HR Data and Reporting Analyst

Reed Talent Solutions; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Money and Pensions Service is seeking an HR Data and Reporting Analyst in Bedford on a 12-month FTC with hybrid working.

You will turn complex people data into meaningful insights, deliver accurate HR reporting, and support workforce planning and data quality across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Strong experience working with HR data and systems across HR processes.
• Excel and data manipulation skills with large datasets.
• Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy mindset.
• Experience translating workforce data into meaningful analysis and insights.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management to explain data clearly.
• Working knowledge of data analysis and reporting tools, especially Power BI and Power Query.

Responsibilities

• Maintain integrity, accuracy and quality of HR data; resolve data issues.
• Validate, reconcile, cleanse and maintain workforce information from multiple sources.
• Support HR systems data updates, audits and discrepancy resolution.
• Produce regular and ad-hoc HR reports, dashboards and metrics for decision-making.
• Collaborate across HR and the business to understand requirements and improve data processes.
• Analyze workforce data and trends to support planning and initiatives.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable information for HR and stakeholders.

Skills

HR data management

Excel data analysis

Data cleansing

Power BI

Stakeholder communication

Data validation

Power Query

Attention to detail

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Job description

HR Data and Reporting Analyst

£53,000 per annum

Bedford

12-month FTC

Hybrid Working

Ready to make a real difference? Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as our HR Data and Reporting Analyst.

This is your chance to play a meaningful role in helping people across the UK build stronger financial futures and to do it as part of a supportive, energetic team.

Why This Role Matters

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to turn complex people data into meaningful insight, delivering accurate reporting and analysis that supports better decision-making across the organisation. You'll play a key role in workforce planning, people metrics, data quality, and HR reporting, helping leaders understand trends, make informed decisions, and shape a positive employee experience. Through your work, you'll provide valuable insights that influence organisational planning, support strategic people initiatives, and drive continuous improvement across our HR function, shaping work that genuinely improves people's financial wellbeing.

You'll join a team that's passionate, collaborative, and driven by the belief that financial confidence should be something everyone can access.

What You'll Be Doing

The HR Data and Reporting Analyst will report directly to Senior Data Analyst and System Lead and will be responsible for:

• Maintaining the integrity, accuracy and quality of HR data, investigating and resolving data issues and supporting continuous improvement in data processes.
• Working with HR data from multiple sources to validate, reconcile, cleanse and maintain accurate workforce information for operational and reporting purposes.
• Supporting the maintenance of workforce data within HR systems, including data updates, audits and resolving discrepancies.
• Producing accurate regular and ad-hoc HR reports, dashboards and people metrics to support decision-making across the organisation.
• Collaborating across HR and the wider business to understand requirements, resolve data issues, improve data processes, and enhance the organisation's use of workforce information.
• Analysing workforce data and trends, identifying meaningful insights and supporting workforce planning and people initiatives.
• Translating complex workforce data into clear, actionable information for HR colleagues and wider stakeholders.

What You’ll Bring

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Strong experience working with HR data and systems, with a good understanding of how data is captured, maintained and used across HR processes.
• Strong Excel and data manipulation skills, with practical experience cleaning, matching, validating and reconciling large datasets.
• Excellent attention to detail and a strong focus on data accuracy, with an investigative approach and natural curiosity when identifying and resolving issues.
• Experience of working with data from multiple sources and translating workforce data into meaningful analysis, trends and actionable insight.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to explain data and technical issues clearly to non-technical colleagues.
• Working knowledge of data analysis and reporting tools, with Power Query and Power BI being highly desirable.