Human Resource Analyst II, Data & Reporting

Serving customers and our community starts with the best people doing their best work. That is precisely what we have created at MSC Industrial Supply Co. We are a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), products and services. We offer more than 2 million products and have over 80 years of experience across dozens of industries.

We aim to execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise for all our stakeholders, including our associates.

Location:

Davidson, NC

• Lead complex workforce analytics and reporting efforts to enable sound, defensible, and data driven people decisions across the enterprise. Serve as a strategic analytics partner to HR and business leadership by translating ambiguous questions into actionable insights while ensuring data accuracy, governance, and compliance. This role holds explicit accountability for the integrity, consistency, and defensibility of complex workforce reporting, particularly in contexts where data is used for regulatory submission, audit review, or executive decision making.

• Own the design, delivery, and evolution of complex workforce analytics, including multi source reporting, advanced trend analysis, and enterprise level metrics used for executive decision making.
• Partner directly with senior and executive leaders to define problem statements, interpret workforce trends, assess risk, and provide consultative insights that drive business action.
• Act as a senior HR analytics representative in enterprise data initiatives, ensuring HR data definitions, governance standards, and reporting requirements are accurately represented and sustained.
• Lead the full lifecycle of complex, cross functional analytics initiatives—from intake and prioritization through delivery, validation, and stakeholder adoption—often in environments characterized by ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Serve as a point of accountability for data quality, auditability, and defensibility, particularly for government, regulatory, and high visibility leadership reporting.
• Establish, enforce, and govern reporting structures, business rules, validation controls, and data definitions required to produce accurate, consistent, and defensible workforce insights.
• Perform proactive data quality reviews and targeted audits, identifying and addressing risks before they escalated or impacted decision making.
• Act as an escalation point when workforce data is questioned or challenged, partnering with HR, Legal, Compliance, Audit, or Finance as appropriate.
• Proactively identify and communicate emerging workforce trends, risks, and opportunities, moving beyond ad hoc request fulfillment.
• Own and deliver complex ad hoc analyses and special projects requiring advanced judgment, ambiguity resolution, or elevated risk consideration.
• Provide guidance and education to HR and business partners on workforce metrics, reporting interpretation, and appropriate data usage.
• Provide functional leadership and mentorship to Analyst I resources, reinforcing best practices in analytical rigor, data integrity, and reporting consistency.
• Partner cross functionally with HR teams (HR Business Partners, Learning & Organizational Development, Talent, Goal Deployment, Performance Management, and Total Rewards) to inform program design and evaluation.
• Partner with Finance, Executive Leadership, and people leaders to lead workforce, headcount, and cost analyses that inform enterprise workforce planning, forecasting, and requisition decisions.
• Own the ongoing enhancement, maintenance, and governance of workforce reporting platforms (Success Factors, GCP, Workforce Software, Tableau, and related tools), coordinating with system and module owners to guide enhancements, manage release impacts, and ensure sustained alignment with reporting standards.
• Fosters the MSC Culture in the department and throughout the company to ensure fulfillment of MSC's vision and unity of purpose.
• Participation in special projects and performs additional duties.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, knowledge, and skills.
• Success Factors and HRIS…