People Analytics & Insights Specialist

McDermott Will & Schulte; New York (NY); On-site; USD 97,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Wellness program

Job summary

McDermott Will & Schulte is seeking a People Analytics Analyst to deliver timely, trustworthy insights from workforce data. The role combines data analysis, reporting, and visualization to support staffing, performance, retention, compensation, and development decisions.

The analyst partners with HR and firm leadership to translate business questions into actionable insights, leveraging AI, automation, and scalable reporting to improve data quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• At least three years of progressive experience in People Analytics, HR analytics, data analysis, or a related field; experience in a law firm or professional services organization preferred.
• Knowledge of People Analytics concepts, workforce metrics, and common HR data structures.
• Experience using analytical and reporting tools such as advanced Excel, Power BI, SQL, Python and comparable technologies.
• Ability to prepare, combine, validate, and analyze data from multiple sources.
• Familiarity with HRIS, reporting, and data visualization platforms; Workday experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct workforce data analysis for HR colleagues and Firm leadership, developing reports, dashboards, presentations, and other deliverables to communicate findings and recommendations.
• Produce, validate, and continually improve recurring workforce reporting, including headcount, staffing, turnover, and other key HR metrics.
• Develop reusable reporting solutions, dashboards, and automated workflows to improve analytical efficiency, consistency, and stakeholder access to information.
• Apply AI tools and emerging technologies to streamline data preparation, analysis, reporting, and other People Analytics workflows, ensuring validation, accuracy, and confidentiality.
• Gather, clean, combine, transform, and validate workforce data from multiple sources, identifying and resolving data quality or consistency issues.
• Collaborate with HR Managers on workforce modeling, headcount planning, and talent pipeline analytics for specific practice groups and business functions.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Workday

Prism

Job description

McDermott Will & Schulte is seeking a People Analytics Analyst to deliver timely, trustworthy insights from workforce data. The role combines data analysis, reporting, and visualization to support staffing, performance, retention, compensation, and development decisions.

The analyst partners with HR and firm leadership to translate business questions into actionable insights, leveraging AI, automation, and scalable reporting to improve data quality and efficiency.