Principle HR Data Analyst

Ageas; Eastleigh; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 84,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Health & welfare benefits

Annual bonus & pension

Return to work support

Well-being & social clubs

Job summary

Ageas is seeking a Principle HR Data Analyst to lead the Databricks-driven HR data migration and analytics initiative. The role focuses on centralising HR data, migrating legacy payroll data, and delivering robust dashboards to support workforce decision-making.

You will work with stakeholders across HR, IT and external partners, providing technical delivery, governance and mentoring to the HR Systems and Data team. Flexible working options available within the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience with Databricks and HR data migration.
• Strong SQL and data modelling skills.
• Experience delivering dashboards and reports for HR analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Databricks as central HR data repository.
• Ingest, validate and transform HR/payroll data from multiple sources.
• Develop data models, business rules and reporting requirements.
• Migrate employee and payroll data to new HR/payroll system, including mapping and cleansing.
• Design, test and implement APIs and data feeds between HR systems and downstream platforms.
• Identify and resolve data quality issues to maintain data integrity.

Skills

Databricks

SQL

BI dashboards

Stakeholder mgmt

Data integration

Power BI

Azure

GDPR

Tools

Databricks

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Job Title: Principle HR Data Analyst

Target Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: 12 month FTC, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available

Salary Range: £56,000 - £84,000 DOE

Location: Hybrid, Eastleigh

Closing Date for applications: Thursday 27th August

We are seeking an experienced and adaptable Data professional to support the delivery of several critical strategic initiatives within the HR function. You will play a key in establishing Databricks as our central HR data platform, supporting the migration of HR and payroll data from multiple legacy systems into a new HR and Payroll platform, develop custom reports and dashboards and develop API integrations between HR systems and downstream business applications.

Working as part of a highly collaborative HR Systems and Data team, you will provide hands-on technical support and delivery across data integration, migration, reporting and system configuration activities. You will work closely with internal stakeholders, implementation partners, IT teams and business subject matter experts to ensure the successful delivery of key programme milestones.

This is a hands-on delivery role requiring strong technical, analytical and stakeholder management skills. In addition to delivering key project outcomes, you will provide expertise, coaching and knowledge transfer to internal team members, helping to build capability and ensure sustainable long-term success.

Main Responsibilities as Principle HR Data Analyst:

• Support the design and implementation of Databricks as the central HR data repository and reporting source.
• Assist with the ingestion, validation, transformation and structuring of HR and payroll data from multiple source systems into Databricks.
• Develop and document data models, business rules and reporting requirements to support operational and strategic workforce reporting.
• Support the migration of employee, payroll and historical HR data into the new HR and Payroll system, including data mapping, cleansing, validation and reconciliation activities.
• Work with technical teams and third-party suppliers to design, test and implement APIs, data feeds and system integrations between HR systems and downstream platforms.
• Identify and resolve data quality issues, ensuring data integrity throughout migration and integration activities.
• Produce reporting, dashboards and visualisations that support business decision-making.
• Create documentation, standards and operating procedures relating to HR data, integrations and reporting processes.
• Provide subject matter expertise and practical support across wider HR initiatives as required.
• Coach and mentor members of the HR Systems and Data team, sharing knowledge, best practice and lessons learned to build internal capability.
• Support other HR data optimisation and change activities as required.

Skills and experience you need as Principle HR Data Analyst:

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts, internal data security and technology professionals and third-party suppliers.
• Proven experience delivering data migration.
• Strong data life cycle and data management experience, including data mapping, cleansing, validation and reconciliation.
• Experience working with Databricks, data warehouses, data lakes or similar enterprise data platforms.
• Reporting and analytics capability, including experience with data visualisation tools such as Tableau, Power BI or similar.
• Experience designing, implementing or supporting system integrations, APIs and data feeds.
• Excellent SQL and data analysis skills. Knowledge of Azure, SFTP, API integration frameworks and modern data architecture.
• Experience working with complex datasets from multiple source systems with differing data definitions.
• Familiarity with data governance, security, GDPR and data retention requirements.
• Ability to document processes, requirements and technical solutions clearly.
• Experience providing coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer within project teams.
• Experience implementing Dayforce or other cloud-based HCM/payroll platforms would be beneficial, but not essential.
• Understanding of HR and payroll processes and data structures, is also beneficial, but not essential.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

Flexible Working-

Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health-

Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities –Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth-

50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work-

Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family-

Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

Benefits for Them-

Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech-

Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around-

Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work-

Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas:

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.

Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements. To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.