CDI - HR Data & Social Controlling Analyst M/F

Main Mission

Reporting to the Head of HR Operations, the HR Data & Social Controlling Analyst is responsible for managing payroll and headcount, while developing an analytical and data-driven approach to the HR function.

He/she ensures the reliability of social data, contributes to the construction and monitoring of the HR budget, automates reporting, and transforms HR data into relevant analyses in close collaboration with the Finance Department.

Main Responsibilities

A. Social Controlling and Payroll Management

• Construct the annual payroll and headcount budget, in conjunction with the HR Department, the Finance Department, and operational teams.

• Develop updated forecasts and year-end projections.

• Analyze variances between actuals, budget, and forecasts, and identify the main explanatory factors.

• Model the effects of headcount changes, salary increases, promotions, bonuses, departures, and recruitments.

• Perform financial simulations to support HR decisions: recruitments, reorganizations, compensation policies, and headcount evolution.

• Monitor key economic and social indicators: payroll costs, headcount, average compensation, recruitment costs, and other HR costs.

• Contribute to the improvement of payroll and compensation data control and validation processes.

• Prepare analyses necessary for budget reviews and presentations to the Executive Committee.

B. HR Data Analytics and Decision Support

• Exploit and cross-reference data from the HRIS, payroll, recruitment, and other HR tools.

• Analyze HR trends and identify the main drivers of change in social indicators.

• Conduct in-depth analyses on turnover, absenteeism, recruitment, internal mobility, compensation, and career paths.

• Identify populations, jobs, or entities requiring special attention and formulate operational recommendations.

• Develop analyses to assess the effectiveness of HR policies and measure their results.

• Design prospective analyses and, where data permits, forecasting models to anticipate changes in headcount and social indicators.

• Translate analysis results into understandable and directly actionable recommendations for HR teams and managers.

C. Reporting, Business Intelligence, and Automation

• Design, maintain, and evolve HR dashboards and reports for the HR Department, the Executive Committee, and operational teams.

• Automate the production of recurring reports to reduce manual tasks and secure results.

• Develop interactive dashboards to monitor key indicators and analyze data by job function, entity, country, population, or hierarchical level.

• Harmonize definitions, calculation rules, and reference data for HR indicators.

• Contribute to improving the quality, consistency, and availability of social data.

• Participate in the evolution of reporting tools and the optimization of data collection and exploitation processes.

D. HR Projects

• Actively participate in all annual exercises related to Compensation & Benefits topics:

• Annual salary review, bonus assessment, commission plan for sales teams.

• Compensation studies, internal and external benchmarks.

Profile Sought

Education

• Master's degree (Bac +5) in controlling, finance, statistics, data analytics, human resources, or a business school with a relevant specialization.

• A dual qualification in finance and data is an asset.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years of experience in social controlling, HR Analytics, controlling, or data analysis, ideally with exposure to HR issues.

• Experience in retail, fashion, luxury, or a multi-entity environment is appreciated.

Technical Skills

• Excellent command of Excel and advanced data analysis functions.

• Good command of Power BI.

• Ability to manipulate, consolidate, and analyze data from multiple systems.

• Good understanding of payroll mechanisms, compensation, headcount, and key social indicators.

• Ability to build budget models, forecasts, and sensitivity analyses.

• Knowledge of the ADP payroll system is an advantage.

• With an analytical mind, you are rigorous and proactive, you understand the Business environment, and you are comfortable collaborating with different departments.

We are convinced that the diversity of our teams is a strength. We consider all applications with the same attention, without distinction of gender, disability, origin, age, or orientation.