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Description

In this role, you will lead workforce planning and financial forecasting for the global corporate workforce, partnering with People, Finance, and business leaders to model hiring needs, analyze actuals, and embed strategic workforce insights into decision-making. You'll own the annual and long-term forecasting cycles, reconcile data across multiple systems, and drive continuous improvement in the planning process.

Requirements

• 4+ years total experience, including at least 2 years with relevance to workforce planning or financial management
• Undergraduate degree in finance, economics, accounting or mathematics preferred
• Solid understanding of P&L and profitability analysis and strong working knowledge of compensation preferred
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets experience required
• Experience using an ERP and planning system required (ideally SAP Analytics Cloud)
• Experience using an HRIS required (ideally UKG Pro Business Intelligence/People Analytics)
• Ability to utilize emerging technologies (machine learning, scripting, AI, etc.)
• Ability to bring financial clarity to teams who think in ideas and stories, not just numbers
• Strong communication, influencing, relationship building and collaboration skills
• Ability to manage complex projects, multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and contend with complexity
• High level of motivation and energy with desire to ‘roll up sleeves’

Responsibilities

• Own forecasting global corporate workforce costs
• Partner with People team centers of excellence to determine reasonable assumptions for forecast models
• Reconcile current workforce data to inform ongoing run rate
• Partner directly with the business to project future hiring needs and timelines
• Partner closely with accounting and treasury to translate projected costs into cash flow models and accounting accruals
• Project manage global enterprise-wide workforce planning cycles 3+ times per year
• Own reporting and analysis of workforce actuals
• Leverage deep understanding of payroll structure to analyze monthly actuals, variance to plan, and key takeaways
• Compare detailed reports from multiple systems (SAP Analytics Cloud, UKG Pro, Greenhouse) to develop a narrative on workforce performance
• Communicate clearly to leaders, SMEs, and financial partners
• Own cross-functional effort to embed workforce planning into strategic decision making
• Model possible future people strategy implications to the workforce plan
• Flag downstream impacts of financial shifts, strategic changes, and headcount fluctuations
• Analyze longitudinal data to determine long-term workforce trends
• Source and embed relevant market benchmarks in workforce analysis
• Work on special projects within workforce planning