People Data Analyst

Who we are is what we do.

Deel and our family of growing companies are made up of global teams dedicated to helping businesses hire anyone, anywhere, easily. 

The team comprises over three thousand self-driven individuals spanning over 100 countries, and our unified yet diverse culture keeps us continually learning and innovating the platform and products for customers.

Companies should be able to hire the best talent anywhere in the world, so we are building the best platform to make that a reality. Our market-leading technology, expertise, and global team are crucial to the platform’s success. We deliver the best products and features in our space, enabling millions of jobs worldwide and connecting the global workforce with the best companies and opportunities.

Why should you be part of our success story?

A 30-mile hiring radius should no longer dictate how companies hire because exceptional talent lives everywhere. Deel sees a world without hiring borders and endless talent that pairs perfect candidates with great companies.

We offer global teams all the tools they need to hire, onboard, manage, pay, and scale at full speed. We aim to foster a diverse global economy by building a generational platform that seamlessly connects companies with talent worldwide.

After our successful Series D in 2021, we raised another $50M in 2023, doubling our valuation to $12B. There’s never been a more exciting time to join Deel — the international payroll and compliance market leader.

Overview:

As a Data Analyst on our People Technology team, you'll spend the majority of your time analyzing data across our core HR systems (Deel HR, Ashby, LMS systems, and survey platforms) and the remainder on operational tasks including dashboard creation and maintenance as well as stakeholder management. You'll be responsible for transforming data from these platforms into actionable insights that drive decisions around talent acquisition, retention, engagement, compensation, and workforce planning. Working closely with our HR Business Partners, People Operations teams, Talent Teams, and internal Business Leaders you'll maintain our standard reporting suite while developing new analyses to address emerging business needs. This role requires both technical expertise to handle multiple data sources and the business acumen to translate findings into practical recommendations for leadership

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with data engineers and analytics teams to develop and maintain people analytics tools and infrastructure, ensuring alignment with business objectives

• Partner with senior People stakeholders to understand their data needs and deliver actionable insights that drive strategic decision-making

• Design and implement comprehensive people analytics dashboards in Looker, balancing both high-visibility curated reports and flexible self-service frameworks

• Maintain and enhance data quality across HR systems by implementing validation processes and establishing data governance standards

• Define and standardize key People metrics (attrition, engagement, candidate pipeline) while ensuring consistency across reporting platforms

• Develop and maintain dbt model infrastructure in partnership with analytics engineering, optimizing data workflows and improving efficiency

• Support data science initiatives by contributing to forecasting models and advanced analytics projects

• Drive data enrichment initiatives across HR tools, enabling HRBPs and stakeholders to access relevant insights within their workflow

• Conduct regular analysis of workforce trends, including employee engagement, performance metrics, and recruitment funnel metrics

• Lead workforce planning efforts by analyzing historical data and creating predictive models for future staffing needs

• Design and implement data collection methodologies to capture relevant HR metrics across various sources

• Build and maintain documentation for reporting processes, metrics definitions, and data models

What You'll Need

• Minimum of three years prior experience in data analytics, statistics, or data engineering 

• Strong preference for prior experience in human resources data and analysis

What You Bring

• Strong proficiency with data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Sheets, Python, SQL)

• Strong proficiency with data reporting tools (e.g. Looker, Power BI, Tableau)

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong bias to curiosity driving the delivery of analysis

• Experience in tracking and reporting on metrics at a regular cadence 

• Business acumen to know and understand the projects you will work on and how the data analysis will impact the business

• Ability to talk to the business, manage stakeholders and their expectations, and communicate results of an analytics project to the relevant audiences

• Experience keeping the business involved in your analytics projects and keeping them up to date in progress and potential setbacks

• HR expertise is highly preferred - knowledge of the science behind what we do in HR, knowledge of HR best practices, and understanding of the key HR processes

• Prior involvement in the aggregation of data, maintaining HR data quality, and the analysis of data

• Experience in ad hoc reporting, cleaning data, and otherwise managing less mature data and systems effectively

• Prior experience implementing, maintaining, and updating HR or other data systems as part of the analyst’s responsibilities

• Prior experience working with both local and global data, and therefore having cultural awareness, which is essential to understanding where data is coming from and how cultural differences impact HR and data capturing practices

• Competence in making timely, effective, and principles-based decisions using strong judgment to weigh inputs from multiple stakeholders and effectively managing tradeoffs, then aligning stakeholders to those decisions

• Demonstrated ability to partner within and outside of HR successfully

• Unquestioned integrity with assertiveness, presence, and confidence

• High EQ, personal maturity, cultural awareness and compassion

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills

• Strong desire and preference to work in a fully remote, global environment and not in an office. 

• Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may be subject to change based on organizational needs.

Total Rewards

Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all. 

Some things you’ll enjoy

• Provided computer equipment tailored to your role

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location

• Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country

• The flexibility of remote work, including WeWork access where available

DISCLOSURE 

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At Deel, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of  race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy or maternity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Unless otherwise agreed, we will communicate with job applicants using Deel-specific emails, which include @deel.com and other acquired company emails like @payspace.com and @paygroup.com. You can view the most up-to-date job listings at Deel by visiting our careers page.

Deel is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects different abilities, backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, identities and perspectives.

Deel will provide accommodation on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities. If you require accommodation, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team at recruiting@deel.com of the nature of the accommodation that you may require, to ensure your equal participation.