The HR Analyst serves as the data maintenance, data integrity, and analytical resource within the Human Resources department, transforming workforce data into actionable insights that support compensation, compliance, and HR program effectiveness. This entry-level position is designed for recent graduates who are eager to apply quantitative and critical-thinking skills to real-world HR challenges. The HR Analyst maintains, collects, organizes, and interprets data across multiple HR functions — with a primary emphasis on compensation analysis, HRIS data integrity, workforce reporting, and regulatory compliance — while also providing broad support to the HR team as business needs require. The role offers a strong foundation for a career in HR analytics, HRIS, total rewards, or HR business partnership within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Gather, maintain (data entry), clean, and analyze HR data from multiple sources to produce recurring and ad hoc reports, dashboards, and summaries for HR leadership and management.
- Administer and maintain the HRIS (PeopleSoft), including processing new hire entries, employee data changes (pay, job title, department, supervisor, direct reports, position), terminations, and other personnel transactions; audit records regularly to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and integrity.
- Prepare and submit required compliance reports including AAP, EEO-1, VETS-4212, OSHA, and other regulatory filings in a timely and accurate manner.
- Build and maintain ongoing tracking and reporting for key workforce metrics, including headcount by department, open positions, and employee turnover; analyze trends and produce regular reports and dashboards for HR leadership and management.
- Track and report on the full recruiting pipeline, including candidate volumes, screens, interviews, offers, and hires; calculate and maintain key hiring metrics — time to fill and time to hire — to assess and communicate recruiting effectiveness to HR leadership.
- Support the administration of annual compensation programs — including merit increases, bonus calculations, and incentive plan updates — by compiling, auditing, and reconciling data.
- Participate in external compensation surveys; collect, submit, and analyze survey results to benchmark positions against the market.
- Prepare compensation analyses, reports, and modeling to support pay programs and projects, including salary benchmarking, pay range development, and pay equity reviews.
- Support the performance review cycle by preparing review templates, entering completed reviews into the HRIS, and tracking program completion.
- Provide analytical and administrative support to the benefits function, including assistance with monthly billing reconciliation and open enrollment data.
- Assist in maintaining and updating job descriptions to ensure they accurately reflect current responsibilities, requirements, and FLSA classifications.
- Participate in HR projects, data initiatives, and process improvement efforts as assigned.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive employee and organizational information at all times.
- In addition to the analytical responsibilities above, will also assist with a range of HR Generalist duties including employee support, HR Helpdesk, benefits, policy interpretation, etc.
- All other duties as assigned.