1. Full Time 12-month Fixed Term Contract position
2. Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices
What we offer
We have embraced a hybrid working model for most of our positions, which means that you can enjoy a balanced approach of working from home for part of the week and working from the office for the remainder of the week.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salaries and bonuses, robust Learning and Development support, excellent Defined Contribution pension and comprehensive Wellbeing initiatives and support to name but a few.
Further details on our benefits package can be accessed here Benefits (life-)
Role Overview
This role sits within the People & Culture function, in the European OCIO (Office of the CIO) and reports to the Strategic Workforce Planning Manager supporting European Technology.
'European Technology' sits within Canada Life Group and encompasses the technology community across all European entities, Irish Life Group, Canada Life UK and Canada Life Europe. European Technology supports the business strategy and collaboration of technology across all European divisions to deliver great outcomes for our customers.
As a Strategic Workforce Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in supporting strategic workforce planning for European Technology. Your analysis will provide actionable insights to inform talent strategies and future organisational planning.
You will partner with Human Resources (HR), Learning & Development (L&D), Senior Leaders, Finance, ensuring that workforce capabilities are identified and developed in line with business needs and strategic objectives.
In this role you will be responsible for managing, monitoring, and tracking people data to facilitate real-time reporting and tracking of headcount (employee and contractor), associated costs, budgets, recruitment (open and closed) roles across the European Technology.
You will be involved in the production of a portfolio of reports, ad-hoc analysis, and projects and will work closely with the HR and Finance departments within European Technology, along with the European HR Shared Services Teams and Recruitment Teams to ensure People MI is accurate and up to date.
What you will help us to achieve
• Collate, track and monitor all associated people data and costs across the European Technology departments (c1000 headcount; based in Ireland, UK/IOM and Germany).
• Collaborate with Finance to deliver accurate monthly and quarterly workforce reporting, ensuring full alignment of all reported figures on a monthly and quarterly basis and update reporting dashboards accordingly.
• Maintain a comprehensive skills library for the organisation.
• Conducting deep dive skills assessments using a bespoke assessment toolkit, enabling the identification of skills gaps, strengths, and emerging trends across the workforce.
• Assess evolving team needs and produce insights from SuccessFactors to optimise workflows and support continuous improvements.
• Production, and on-going maintenance of detailed, accurate and consistent monthly reporting dashboards.
• Production and delivery of global and regional HR reports.
• Reconciliate people related requests for Resource Management Forum approvals with TOM, liaising with hiring managers and senior leaders for business cases challenges.
• Carry out QA to ensure accuracy and reconciling the data to follow up on any differences or "bad data". Ensure that any data issues are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ad hoc People Related reporting and project support requests.
What you will need to be successful in the role
• Excellent numeric, MS Excel and Power BI skills are essential;
• HR Analytics or finance background is desirable
• 3+ years relevant business/data analysis experience, ideally with 1+ year of that gained within the HR operations or workforce planning in matrix global organisations.
• A good communicator able to present findings and solutions to senior stakeholders, in a clear and concise manner.
• Understanding of analysis techniques with the ability to translate into comprehensive documentation and reporting.
• Experience sourcing, collating, analysing, and reporting people data.
• Track record of ensuring best practice reporting and analysis in a safe and secure manner adhering to GDPR and data compliance.
• Self-starter and can work on their own initiative.
• Strong quality orientation and keen attention to detail.
• Excellent administration and organisational skills.
• Comfortable challenging the status quo and the information received.
• Ability to effectively work in a team to agree project plans and timescales that are realistic and achievable.
• Previous Information Systems experience, experience working with Success Factors.
About us
Canada Life Group is the top-level European holding company for Great-West Lifeco's European insurance, reinsurance, and asset management companies, with business operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and the Isle of Man.
European Technology sits within Canada Life Group and encompasses the technology community across all European entities - Irish Life Group, Canada Life UK, Canada Life Europe, as well as Central Technology Services - Europe. European Technology supports the business strategy and collaboration of technology across all European divisions. There are multiple IT units within European Technology, each with its own individual set of technology platforms.
European Technology has evolved significantly and is now focused on bringing market-leading speed, agility, cost efficiency, and risk mitigation to enable the delivery of strategies across the European businesses. To meet these challenges, a new strategy has been established, driving forward our commitment to innovation and excellence.
The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. Where Agency assistance is required the Canada Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Canada Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
Canada Life Group Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued. We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported.
We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.
If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.
CLGS supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.