People Data & Compliance Analyst

DFDS; Immingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Holiday purchase

Free ferry travel

Employee assistance programme

Retail discounts

Wellbeing and support

Job summary

DFDS is seeking a People Data & Compliance Analyst to manage and safeguard people data across HR systems, delivering regular and ad hoc reporting, dashboards, and workforce insights. You will collaborate with HR, Payroll, Reward, and Talent teams to ensure data accuracy, governance, and regulatory compliance.

You will drive improvements to processes, support system testing, and explore automation using Power BI, Excel, and Power Automate, while contributing to a data-driven culture across DFDS.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel and Power BI for reports, dashboards and MI.
• Strong understanding of GDPR and HR compliance in data handling.
• Experience in data governance, auditing, and data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and report workforce data to stakeholders with clear insights.
• Ensure data accuracy, privacy compliance and data governance across HR systems.
• Support HR data automation, system upgrades and process documentation.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

GDPR knowledge

HR compliance

Education

CIPD qualification or data analytics qualification (desirable)

Tools

Power Automate

Job description

Do you want to be a valued part of the critical infrastructure that serves communities across Europe and beyond? Are you looking for a position in which you can set direction and help shape our company? If so, then you could be the newest addition to our team as a People Data and Compliance Analyst.

Be part of the movement - and play your part.

About The Role

As a People Data & Compliance specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring our people data is accurate, secure, compliant, and used effectively to support business decision-making. You will work closely with HR, Payroll, Reward, Talent, and wider business teams to maintain high data standards, deliver meaningful reporting and workforce insights, and ensure HR processes meet statutory, regulatory, and internal requirements.

You will be responsible for

• Managing and maintaining people data across HR systems, carrying out regular data quality checks, audits, and corrections to ensure information remains accurate, complete, and compliant.
• Producing regular and ad hoc reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and workforce analytics, providing HR and business stakeholders with clear insights into people trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Coordinating people compliance activities, including workforce and diversity reporting, gender pay gap reporting, right-to-work checks, GDPR requirements, and other statutory or internal obligations.
• Investigating and resolving data and reporting queries, working collaboratively with HR, Payroll, Reward, Talent, and other teams to identify discrepancies, improve processes, and maintain consistent data standards.
• Improving HR systems and processes, supporting system testing, upgrades, new technology implementations, reporting automation, governance controls, and the development of clear process documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Identifying opportunities to automate manual reporting and administrative processes using reporting tools, Power BI, Excel, and other technologies such as Power Automate to improve efficiency and accuracy.

About You

We are looking for a highly analytical and detail-focused individual with a strong understanding of people data, HR systems, reporting, and data governance. You’ll be confident interpreting data, identifying trends, and turning information into clear, meaningful insights. Advanced Excel skills and experience creating reports, dashboards, and management information using Power BI are essential, alongside an understanding of GDPR, HR compliance, and data accuracy. Experience of using Power Automate is desirable

You’ll be organised, proactive, and comfortable managing your own workload, with the ability to work towards firm deadlines and take ownership of project-based work. You’ll also enjoy working collaboratively, sharing ideas, and contributing to continuous improvement within a warm and supportive team. Experience in HR, people analytics, compliance, audit, or a data-focused role would be beneficial, while a CIPD or data analytics qualification, or equivalent experience, is desirable.

We think the strongest teams are built on diversity and inclusivity. Contrasting opinions, varied skills and strong characters bring out the best in us all. And we cannot wait for you to join.

Working at DFDS

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Now about what we can give you. You’ll be able to access some fantastic benefits such as:

• Life assurance cover
• Contributory company pension scheme
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Free ferry travel for up to 4 guests between Dover and Calais / Newcastle and Amsterdam with no limit on trips
• Full employee assistance programme including:
• Proactive financial, emotional, mental, and physical health care support including face to face counselling, fast 24/7 access to a GP, a second medical opinion and legal support for colleagues and their family.
• Huge range of retail discounts from high street and online retailers
• Cashback on health care including dental, optical, physiotherapy, prescriptions, specialist consultations and much more.
• Access to myStrength, our Wellbeing platform, which has plenty of content to support and improve your mental wellness needs.
• Access to mental health first aid and opportunity to join support webinars with a focus on all areas of positive wellbeing.

While you’re with us, we want you to develop. At DFDS, we believe that development happens first and foremost through activities in the workplace. We will also offer training courses that can support you in your role, if needed.

We look forward to hearing from you.