HR Data Scientist

Join the Access Family and see how we make software ideas become a reality!

Our core value of ‘Love work, Love life’ has been central to our success and so we’re looking for people to join us who share our passion for making things better every day, to help us become a UK top 10 Software company driven through adoption of the Access Workspace platform.

Are you ready for the challenge?

What are we all about?

At Access we love software and how technology never stays the same. It's this obsession that drives us to work closely across sectors to understand the business needs of our customers - from professional services to manufacturing to not for profits and more.

We're passionate about helping our customers stay one step ahead of the challenges facing their industry and business. That's why over 1 million users and over 35,000 organisations rely on Access software to help their organisation thrive.

About you:

You’ll have an inquisitive mind, always asking yourself why something is happening and what does that mean.

You’re analytical, passionate about data, modelling and reporting to enable us to make more data driven decisions and adding value to the business.  You’ll be responsible for providing enriching data modelling to the HR team with insights and recommendations.

This is an opportunity to make a significant impact within a fast-growing organisation. You will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and challenging the status quo.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Create and deliver data-driven and evidence based people metrics and statistical models, reporting and predictive analytics.
• Create tooling and algorithms to translate people metric and data sets into insights to enable us to make decisions.
• Analyse and interrogate people data from various systems, highlighting key areas for discussion and predicting future trends.
• Implement processes in people analytics that drive efficiencies and improve reporting.
• Build relationships and act as a stellar role model throughout the business with the ability to influence and challenge
• Collaborate closely with the systems team to understand data points and identify opportunities to enhance data, dashboards and employee experience.

Your Skills and Experiences likely include:

• You’ll either be looking for your first leap into data following your Maths degree or an experienced data scientist.
• You’ll have knowledge and experience in research design, visualization techniques and analysis approaches to manage and analyse both structured and unstructured data.
• Experience in advanced statistical methods and modelling.
• Experience with tools and languages such as SQL & Python to design and implement data tooling which supports the continuous delivery of insights.
• Understanding of the external people analytics landscape and trends.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to lead on data extraction, data mining, analysis and reporting from a variety of systems.
• Critical and analytical thinker with an inquisitive nature
• Ability to present information to stakeholders clearly and with confidence
• Adaptable, flexible and able to work well under time pressure
• You’re a team player who is resourceful, meticulous and able to multitask. You don’t shy away from rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in
• Prepared to go outside of your comfort zone and be ready to fail fast, it’s the best way to grow
• Strong and passionate character, plenty of self-drive and energy
• Proactive and solutions focused approach with a high level of attention to detail
• You’re resilient and comfortable with transparency, ambiguity and change
• Fun-loving team player – it’s at the heart of our culture!

What does Access offer you?

We are a growing software company and we deliver on what we say we do! We take the development of our people very seriously! We will work with you to carve out your success plan and an opportunity to accelerate your career and make a real difference.

In addition to our standard benefits of 25 days holiday, a match contributory pension and healthcare you will get:  

• A Competitive Salary
• Giving Back/Charity days
• Quarterly Socials
• 6 weeks Sabbaticals (after 6 years of service)
• The Access Group Big Break: our all-expenses paid holiday to Spain