Remote Data Analyst: Workforce & Pay Modelling Expert

Harnham; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham is seeking a Data Analyst for a remote role with one day a month in our Leeds office. You will join a team shaping workforce strategy, analytics, and policy through advanced data work and stakeholder collaboration.

The role focuses on building models, forecasting, and cost scenarios to inform decisions. The ideal candidate will have strong Excel skills, a STEM background, and the ability to translate complex analyses for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills, including building complex models from scratch.
• Experience with formulas, Pivot Tables, charts, VBA, and macros.
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving ability.
• Experience modelling complex business, workforce, or financial scenarios.
• Ability to work with large datasets and extract meaningful insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience presenting technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• A STEM degree, ideally within mathematics, statistics, economics, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Deliver workforce, pay, and reward analysis to support strategic decision-making.
• Build and maintain complex Excel-based models to forecast workforce and financial outcomes.
• Develop cost modelling for pay proposals, policy changes, and workforce initiatives.
• Create scenario analysis and long-term forecasts incorporating variables such as workforce growth, attrition, and inflation.
• Analyse large and complex datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Translate business and policy questions into analytical specifications and modelling frameworks.
• Produce clear reports and recommendations for non-technical audiences.
• Present findings and analytical insights to senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with policy teams and external stakeholders to support evidence-based decisions.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of analytical methodologies and best practices.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Data modelling

Large datasets handling

Stakeholder management

Independent work

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Excel

Pivot Tables

VBA/macros

Charts

Job description

Harnham is seeking a Data Analyst for a remote role with one day a month in our Leeds office. You will join a team shaping workforce strategy, analytics, and policy through advanced data work and stakeholder collaboration.

The role focuses on building models, forecasting, and cost scenarios to inform decisions. The ideal candidate will have strong Excel skills, a STEM background, and the ability to translate complex analyses for senior leadership.