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# People Data Analyst

- **Company:** Hays plc
- **Location:** Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Big Data, Business Process Modeling, Data Cleansing, Data Migration, Pivot Tables, Power BI, HR Software
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/people-data-analyst/57286053

## About the Role

* Experience working with HR, workforce, payroll or people data
 * Strong Excel skills including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs and data reconciliation
 * Experience producing reports, dashboards or management information
 * Comfortable analysing large datasets and identifying trends and anomalies
 * Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate data insights clearly
 * Experience with Power BI or similar visualisation tools would be advantageous
 * Previous involvement in HR systems, data migration or transformation projects would be highly beneficial

## Description

We are partnering with a large, complex organisation undergoing significant people systems transformation to appoint a People Data Analyst on a fixed-term basis through to December 2027.
This is an excellent opportunity for an analytical HR data professional to play a key role in improving data quality, supporting a major HCM implementation programme, and delivering meaningful people insight across a multi-site workforce.

Your new role

 * Supporting people data cleansing, validation and governance activities
 * Preparing and analysing HR data to support system implementation and transformation projects
 * Producing regular and ad hoc people reports and management information
 * Supporting the development and maintenance of dashboards and visual reporting
 * Working closely with HR, IT and project teams to improve data accuracy and reporting capabilities
 * Identifying opportunities to streamline processes and enhance data-driven decision-making
 * Work closely with project teams to support HCM implementation activities, ensuring workforce data is cleansed, validated and migration-ready


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