Senior People Data Analyst at NexCore Group in Location not listed

Position Overview
The Senior People Data Analyst plays a critical role in transforming people data into meaningful insights that support workforce decisions across NexCore Group and Experience Senior Living. This role serves as a key analytical resource within the Operations and People team, bringing together data across compensation, benefits, workforce demographics, recruiting, retention, performance, and other areas of the employee lifecycle. The outcomes goals are clear: Improved recruitment and reduced turnover.
The Senior People Data Analyst will own and advance people reporting and analytics, conduct compensation and benefits analyses, identify workforce trends, and develop tools and dashboards that provide leaders with clear, actionable insights. This individual will work closely with Operations (NexCore and ESL), Director of Technology Performance (data integrity, data warehouse set up and reporting), People Ops, Finance, Payroll, and senior leadership to ensure people decisions are supported by accurate data, thoughtful analysis, and a strong understanding of the business.Clarity in writing skills and interpersonal communications are imperative both to assess and deliver data and analytics while also engaging with teams to utilize data to improve outcomes.
The ideal candidate is highly analytical and detail-oriented, enjoys working with complex datasets and people of all types, and can translate numbers into clear insights and recommendations for a variety of audiences.
Key Responsibilities
People Analytics & Workforce Insights
Analyze workforce data across NexCore Group and Experience Senior Living to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and meaningful changes in the employee population.
Develop and maintain recurring People dashboards, reports, scorecards, and leadership reporting across key workforce metrics.
Analyze headcount, turnover, retention, tenure, hiring, promotions, compensation, performance, and other employee lifecycle trends.
Conduct ad hoc analyses in response to business and leadership questions, translating complex data into clear findings and actionable insights.
Partner with People leadership to identify meaningful workforce metrics and evolve how People data is used in organizational decision-making.
Support workforce planning and forecasting through headcount, staffing, organizational, and historical trend analysis.
Develop executive-ready summaries and visualizations that communicate key findings, trends, and recommendations.
Compensation Analytics
Conduct market compensation analyses using internal and external benchmarking data to support hiring, promotions, organizational changes, and compensation decisions.
Analyze internal pay practices, salary ranges, market positioning, and compensation trends across roles, departments, entities, and geographic markets.
Support the development, maintenance, and evaluation of salary structures, and compensation ranges.
Perform compensation modeling and scenario analysis to support annual compensation planning and other business needs.
Provide data and analysis related to pay equity, compression, internal alignment, and market competitiveness.
Benefits & Total Rewards Analytics
Analyze benefits participation, enrollment, utilization, eligibility, costs, and employee trends to support benefits strategy and annual planning.
Partner with People Ops, Finance, Payroll, benefits brokers, and vendors to evaluate benefit program data and identify cost or participation trends.
Develop analyses that provide a more comprehensive view of employee total rewards, including compensation and benefits.
Data Management & Reporting
Serve as a subject matter resource for People data, reporting methodologies, metric definitions, and data interpretation in close collaboration with Director of Technology Performance.
Maintain strong data integrity across People reporting and analytics, identifying inconsistencies and partnering with appropriate stakeholders to resolve data issues.
Combine and analyze information from HRIS, ATS, performance management, benefits, payroll, and other People systems to create a comprehensive view of workforce data.
Identify opportunities to automate reporting, analysis, and recurring People processes.
Establish consistent definitions, methodologies, and documentation for key People metrics and reports.
Support People-related audits, compliance reporting, annual filings, and other data requests as needed.
Strategic Partnership
Partner with People Business Partners and People leadership to provide data and analysis supporting organizational and talent decisions.
Embed within operational teams to provide leaders with data-driven actionable insights while helping contextualize what the data means for their teams and the broader organization.
Actively participate in special projects and organizational initiatives requiring workforce analysis, benchmarking, or modeling.
Proactively identify trends and areas for deeper analysis rather than relying solely on requested reporting.
Continually evaluate opportunities to improve People outcomes for NexCore and ESL (Goal: Reduce turnover, Improve Recruitment Efforts) the People team's analytical capabilities, reporting tools, and use of data.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, Statistics, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in people analytics, compensation, total rewards, HR analytics, workforce analytics, financial analysis, or a related analytical role.
Advanced Excel skills, including experience working with large datasets, complex formulas, pivot tables, data modeling, and reporting.
Experience with HRIS and other People systems; experience with UKG Pro or similar platforms strongly preferred.
Experience conducting compensation benchmarking and market analysis using third-party compensation data.
Experience analyzing benefits, workforce, or other employee-related data preferred.
Experience developing dashboards and data visualizations using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms preferred.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify patterns, evaluate data critically, and draw meaningful conclusions.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and confidentiality.
Ability to translate complex analyses into clear, concise insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong communication and partnership skills with the ability to work effectively across People, Finance, Payroll, and business leadership.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and recurring reporting cycles while responding to evolving business needs.
Key Success Attributes
Naturally curious and motivated to understand the story behind the data.
Comfortable moving between detailed analysis and higher-level business insights.
Proactive in identifying questions, trends, and opportunities that may not yet be visible to stakeholders.
Able to balance analytical rigor with practical business needs.
Trusted with highly confidential employee and compensation information.
Focused on creating scalable solutions rather than simply producing one-time reports.
Benefits
Compensation: $90,000 - $100,000 / year
Eligible for discretionary benefits: performance bonus
Eligible for standard employee benefit elections: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, FSA, HSA, Commuter Benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance (employee and dependents), Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), vacation days, sick days, and other benefits
Disclaimer:
To All Recruitment Agencies – NexCore Group does not accept unsolicited third-party resumes.
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