People Analytics & Reporting Analyst

Job Title

People Analytics & Reporting Analyst

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Role Summary
This position will support the People Analytics & Reporting team with a focus on Workday reporting delivery, stakeholder support, data quality, and operational continuity. The role will partner with a centralized global team of people analytics and reporting to develop, maintain, and enhance reporting solutions that support People business priorities, workforce insights, and data governance.

Responsibilities
• Report into the People Analytics & Reporting function and collaborate with a global team of Workday reporting analysts to deliver accurate, timely, and scalable reporting solutions.
• Own day-to-day Workday reporting responsibilities, including report maintenance, enhancement requests, troubleshooting, and stakeholder follow-up.
• Design, build, test, and deploy Workday reports, including custom reports, advanced reports, matrix reports, and calculated fields.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business requirements, clarify reporting needs, and translate requests into effective reporting solutions.
• Support workforce management, data quality, compliance, and operational reporting needs across geographies and functional areas.
• Maintain and improve existing reports, documentation, report inventories, and standard operating procedures to ensure knowledge continuity and long-term sustainability.
• Provide end-user support, training, and guidance related to Workday reporting outputs, report usage, and reporting processes.
• Develop a strong understanding of Workday data structures, business processes, and reporting dependencies to improve data accuracy and usability.
• Analyze complex business questions and data challenges to produce focused insights, identify trends, and support decision-making.
• Prioritize a mix of transactional requests, production support, and project-based work in a fast-paced environment.
• Maintain confidentiality and appropriately protect employee personal data in accordance with internal policies and data governance standards.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders, provide status updates, manage expectations, and escalate risks or blockers when needed.
• Support a metrics-driven culture by helping produce, maintain, and distribute reports and analytics that support the People function.

Qualifications
• 3+ years of experience in HR, HR systems, people analytics, reporting, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Workday HCM reporting capabilities.
• Strong knowledge of Workday reporting, including advanced reporting, matrix reporting, calculated fields, and related reporting functionality.
• Experience designing and developing business-facing and internal reports with a focus on usability, accuracy, and stakeholder needs.
• Knowledge of multiple Workday functional areas such as Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, Recruiting, Security, and Reporting.
• Experience developing and managing calculated, derived, and nested fields.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data interpretation skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work with limited oversight.
• Customer-service mindset with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to document processes clearly and support knowledge transfer across the team.
• Workday Pro Reporting certification or prior Workday reporting training preferred.

Additional Technical Exposure
• Exposure to Workday Prism Analytics, including data preparation, transformation, or reporting use cases.
• Experience with Workday Worksheets or similar self-service reporting and analysis capabilities.
• Familiarity with ETL concepts, data pipelines, data movement, or data transformation processes.
• Exposure to Fivetran or similar data integration and pipeline automation tools.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company.

• Career development and a promote from within culture.

• An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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