Reporting Analyst - People Data London - Commercial

Economist Group; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, The Economist Group, seeks a Reporting Analyst to enhance the reliability of people data by identifying and resolving data quality issues. This role involves auditing, collaboration with various teams, and ensuring accurate data for decision-making, crucial for the company's insight-led strategy.

Benefits

Generous annual leave policies

Volunteering days

Well-being support

Free access to all Economist content

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of data accuracy and governance practices.
• Experience cleaning and manipulating datasets.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and run audits on people data fields, addressing quality issues.
• Support development of a People data dictionary and validation rules.
• Prepare clean datasets for internal and external reporting.

Skills

Data management

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Proficiency in Excel

Education

Experience in a reporting or HR role

Tools

HRIS tools

Tableau

Job description

We are an organisation that exists to drive progress. That's the “red thread” that connects everyone at The Economist Group (TEG). Our businesses share a devotion to innovation, independence and rigour in their fields of expertise. We empower people to understand and tackle the critical challenges and changes facing the world. Our analytical rigour, global expertise and evidence-based insights enable individuals and organisations to make sense of these shifts and chart a course through them.

We deliver analysis and insights in many formats to subscribers and clients in 170 countries through our four businesses, The Economist, Economist Impact, Economist Intelligence and Economist Education, which uphold our global reputation for excellence and integrity.

The role:

The Reporting Analyst plays a key role in ensuring the reliability of our people data by identifying, investigating and resolving issues related to missing, inconsistent or inaccurate information across People systems.

They will own the identification and resolution of data quality issues - driving audits, surfacing risks, tracking actions and ensuring fixes are implemented and validated.This foundational work ensures that dashboards, surveys and regulatory reports are based on accurate and trusted data.

The role offers exposure to company-wide people data and processes and involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, including the BI Analyst, People Tech, People Ops, HRBPs and Centres of Expertise. It also provides opportunities to improve data governance in a growing, data-driven function.

As we continue to become more insight-led, this role addresses a critical gap in the accuracy and consistency of our people data, enabling better decision-making, reducing manual work and building confidence in our reporting and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and run regular audits across key people data fields, proactively surfacing quality issues and emerging risks
• Own the resolution of data quality issues by interpreting audit results, tracking recurring problems, chasing actions and driving fixes through to completion in collaboration with relevant teams
• Support the development and maintenance of our People data dictionary, including key metrics definitions, ownership, calculation logic and validation rules
• Prepare and validate clean, structured datasets for internal reporting needs, surveys, and external metrics benchmarking exercises
• Respond to ad hoc data requests across the People team, taking time to understand the context and purpose of the request and ensuring outputs are accurate, clear and tailored to the question being asked, while maintaining data protection best practices

Who you are:

• Experience in a reporting, data management or operations-focused role, within a People/HR team
• Strong working knowledge of people data
• Experience working in a global or matrixed team structure
• High proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, with comfort cleaning and manipulating datasets
• Experience working with HRIS tools (e.g. HiBob or equivalent)
• Attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
• Familiarity with Tableau or an interest in understanding how datasets feed into dashboards
• Exposure to survey tools or compliance reporting processes
• Experience with data governance practices or audit protocols

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What we offer

Benefits
We offer excellent benefits including an incentive programme, generous annual and parental leave policies, volunteering days and well-being support throughout the year, as well as free access to all Economist content. Country specific benefits are also offered.

Our Values
Our values are a collective set of beliefs and behaviours that strengthen The Economist Group's purpose and demonstrate where we want to be as an organisation. They reflect on our mission to pursue progress for individuals, organisations and the world.

Independence
We are not bound to any party or interest and encourage exploration and free-thinking. We champion freedom, both within our organisation and around the world.

Integrity
We are bold in our efforts to uncover the truth and stand up for what we believe in. We inspire trust through our rigour, fact-checking and transparency.

Excellence
We aspire to the highest standards in all we do. We are ambitious and inquisitive in our pursuit of continuous progress and innovation.

Inclusivity
We value diversity in thought and background and encourage healthy debate with a breadth of perspectives. We treat our colleagues and customers fairly and respectfully.

Openness
We foster a collaborative and empathetic culture conducive to the interests, wit and initiative of our colleagues. New ideas are our lifeblood.

The Economist Group values diversity. We are committed to equal opportunities and creating an inclusive environment for all our colleagues and potential colleagues regardless of ethnic origin, national origin, gender, gender identity, race, colour, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation, age, marital status or any other status.

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