HR Data Analyst

Job Description

At Sinclair, Human Resources is more than a support function-we are strategic business partners committed to attracting, developing, and retaining exceptional talent. Our team is collaborative, innovative, and people-focused, with a strong emphasis on data-driven decision-making, continuous improvement, and delivering an outstanding employee experience.

As an HR Data Analyst, you will play an important role in turning workforce data into insights that inform business and HR strategy. You will partner with HR leaders and stakeholders across the organization, leverage modern HR technologies, and translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations.

This is an on-site position, providing the opportunity to work closely with HR leadership, business partners, and colleagues across the organization. Being on-site supports the collaboration, responsiveness, and partnership that are central to the success of this role.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, uncovering the story behind the data, and collaborating with others to make a measurable impact, we'd love to hear from you.

• Join a collaborative, high-performing HR team that values partnership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Transform workforce data into meaningful insights that inform leadership and executive decision-making.
• Contribute to HR technology, reporting, and analytics initiatives that improve how we work.
• Expand your expertise across HR analytics, systems, compliance, and workforce strategy.
• Make a meaningful impact on the employee experience and the future of our workforce.

The HR Data Analyst collects, analyzes, and interprets human resources data to support strategic and operational decision-making across the organization. This role partners with HR leadership and business stakeholders to deliver actionable insights related to recruitment, retention, workforce planning, compensation, compliance, organizational effectiveness, and employee experience.

The HR Data Analyst also serves as a subject matter expert for HR systems, workforce analytics, and reporting, helping ensure data accuracy and integrity while identifying opportunities to improve processes, reporting capabilities, and business outcomes.

• Collect, analyze, and interpret HR metrics and workforce data from multiple sources, including the core Human Capital Management (HCM) system, payroll, employee and management surveys, exit interviews, employment records, and external benchmarking sources.
• Analyze workforce data to identify trends, patterns, risks, and opportunities related to recruiting, hiring, retention, turnover, engagement, compensation, workforce demographics, and compliance.
• Design, develop, maintain, and automate HR dashboards, reports, and data visualizations for HR leadership and executive management.
• Translate complex workforce data into clear insights and recommendations that support workforce planning, talent acquisition, employee engagement, retention, organizational effectiveness, and business strategy.
• Develop standard and ad hoc reports using HR reporting, analytics, and business intelligence tools.
• Provide analytical support for all of HR areas to include, recruiting, performance management, benefits, compensation, and talent management initiatives.
• Support HR audits and compliance reporting, including EEO, FLSA, Workers' Compensation, leave administration, and other applicable federal, state, and local employment requirements.
• Prepare, validate, and support required regulatory reporting, including EEO-1 and California pay data reporting.
• Support HR leadership with special projects requiring workforce data, research, and analysis.

• Serve as a subject matter expert and super user for the organization's HCM system, supporting data maintenance, auditing, testing, troubleshooting, reporting, and system enhancements.
• Validate data for system implementations, enhancements, and integrations to ensure accuracy, completeness, and integrity.
• Maintain working knowledge of the other HR systems, including…