Talent Data Analyst
About The Position
This role represents a strategic evolution of HR analytics, functioning as a “People FP&A” hybrid. You will move beyond traditional reporting to own and support human capital budgeting, workforce planning, and forecasting, ensuring talent strategy aligns tightly with financial and operational goals. Driven by increasing demand for deeper insights and the expansion of our Visier analytics platform, this role is critical to scaling the firm’s ability to understand and manage headcount, spend, and organizational performance. You will partner closely with the Talent Data Manager and serve as a key bridge between Talent, Finance, Recruiting, and business leadership, enabling data-driven decision-making across the firm. Your work will directly support senior leadership conversations and help build the next generation of talent analytics infrastructure.
Requirements
- 0–3 years in FP&A, People Analytics, Business Operations, or similar analytical role
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Analytics, HR, or related field
- Advanced Excel skills (required)
- Finance Acumen: Understanding of budgeting, labor costs, and how workforce decisions impact financial outcomes
- AI Literacy: Comfort using AI tools to analyze data and generate insights
- Strong critical thinking and sound judgment
- Intellectual curiosity and attention to detail
- Proactive communication and stakeholder awareness
- Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
- Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role.
- Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience.
- In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
- Bachelors
- No Required Certification(s)
- No Required License(s)
Nice To Haves
- Experience with HRIS, analytics tools, or Visier (preferred)
- Analytical Thinking
- Business Intelligence (BI)
- Concept Development
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Data Integration
- Market Research
- Performance Metrics
- Qualitative Research
- Strategic Planning
- Business Acumen
- Business Analytics
- Consulting
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking
- Effective Communications
- Emerging Technologies
Responsibilities
- Support and help evolve the firm’s human capital budgeting process, including salary, taxes, and total compensation spend
- Align headcount planning with financial forecasts, ensuring talent decisions are grounded in cost data
- Partner with Finance to support annual budgeting cycles and ongoing workforce forecasts
- Build and maintain analytics and reporting within Visier, enabling leaders to self-serve insights into headcount, budget, and workforce trends
- Support development of cost center frameworks, improving visibility into spend by department vs. location
- Contribute to the continued evolution of the firm’s talent analytics ecosystem, including AI-enabled insights
- Help evolve the firm’s analytics capabilities from descriptive reporting to predictive and decision-oriented insights, enabling more proactive, data-driven leadership decisions
- Monitor workforce plans against real-time data and adjust as business needs evolve
- Perform Actuals vs. Forecast analysis to identify variances in headcount and spend
- Maintain the master workforce plan, incorporating hiring, attrition, and internal mobility dynamics
- Produce Quarterly Business Review (QBR) materials and other leadership reporting
- Translate complex workforce data into clear, actionable business insights and narratives
- Support senior leadership conversations by connecting talent metrics to firm performance
- Collaborate with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and cost management
- Partner with Talent and Recruiting to track hiring performance and capacity metrics
- Work with business leaders and operations teams to model workforce needs and future-state scenarios
Benefits
- medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
- dental and vision options
- employee and spouse/child life insurance
- short and long-term disability protection
- 401(k) with PNC match
- pension and stock purchase plans
- dependent care reimbursement account
- back-up child/elder care
- adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
- educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
- a robust wellness program with financial incentives
- maternity and/or parental leave
- up to 11 paid holidays each year
- 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
- between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
