Senior Workforce Scheduling Analyst

GEICO • Virginia Beach, VA

8h • Remote

About The Position

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. Position Overview: We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Senior Workforce Management Scheduler to create and maintain efficient employee schedules that align with forecasted workload demands. This role is critical in ensuring adequate staffing to meet operational goals, maintain service levels, and optimize labor costs while balancing business needs with employee satisfaction. By incorporating employee availability and preferences, the Senior Workforce Management Scheduler plays a pivotal role in fostering a positive work environment and ensuring operational efficiency in a fast-paced, dynamic setting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in workforce management, scheduling, or a related analytical role.
• Proficiency in workforce management software (e.g., NICE, Alvaria, AWS) and advanced Excel or data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Strong understanding of forecasting, scheduling, and workforce optimization techniques.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities with a focus on delivering actionable results.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present data and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, capable of managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative and adaptable, with a proactive approach to addressing challenges.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain schedules based on forecasted workload demands to meet service level agreements (SLAs) and operational efficiency goals.
• Optimize shift patterns, break allocations, and resource coverage for peak periods, unplanned absences, and evolving business requirements.
• Proactively manage scheduling adjustments to balance workload demands and employee availability.
• Monitor real-time adherence and dynamically adjust schedules to address variances between actual and forecasted workloads.
• Recommend and implement short-term solutions, such as overtime, shift swaps, or temporary staffing, to address immediate needs.
• Incorporate employee availability, preferences, and skill sets into scheduling processes to promote fairness and satisfaction.
• Communicate schedule changes effectively to employees, resolving conflicts in a timely and professional manner.
• Utilize workforce management tools to analyze historical data and enhance scheduling accuracy.
• Generate detailed reports on scheduling efficiency, adherence, shrinkage, and overtime utilization.
• Monitor key performance metrics and identify actionable insights to improve workforce scheduling practices.
• Work closely with the forecasting team to align schedules with workload predictions.
• Partner with operations managers and HR to address staffing challenges and implement solutions that support employee engagement and business needs.

Benefits

• 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match
• performance and recognition-based incentives
• tuition assistance
• mental healthcare
• fertility and adoption assistance
• workplace flexibility
• GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year

What This Job Offers

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