DescriptionOverview
Hearst is building stronger more accessible people insights to help leaders and HR teams make informed strategic decisions. The People Data Analyst will sit on Hearsts central People Team and partner across diverse business units to translate questions into clear reporting scalable tools and actionable insights.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing technical work with stakeholder supportbuilding trust clarifying needs and delivering practical solutions that improve how teams use employee data. Were especially interested in candidates who are comfortable using Generative AI thoughtfully to streamline work prototype solutions and improve consistencywhile handling sensitive employee data with care.
How Youll Spend Your Time
- Recurring reporting & analytics (40%): Delivering monthly and ongoing reporting with strong quality controls then redesigning and automating workflows to significantly reduce manual effort over time.
- Special projects & business support (40%): Partnering with HR and business teams on prioritized questions analyses and tools that improve decision-making across Hearst.
- Data Infrastructure (20%): Contributing to the build and ongoing maintenance of our reporting data infrastructure.
About the Team
Our Corporate Teams deliver essential programs and services that support the entire Hearst enterprise. Spanning communications employee benefits finance learning and development legal technology and more these teams lead initiatives that advance Hearsts mission to inform and inspire. Here youll find opportunities to grow collaborate and make a lasting impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Support recurring people reporting including data preparation validation and refresh processes.
- Partner with HR and business stakeholders across Hearst to understand questions clarify requirements and translate needs into effective tools and dashboards.
- Respond to prioritized stakeholder requests by producing analyses visuals and summaries that are accurate clear and decision-useful.
- Use technologyincluding responsible use of Generative AI tools where appropriateto reduce manual work improve consistency and increase speed while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.
- Design and maintain reporting tools that make it easier for teams to uncover trends and insights about the workforce.
- Contribute to the employee data warehouse by helping create reporting-ready datasets supporting documentation/definitions and partnering on data quality checks.
Qualifications
Required
- Coursework and/or professional experience in analytics data or a related field.
- Strong Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables lookups data cleaning Power Query).
- Demonstrated learning mindset curious proactive and eager to build new skills; comfortable experimenting iterating and applying new approaches (including Generative AI) to improve how work gets done.
- Working experience with SQL and/or Python (or similar) for analysis automation or data transformation.
- Experience with a data visualization platform such as Power BI or Tableau (or similar).
- Strong attention to detail data quality mindset and comfort working with sensitive/confidential data.
- Clear communication skills and ability to partner with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
- Exposure to HR/people data (e.g. headcount turnover talent metrics).
- Experience designing reporting tools or dashboards for business stakeholders.
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts (data modeling basics documentation governance QA).
In accordance with applicable law Hearst is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role if hired in New York City. The reasonable estimate if hired in New York City is $75000 - $85000. Please note this information is specific to those hired in New York City. If this role is open to candidates outside of New York City the salary range would be aligned to that specific location. A final decision on the successful candidates starting salary will be based on a number of permissible non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to skills and experience training certifications and education. Hearst provides a competitive benefits package including medical dental vision disability and life insurance 401(k) paid holidays and paid time off employee assistance programs and more.
Required Experience:
IC
DescriptionOverviewHearst is building stronger more accessible people insights to help leaders and HR teams make informed strategic decisions. The People Data Analyst will sit on Hearsts central People Team and partner across diverse business units to translate questions into clear reporting scalabl...
DescriptionOverview
Hearst is building stronger more accessible people insights to help leaders and HR teams make informed strategic decisions. The People Data Analyst will sit on Hearsts central People Team and partner across diverse business units to translate questions into clear reporting scalable tools and actionable insights.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing technical work with stakeholder supportbuilding trust clarifying needs and delivering practical solutions that improve how teams use employee data. Were especially interested in candidates who are comfortable using Generative AI thoughtfully to streamline work prototype solutions and improve consistencywhile handling sensitive employee data with care.
How Youll Spend Your Time
- Recurring reporting & analytics (40%): Delivering monthly and ongoing reporting with strong quality controls then redesigning and automating workflows to significantly reduce manual effort over time.
- Special projects & business support (40%): Partnering with HR and business teams on prioritized questions analyses and tools that improve decision-making across Hearst.
- Data Infrastructure (20%): Contributing to the build and ongoing maintenance of our reporting data infrastructure.
About the Team
Our Corporate Teams deliver essential programs and services that support the entire Hearst enterprise. Spanning communications employee benefits finance learning and development legal technology and more these teams lead initiatives that advance Hearsts mission to inform and inspire. Here youll find opportunities to grow collaborate and make a lasting impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Support recurring people reporting including data preparation validation and refresh processes.
- Partner with HR and business stakeholders across Hearst to understand questions clarify requirements and translate needs into effective tools and dashboards.
- Respond to prioritized stakeholder requests by producing analyses visuals and summaries that are accurate clear and decision-useful.
- Use technologyincluding responsible use of Generative AI tools where appropriateto reduce manual work improve consistency and increase speed while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.
- Design and maintain reporting tools that make it easier for teams to uncover trends and insights about the workforce.
- Contribute to the employee data warehouse by helping create reporting-ready datasets supporting documentation/definitions and partnering on data quality checks.
Qualifications
Required
- Coursework and/or professional experience in analytics data or a related field.
- Strong Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables lookups data cleaning Power Query).
- Demonstrated learning mindset curious proactive and eager to build new skills; comfortable experimenting iterating and applying new approaches (including Generative AI) to improve how work gets done.
- Working experience with SQL and/or Python (or similar) for analysis automation or data transformation.
- Experience with a data visualization platform such as Power BI or Tableau (or similar).
- Strong attention to detail data quality mindset and comfort working with sensitive/confidential data.
- Clear communication skills and ability to partner with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
- Exposure to HR/people data (e.g. headcount turnover talent metrics).
- Experience designing reporting tools or dashboards for business stakeholders.
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts (data modeling basics documentation governance QA).
In accordance with applicable law Hearst is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role if hired in New York City. The reasonable estimate if hired in New York City is $75000 - $85000. Please note this information is specific to those hired in New York City. If this role is open to candidates outside of New York City the salary range would be aligned to that specific location. A final decision on the successful candidates starting salary will be based on a number of permissible non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to skills and experience training certifications and education. Hearst provides a competitive benefits package including medical dental vision disability and life insurance 401(k) paid holidays and paid time off employee assistance programs and more.
Required Experience:
IC
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