Systems & Information Analyst and HR Administrator
Location: Leeds – Flexible on Location (Remote/Hybrid role)
Salary: £30,000 PA 

Benefits: 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, the option to buy and sell holidays, hybrid working, company pension, sick pay, life assurance, employee assist program and many more….

Simpson Millar is currently looking for an experienced Systems & Information Analyst, this is quite a unique role as this is a blend of HR administration and Data Analysis.

In this role you will be working with the People Team and key stakeholders across the business to enable delivery of our aim to ‘create the best possible environment for SM colleagues to thrive’.

You will ensure all systems and data owned and used by the People Team is user friendly, accurate and up to date in order to provide people data analysis and insights to support decision making for the business.

You will also act as a first point of contact for HR related queries from colleagues and external partners and be integral in building a positive employee experience by providing a comprehensive, quality service to our stakeholders whilst having the responsibility for carrying out a variety of administrative tasks that impact the employee lifecycle.

As an experienced Systems & Information Analyst you will be responsible for:

• Responsible for all data and information that is contained within Cascade (HRIS).
• Responsible for ensuring that all data is accurate and consistent, and that as much data as possible is recorded relating to our people, in order to support the BI Team with management and commercial reporting.
• Develops people data models to facilitate decision making for the people team and SMT.
• Provides all required reports, KPIs (planned and ad-hoc) developing automated approaches wherever possible.
• Answer queries that are sent into the HR inbox.
• Support, when required, on payroll administration and processing each month.
• Provide administration support to the HR Team on all HR areas.
• Provide administrative support in relation to new starters, ordering IT equipment, issuing contracts, and ensuring compliance of right to work documentation and background checking compliance.
• Assist with reviewing and documenting processes undertaken within HR and making recommendations for their development seeking continuous improvement.
• Management of HR systems, as required, in terms of (but not limited to):
  • documenting the configuration of the systems
  • maintaining data field names, screen locations, security, type etc.
  • functionality of data processing and process flows
  • add, remove, or update user account information and resetting passwords,
  • update system values and tables
• Responsible for the People Dashboard content and work closely with the BI Team to drive continuous improvements.
• Is the ‘guru’ and superuser of the HRIS and other associated tech platforms used by the People Team.
• Conducts Gender Pay Gap analysis, and other statutory analysis as required, identifying concerns and strengths, and making suggestions for improvements.
• General compliance reporting for People Team.

Essential Experience required:

• Experience in working within complex, multi-site, regulated business
• Experience of working within a HR/People Team
• Strong understanding of commercial data and how to interpret/analyse it
• Advanced ability with Excel, Microsoft Word and Power Point
• Good knowledge of HR Systems (HRIS and other people related portals eg benefits, Intranets etc)
• Data orientated and good at interpreting/analysing data to make decisions
• Highly organised and comfortable dealing with ambiguity
• Strong administration experience.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Confident written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Previous experience of working in a HR Generalist/Administrator role

If this sounds like you, then we’d be keen to hear from you. Please send us a copy of your CV and our recruitment team will be in touch. 

So why should joining Simpson Millar be of interest to you? You’ll work with industry experts who work on high-profile cases and can help to shape and develop your career, giving you the coaching and mentoring that will allow you to flourish and progress, and your caseload will be interesting and importantly manageable. 

At Simpson Millar our culture is key for us, it drives us and makes us who we are. We’re lawyers who exist to help people with their legal needs today and to improve the way the law works for people in the future. We provide trusted expert legal advice, quickly and clearly, every time.  

There is change going on within the legal industry and in our firm too, so we need people who are adaptable to this, who embrace change and see the opportunity. The future of our business is one that is technology and data driven, so we need people who have the mindset and technological expertise to grow with us. But most of all we need team players who will be willing to work with others, but are accountable for their own work, and who want to achieve great results for both our firm and especially our clients. 

Diversity and Inclusion: At Simpson Millar we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the advert, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or for other roles in our firm. 

Note to agencies: If external support is required on a vacancy, the role will be released by individual invite to specific agencies on our PSL. Any speculative candidates sent to Simpson Millar will be considered a gift and no fees will be applicable.