The Department

The People team play a key role in enabling the firm to attract, develop and retain great people, and giving them the tools and support needed to develop and fulfil their potential, and that of the firm. The team is welcoming, inclusive, driven by providing a 'high touch' level of service, and collaborative in terms of how we work. The team consists of c.50 people in both business-facing, generalist roles (Advisory) alongside specialist teams (Data & Systems; Reward; Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing; Employment, Policy & Engagement; Talent Acquisition, as well as our Academy, which consists of Academy Learning, Academy Tech and Early Careers).

Duties and Responsibilities

The firm has grown rapidly in recent years, which has meant that policy, processes and systems have had to change to support this. A key focus of the Firm's strategic vision is to leverage technical advancements to help drive operational stability, process automation and innovation.

One of these challenges is ensuring People data is used effectively through the Firm. The person in this role will have an important role in developing and providing the data required.

The role will involve the following:

• Enhance the department's reputation by showcasing methods where data insights (trends, MI reporting, predictive analysis etc) can be used to add value for the business
• Searching for opportunities to improve systems in order to drive engagement, deepen the experience for the end user and reduce the administrative burden on the People team
• Support the People Systems & Data Manager with wider projects linked to our Reward & Systems roadmap and expanding the firm's use of Success Factors.
• Opportunity to lead projects linked to our Reward & Systems roadmap.
• Be a SME for data and reporting, ensuring it continues to support and optimise all our employee life cycle processes
• Execute regular data cleanses and reconciliations. Be confident in working with large sets of data, data manipulation as well as the ability to transform raw data into meaningful outputs
• Demonstrate an ongoing endeavour to ensure data integrity and transparency is achieved in all aspects to do with managing and providing people information
• Develop a deep level of understanding regarding how data flows between the core HR database and other systems across the firm and specifically the downstream impacts on other departments
• Manage all people reporting and analytics requirements, ensuring data is accurate and easy to access. Working with internal system experts and strategic partners to develop dashboards and reports for our leaders
• Produce statistics and figures required for client pitches, compliance accreditations, Business Development surveys and employee engagement questionnaires
• Build and maintain complex employee reports via the People System and act as an escalation point for all people reporting queries. Having confidence in dealing with standard HR report types such as sickness, holiday, headcount, demographic breakdowns, attrition/retention, diversity as well as being able to identify year on year trends
• Be aware of GDPR, and other data protection laws, and ensure any compliance concerns/issues are reported to the People Systems and Data Manager and/or People Director
• Support the People Systems & Data Manager in system maintenance activities

Skills/Experience

• Experience in the configuration in SAP Success Factors
• Experience in building and maintaining reporting / analytics in SAP Success Factors
• Minimum 3 years HR functional and People Systems experience
• Experience working with multiple People systems including HRIS, Recruitment, Performance, Learning etc
• Advanced expertise in MS Excel (specifically 'vlookups', pivot tables, 'if' formulas etc.)
• Expertise in using PowerBI preferable
• Experience dealing with large sets of data and being able to manipulate this into meaningful outputs
• Critical thinker with attention to detail
• Understanding of data protection regulations e.g. GDPR
• Maturity in dealing with confidential data including salaries
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to effectively manage own workload
• Excellent communicator - good written and oral communications skills with the ability to interact and communicate at all levels
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Personable and confident, able to build relationships with partners/ key stakeholders
• Resilient and calm under pressure
• Adaptable and flexible approach with a proven ability to solve problems
• Pro-active and takes initiative

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About The Mishcon de Reya Group

The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an association with Karas So LLP in Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.

As of 1 January 2023, Mishcon de Reya and Taylor Vinters merged. The merger delivers on both firms' strategies to support the innovation economy and accelerate our growing share of the technology, media and life-sciences legal and consultancy services market in the UK and in key international innovation hubs globally.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. Mishcon Academy , our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a commitment to be a net zero carbon business , also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose , a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR Brand Management , MDR Cyber , MDR Discover , MDR One , MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai) and MDRx . Complementary to Mishcon de Reya's core areas of work, each is led by best in class professionals recruited from a variety of non-legal industries and sectors.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.

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