HR Reporting Lead

James Hardie is the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions, with a portfolio that includes fiber cement, fiber gypsum, composite and PVC decking and railing products. Our family of trusted brands includes Hardie®, Timber Tech®, AZEK® Exteriors, Versatex®, fermacell®, and Stru Xure®.

With over 8,000 employees and our U.S. operating entities headquartered in Chicago, we boast 31 operating sites, 6 recycling facilities, and 6 research and development centers globally.

Powered by a dynamic workforce, we’re united by our purpose of Building a Better Future for All™ through sustainable innovation, a Zero Harm culture, and a commitment to empowering our people and communities.

The HR Reporting Lead provides reporting and analytics capabilities, HR services and support, and technical support and implementation expertise to our HR Partner organization.

This role reports to the VP People Solutions and provides support across the HR function. As a team member of the People Solutions organization, you will develop the strength of James Hardie’s People Analytics and Reporting, while ensuring data governance, reporting, and analytics requirements are met.

• Lead the design of global HR metrics and benchmarking within HR information systems, including cross‑functional company wide data gathering and analytics on employee data trends.
• Gather requirements, consult, and guide stakeholders around best practices to design and build the right reports and dashboards.
• Use advanced data visualization techniques to communicate solutions to stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders to identify and design measurement strategies to track the effectiveness and sustainability of strategic programs and initiatives.
• Create and administer surveys and assessments for HR team and other departments as needed; analyze, interpret, and report results.
• Assist in the selection, design, implementation, and ongoing support of assessments, tools, and applications.
• Develop reporting to support the HR function, compliance requirements, and business needs including, but not limited to:
  • Headcount and turnover statistics
  • Talent acquisition metrics and onboarding / offboarding data
  • Employee performance measures
  • State & federal compliance reporting
  • Inclusion & diversity initiatives
  • Workforce planning (talent, staffing, leadership, succession)
• Support the development of organizational KPI’s, identify and extract relevant data from source databases, and build solutions and metrics that produce actionable insights and drive decision‑making within the organization.
• Evolve our reporting and analytics capabilities through automation and create tools and solutions that preempt urgent business requests.
• Provide training and functional support of HR systems and tools to end‑users as needed.
• Maintain an advanced knowledge of HR information systems capabilities, as well as HR business processes and functional HR strategies to recommend and support solutions.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
• 5+ years of experience in reporting as well as data visualization
• Experience leading data projects and partnering with stakeholders by gathering requirements and transforming them into usable reports and data visualizations to drive business decisions
• Ability to communicate effectively across multiple business units and levels of the organization
• Ability to train others on the team on the use of core analytics tools
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Strong experience building data visualizations with tools such as Tableau or Power BI preferred
• Strong SQL coding skills for data analysis and testing preferred
• Experience with building SAP Success Factors Story Reports highly preferred
• HR Experience preferred

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $90,000 to $105,000. Placement in the range depends on several factors such as experience, skills, geography and internal equity and may change over time. This position qualifies for benefits and you will be eligible to participate in a bonus plan.

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