Senior HR Analyst, Data Governance

Sherwin-Williams • Cleveland, OH

7h • $82,208 - $104,290 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior HR Data Governance Analyst supports the integrity, consistency, and effective governance of global HR data. The role evaluates complex workforce data transactions, identifies and resolves data-quality and control issues, develops governance standards and documentation, and partners across HR, HR IT, Payroll, Finance, and Compensation to reduce risk and improve HR data accuracy, processes, and decision-making.

This position is not hybrid or remote and reports to the Sherwin-Williams Hinckley Industrial Parkway location at 4770 Hinckley Industrial Pkwy, Cleveland, OH 44109. Travel is 10%. The role involves contact with other employees and access to confidential and proprietary information or other items of value. A criminal-history review may be conducted to protect the business, its operations and reputation, employees, and business relationships.

The position requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least three years of experience in HR data governance, HR operations, HR systems, workforce data, business analysis, reporting, or compliance. It requires advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with complex data analysis, reporting or visualization tools, root-cause analysis, governance documentation, and multi-stakeholder assignments. The role is subject to U.S. work-authorization and minimum-age requirements.

Sherwin-Williams describes its employee offering as including rewards, benefits, flexibility, opportunities to learn and develop, and an inclusive team and community commitment. A general description of benefits is available through the company's benefits website; specific eligibility and offerings are not detailed in the posting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Information Systems, Human Resources, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Accounting, Statistics, Computer Science, or Finance.
• At least 3 years of experience in HR data governance, HR operations, HR systems, workforce data, business analysis, reporting, or compliance.
• Experience investigating data, system, or operational issues, performing root-cause analysis, and developing fact-based recommendations.
• Experience analyzing large or complex datasets and translating findings into actionable business insights, risk assessments, or corrective actions.
• Experience leading projects or assignments involving multiple stakeholders, dependencies, competing priorities, and downstream impacts.
• Experience developing or maintaining governance documentation, business rules, controls, procedures, data definitions, or decision documentation.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel experience, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data validation, and analysis of large datasets.
• Experience using reporting, dashboard, or data-visualization tools to analyze data and communicate findings.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future for employment visa status.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting HCM platforms, HR Cloud environments, organizational structures, security governance, access management, mass data transactions, or high-volume employee or HR data changes.
• Experience supporting audits, control reviews, compliance assessments, or data-quality remediation.
• Experience using data visualization, advanced reporting, workflow automation, or analytical tools to improve decision-making or operational effectiveness.
• Experience supporting process improvement, corrective-action, or continuous-improvement initiatives based on data-governance findings or analytics.
• Experience partnering across HR Shared Services, HR IT, Payroll, Finance, Compensation, Talent, or HR Business Partner functions.
• Experience with HR Cloud or other HCM platforms, security or access governance, mass data transactions, workflow tools, or automation technologies.
• Experience with case-management tools such as ServiceNow.
• Experience with reporting and analytical tools such as Power BI and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Review and process complex workforce data transactions, requests, and escalations, including organizational changes, mass updates, security access requests, and other high-impact changes.
• Evaluate requests for completeness, accuracy, required approvals, effective dating, business-rule alignment, and potential downstream impact.
• Validate source-file data, mappings, approvals, effective dates, control requirements, and system results before and after complex transactions.
• Identify data-quality, compliance, security, and operational risks and determine appropriate corrective action or escalation.
• Support governance processes that promote accurate, integral, and consistent HR data and organizational structures.
• Define issues, document current-state impacts, and develop fact-based recommendations with appropriate stakeholders.
• Validate corrective actions to confirm issues are resolved end to end and recurrence risks are minimized.
• Identify recurring trends, risks, control gaps, and process inefficiencies and recommend sustainable improvements.
• Perform root-cause analysis of data, process, business-rule, training, integration, governance, and system issues.
• Investigate complex HR data, transaction, and operational issues by analyzing data, transaction history, business rules, and system requirements.
• Assess the financial, payroll, compliance, security, employee, reporting, and operational impacts of identified issues.
• Develop and maintain business rules, standard operating procedures, governance frameworks, process maps, control documentation, decision logs, data definitions, and training materials.
• Serve as a subject-matter resource for HR data-governance standards, complex organizational data, business rules, access controls, and transaction requirements.
• Lead governance discussions and working sessions, present analysis, facilitate decisions, document outcomes, and drive follow-through.
• Advise HR Shared Services, HR IT, Payroll, Finance, Compensation, HR Business Partners, and other stakeholders on data standards, controls, exceptions, and downstream risks.
• Educate stakeholders on request requirements, governance expectations, effective dating, data dependencies, and error-prevention techniques.
• Manage multiple complex priorities independently, identify risks and dependencies, and provide status reporting through completion.
• Support data audits, compliance, and control reviews by producing documentation, explaining governance practices, and coordinating remediation.
• Influence cross-functional partners to resolve data-quality issues, strengthen controls, clarify ownership, and adopt sustainable governance practices.
• Analyze results to identify patterns, emerging risks, control gaps, performance drivers, and opportunities requiring management attention.
• Translate complex data into clear business insights, impact assessments, and actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Execute complex ad hoc analyses involving multiple data sources, inconsistencies, and incomplete or conflicting information.
• Establish and document metric definitions, calculation logic, data sources, validation procedures, and reporting controls.
• Independently validate source data, report logic, calculations, and business-rule alignment before communicating findings or using them for decisions.
• Identify opportunities for governance metrics, dashboards, and recurring reports measuring HR data quality, transaction accuracy, exception volume, timeliness, rework, and recurring issues.
• Partner with regional SBS Employee Services teams and functional stakeholders to standardize governance metrics and improve enterprise-wide visibility into data quality and operational risk.

Benefits

• The company describes a wide range of benefits, including retirement and health-care offerings, total well-being support, and daily-commute-related offerings; specific benefits and eligibility are available on the company benefits website.
• Rewards, benefits, and flexibility intended to support health and well-being.
• Opportunities to learn, develop new skills, and grow career contributions.
• An inclusive team and commitment to communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior