HRIS People Analytics Analyst

LE02 Public Consulting Group LLC (Corporate); Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is seeking a People Analytics & HRIS Analyst to transform HR data into actionable insights through dashboards and reporting. You will partner with HR leaders to deliver workforce analytics and maintain Workday HRIS proficiency.

Responsibilities include building executive dashboards, analyzing trends, and supporting data governance while collaborating with HR partners to drive workforce decisions. Requires strong communication and consulting skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in people analytics and HR reporting.
• Strong Workday HRIS experience including reporting and testing (UAT).
• Advanced dashboards in Power BI or Tableau with storytelling capabilities.
• Proven consulting skills and ability to translate questions into analytics solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong project management.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain HR dashboards and reports for leaders.
• Analyze trends in headcount, turnover, retention, hiring, compensation, and engagement.
• Develop recurring and ad hoc HR reports for business leaders.
• Move insights toward predictive analytics and risk/opportunity identification.
• Create executive-ready visualizations and tell the data story to stakeholders.
• Ensure data governance, consistency, and confidentiality in HR reporting.

Skills

People Analytics

Workday

Power BI

Tableau

Data Visualization

CRM/HR Reporting

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Workday HCM

Discovery Boards

Workday Prism Analytics

Job description

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986, PCG employs approximately 2,000 professionals throughout the U.S.—all committed to delivering solutions that change lives for the better. The firm is a member of a family of companies with experience in all 50 states, and clients in three Canadian provinces and Europe. PCG offers clients a multidisciplinary approach to meet challenges, pursue opportunities, and serve constituents across the public sector. To learn more, visit www.publicconsultinggroup.com.

People Analytics & HRIS Analyst

The People Analytics & HRIS Analyst serves as the bridge between HR data, HR technology, and business decision-making. This role is responsible for transforming people data into meaningful insights through dashboards, reporting, analysis, and data visualization, while maintaining a strong working knowledge of the organization’s HRIS, particularly Workday. The role partners with HR leaders, HRBPs, COEs, and business leaders to understand the questions they need answered and translates those needs into actionable reporting, dashboards, and analytics that support workforce and people decisions.

Key responsibilities

• People Analytics & Reporting Design, build, and maintain HR dashboards and reports that provide leaders with actionable workforce insights.
• Analyze trends in areas such as headcount, turnover, retention, hiring, compensation, performance, talent, engagement, diversity, absenteeism, and workforce demographics.
• Develop recurring and ad hoc reporting for HR and business leaders.
• Move reporting beyond historical metrics toward trend analysis, predictive insights, and identification of potential risks or opportunities.
• Create executive‑ready data visualizations and tell the story behind the data.
• Establish consistent definitions, calculations, and metrics across HR reporting.

Business Consulting

• Meet with leaders to understand “What decision are you trying to make?” rather than simply taking requests for reports.
• Translate business questions into meaningful analytics and reporting solutions.
• Proactively identify trends that leaders may not be seeing and bring insights forward.
• Help HR leaders use data to make decisions around retention, workforce planning, talent, organizational effectiveness, manager effectiveness, and employee experience.
• Educate HR partners and leaders on how to interpret and use people data.

Workday / HRIS

• Maintain a strong working knowledge of Workday HCM data, business processes, organizational structures, and reporting capabilities.
• Build and/or support Workday reports, calculated fields, dashboards, and reporting solutions.
• Partner with HRIS and functional HR teams to understand how Workday data is structured and how it can best be leveraged.
• Identify data‑quality issues and work with HRIS partners to resolve them.
• Support testing and implementation of HRIS changes that affect reporting and analytics.

Data Governance

• Help ensure HR data is accurate, consistent, secure, and appropriately governed.
• Develop reporting standards and documentation.
• Monitor data quality and identify gaps or inconsistencies.
• Ensure appropriate confidentiality and access controls for sensitive employee information.

Basic Qualifications (these are required)

• 5 years or more experience with people analytics
• Working knowledge of Workday to include Discovery Boards, Workday Prism Analytics
• Advanced knowledge of creating Power BI or Tableau dashboards
• Proven track record implementing, operating &/or managing best-in‑class Workday HRIS platform
• Workday configuration experience as well as UAT
• Consulting skills
• Excellent communication skills to include written and verbal
• Analytical with strong project management, problem‑solving, and critical thinking skills
• Strong client service skills: ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Data visualization to include storytelling
• Proficient in MS Office to include Word, Excel and Power point
• Bachelors Degree

Compensation

• Compensation for roles at Public Consulting Group varies depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.
• As required by applicable law, PCG provides a reasonable range of compensation for this role.
• In addition, PCG provides a range of benefits for this role, including medical and dental care benefits, 401k, PTO, parental leave, bereavement leave.
• Compensation for roles at Public Consulting Group varies depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, role, skill set, and level of experience.
• As required by applicable law, PCG provides the following reasonable range of compensation for this role: $78,000-$90,000.
• In addition, PCG provides a range of benefits for this role.
• PCG does not sponsor newly hired foreign national workers for work authorization, including H-1B sponsorship.

EEO Statement

Public Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to celebrating diversity and intentionally creating a culture of inclusion. We believe that we work best when our employees feel empowered and accepted, and that starts by honoring each of our unique life experiences. At PCG, all aspects of employment regarding recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are based on merit, business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

PCG will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

PCG believes in health, equality, and prosperity for everyone so we can succeed in changing the ways the public sector, including health, education, technology and human services industries, work.

Company Information

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986, PCG employs approximately 2,000 professionals throughout the U.S.—all committed to delivering solutions that change lives for the better. The firm is a member of a family of companies with experience in all 50 states, and clients in six Canadian provinces and Europe. PCG offers clients a multidisciplinary approach to meet challenges, pursue opportunities, and serve constituents across the public sector. To learn more, visit www.publicconsultinggroup.com.

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