data across multiple systems, support cleansing and validation activity, and contribute to the successful migration of data into the new HR platform.

Working across HR, Payroll, Reward, Learning, Recruitment, IT and Programme teams, the postholder will help establish a robust data foundation for the future HR operating model while maintaining effective governance, reporting and documentation throughout the programme lifecycle.

What you will be doing

• Data Discovery & Analysis
  • Analyse data across multiple HR systems and databases to support current-state assessment.
  • Document data structures, field usage, relationships and dependencies.
  • Produce data profiling and quality analysis to identify anomalies, gaps and risks.
  • Support the development of programme data inventories and mapping documentation.
• Data Quality & Cleansing
  • Support data quality assessments across HR, Payroll, Recruitment, Learning and associated systems.
  • Identify duplicate, incomplete or inaccurate data records and support remediation activity.
  • Track data quality improvements and provide regular progress reporting.
• Data Migration Support
  • Assist with data mapping between source systems and the target HR platform.
  • Create and maintain transformation rules.
  • Validate migration extracts, templates and reconciliation outputs.
  • Support user acceptance testing, migration testing cycles, cutover planning and post-migration validation.
• Reporting & Analytics
  • Review and document existing HR reports and dashboards.
  • Analyse current reporting requirements to define and document any new data sources required to meet future reporting and analytical needs.
• Data Governance & Programme Support
  • Contribute to the implementation of data governance principles, controls, definitions and standards.
  • Maintain data-related risks, actions, issues and workstream progress tracking.
  • Participate to stakeholder workshops, data review sessions, programme documentation and audit requirements.

About you

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don’t tick every box.

To be successful in the role you will have:

Essential

• Experience as a Data Analyst, Technical Data Tester or HR Systems Analyst.
• Experience analysing, manipulating and reconciling large datasets using coding languages or analytical tools.
• Strong data cleansing, validation and quality assurance skills.
• Experience documenting data requirements, mappings and business processes.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills, with close attention to detail.

Desirable

• Experience retrieving data programmatically via APIs.
• Proficiency in using SQL to extract data from complex datasets.
• Ability to derive a high-level data model from a live application.
• Understanding of HR or payroll data.

How we will reward you

• Great starting salary
• Generous annual leave package
• Access to a high quality pension scheme provided through Universities Superannuation Scheme
• Supportive people policies (including enhanced occupational sickness pay and family friendly pay)
• Financial contributions towards your personal development to help you maintain your physical and mental wellbeing
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing services i.e., private healthcare, discounted gym membership
• Learning and development opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and talent
• Employee Volunteer Day’s to support the communities where you work and live
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Our culture

Our people are what makes us different. We work together to create a diverse and inclusive culture that embraces individuality, where people are welcomed and feel comfortable in the knowledge that they can be themselves. We are active members of:

• Social Mobility Pledge
• Menopause Workplace Pledge
• Actively support Women in Tech
• Annual Intern programme supporting individuals to gain work experience.

About us

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) was established in 1974 as the principal pension scheme for universities and higher education institutions in the UK. We work with around 330 employers to help build a secure financial future for more than 500,000 members and their families. We are one of the largest pension schemes in the UK, with total assets of around £90.8bn (at 31 March 2022). To find out more, please visit https://www.uss.co.uk

USSL is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strive to ensure our recruitment process is as flexible and inclusive as possible so we can attract diverse candidates and recruit the best talent. We want all candidates to perform at their best during the recruitment process, so if you need any reasonable adjustments or if there is anything we can do to help support you through your recruitment journey please let us know by contacting [e-mail].