[Hiring] Senior HR Analytics, Compliance & Technology Solutions Lead @J.S. Held LLC

Role Description

The Senior HR Analytics, Compliance & Technology Solutions Lead is a senior individual contributor responsible for advancing the organization's people analytics, HR compliance, data governance, and HR technology strategy. Based in Colombia and supporting a global HR organization, this role translates business and operational needs into thoughtful, scalable solutions across systems, data, controls, and processes. The role is fully involved in solution design, including system structure, fields, workflows, integrations, reporting requirements, and the appropriate size and complexity of projects, while partnering with HR Technology team members who may execute configuration and day-to-day system administration.

The ideal candidate combines strong HR technology fluency with analytical judgment and practical compliance and governance experience. They can evaluate a business need end to end, determine whether the right solution is a system change, data or field redesign, process improvement, control, reporting solution, or combination of approaches, and clearly define requirements and downstream impacts. They are comfortable working across countries, functions, and platforms; can bring structure to complex or ambiguous work; and consistently deliver accurate, audience-ready outputs. This role partners closely with HR leaders, HR Technology, Legal, Compliance, IT, vendors, and other stakeholders while maintaining clear ownership, strong follow-through, and appropriate escalation of risks.

Job Responsibilities

• HR Analytics, Data Integrity, and Reporting:
  • Develop, maintain, and optimize recurring and ad hoc HR reports, dashboards, and workforce metrics.
  • Analyze HR data to identify patterns, trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
  • Partner with HR and business leaders to define, document, and track key performance indicators that support strategic objectives.
  • Build and validate working dashboard prototypes in Power BI, then partner with IT and data teams to support scalable enterprise implementation.
• HR Compliance & Auditing:
  • Partner with Legal, Compliance, HR leaders, and external resources to monitor and support adherence to applicable employment requirements, including U.S. government contracting requirements where relevant.
  • Support the continued development and maintenance of a practical HR compliance framework for global locations.
  • Coordinate HR audit readiness and support internal and external audits through clear documentation, validated data extracts, evidence collection, and remediation tracking.
  • Establish and monitor HR data governance practices that protect data accuracy, integrity, privacy, and appropriate use across HR systems.
  • Partner in the development of HR standard operating procedures across the HR function and establish a sustainable review and update process.
  • Develop repeatable compliance monitoring, audit, and reporting routines that can be maintained across the HR Operations team.
• HR Technology Strategy & Solution Design:
  • Partner with HR Technology team members and functional stakeholders to assess business needs and design scalable, sustainable solutions across HR systems, data, controls, and processes.
  • Lead solution design and requirements definition for system structures, fields, workflows, security roles, integrations, reporting, and process changes.
  • Evaluate options and rightsize projects based on business value, complexity, risk, user impact, sustainability, and downstream dependencies.
  • Translate approved designs into clear functional requirements, decision documentation, test scenarios, and implementation guidance for HR Technology, IT, and vendor partners.
  • Validate configuration outcomes, data movement, reporting logic, controls, and downstream impacts to confirm solutions meet the intended business need.
  • Contribute HR technology expertise to cross-functional and global HR initiatives while supporting consistent architecture, governance, and user experience across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Human Resources, Business Administration, Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in HR operations, with substantial responsibility for people analytics, HR compliance, reporting, or data governance.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong experience with data visualization tools, such as PowerBI.
• Strong HR technology experience, including solution design across core HRIS, recruiting, learning, performance, or compensation platforms. BambooHR experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to define system requirements involving fields, data structures, workflows, integrations, security, reporting, and controls.
• Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills, with demonstrated ability to validate data, document logic and assumptions, and translate findings for different audiences.
• Demonstrated experience establishing reporting, audit, compliance, technology, or data governance practices in a global or multi-entity organization.
• Fluent written and spoken English, with strong communication skills across global and cross-functional teams.
• Experience partnering with system administrators, IT teams, and vendors through design, testing, implementation, and stabilization.
• High level of integrity, confidentiality, ownership, and professionalism when managing sensitive HR information.

Requirements

• Must be comfortable working in a remote environment.
• Must be able to sit for long periods of time.
• Must be flexible to work across global time zones and outside standard local business hours when business needs require.
• Must be flexible to travel, generally up to 5% of the time.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed.
• Flexible Time Off policy.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Any offered salary range is based on a wide array of factors including but not limited to skillset, experience, training, location, scope of role, management responsibility, etc.