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HR Systems & Data Specialist
📍 London, UK
🕒 Permanent
What we are looking for:
To ensure the effective maintenance of our global organisational and people data for 1,450 employees and partners. To support and manage the continuous improvement of the HRIS systems as well as analysing, configuring and implementing solutions to address the needs of the business. The role will focus on data management, cleansing, data analysis and insights.
The firm’s aim is to develop an effective digital HR environment with high quality data to support the firm’s business strategies with better and faster workforce decisions informed by data.
What you'll be doing:
- Managing and administering the firm’s HRIS, ensuring up to date and accurate information by undertaking data integrity and data cleansing projects, to ensure the systems are being utilised efficiently to execute the HRIS strategy. Current HR information systems include Cascade, ADP, Cornerstone, MyBenefits, Performance Leader and All Hires
- Be a key player in the global HRIS system review project
- Monitoring and reviewing existing systems. Undertaking research and the evaluation of new and/or alternative solutions and technologies to enhance HR operational effectiveness, helping with change management plans associated with new, enhanced technology. Progressing to helping lead and deliver the implementation of a new HR system
- Plan, manage and deploy upgrades of existing HR systems. Review and implement new features and enhancements, guidance notes
- Analysing, maintaining, problem solving and troubleshooting data issues whilst providing support for HR systems governance such as system changes, priorities and impacts
- Alongside HR team, provide training to end users to increase their effectiveness and ability to use HR systems and tools, providing guidance notes
- Management of people metrics and analytics, providing and presenting data and statistics both internally and externally (includes Gender Pay Gap reporting)
- Be a key contributor for cyclical processes, such as the Annual Performance review, Compensation review and other projects
- Improving existing processes and working with other Business Services departments (IT, Finance, Innovation) to integrate systems and streamline the use of people data across the firm
- To engage key stakeholders across the business, making data accessible and relevant
- Maintaining a clear understanding of GDPR and compliance issues associated with personal and sensitive data
- Provide HRIS support to wider HR team, troubleshoot HRIS issues, configure such platforms to meet business needs and working closely with the vendor and the business where required.
- Data cleanse and develop processes for data entry enhancements
- Ensuring that all the data from reports is translated into visual and concise language for the end user
- Responsible for working on HR delivery and performance as a function - liaising with stakeholders in the business, understanding SME's needs
- Working closely with different business areas and stakeholders including reward and HRBP's to identify business needs, problems and provide analytical solutions
Skills & qualifications:
- HR systems deployment, upgrade and administration experience
- Project management or technical lead experience on HR systems deployment projects
- Understanding of relational databases and related integrations, data analysis, data cleansing and report authoring
- Advanced Excel (vlookups, formulae and pivot tables essential) and Powerpoint
- PowerBi is highly desired, or with capability to learn on the job
- Excellent attention to detail; ability to problem-solve
- An effective communicator, ability to explain technical advice to colleagues in simple language
- Ability to train/teach colleagues to use our HR systems, and report creation
- Responsive to business needs, and, in time, able to predict business needs
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills; adherence to deadlines
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to troubleshoot and problem solve collaboratively
- Ability to work with key stakeholders throughout the organisation to ensure systems are fully and accurately integrated with the firm’s related applications
- Verbal and written communication skills and to be able to create technical design documents
- Strong understanding of the workings of a HR department (ideally within the legal sector)
What we can offer you:
We offer a competitive benefits and wellbeing package for all employees.
Who we are:
Watson Farley & Williams is an international law firm advising on complex disputes and transactions through local knowledge and an integrated international network. We have a strong sector focus, combining our technical excellence with deep industry knowledge across Energy, Transport and associated Infrastructure.
The firm has achieved rapid expansion and year-on-year growth owed almost entirely to a focused strategy, strong leadership and the quality of its people. The next stage in the firm’s growth plan is to achieve full-service strength within core sectors across the global platform.
We strive for excellence in all that we do and view investment in our people as key to achieving our business goals and values, which rest on developing deep and long-lasting relationships externally and internally through respect, sharing, communication and integrity.
Our global practice is integrated across our offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and North America delivering consistently high levels of service across borders and locally through a deep understanding of local business customs and culture.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace to attract and retain the most talented people from all backgrounds and cultures. We believe in celebrating difference and that people from any background can rise to the top, ensuring opportunities to develop and progress are available for all.
