Global Employee Data Analyst

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.
Global Employee Data Analyst is responsible for delivering high-quality operational administration of employee leave and absence programs, severance administration, and involuntary employee termination processes across assigned countries.
Working closely with HR Advisors, Payroll, Employee Relations and vendors, the Analyst supports complex employee cases while maintaining data integrity and delivering an excellent employee experience.
The Analyst also contributes to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, improve quality, leverage automation, and utilize digital tools to enhance operational efficiency.
Detailed Position Responsibilities
Absence Administration
Administer employee leave and absence programs in accordance with local legislation, company policy, and operational procedures.
Process leave, time off, vacation, holiday, and absence transactions accurately and within agreed service levels.
Execute individual and mass absence updates in Workday and other HR systems.
Act as an escalation point for complex absence administration cases and coordinate with HR Advisors, Payroll, vendors to resolve issues.
Interpret leave policies, payroll impacts, and operational procedures to support HR Advisors and business stakeholders.
Support business validation and testing activities for absence-related system enhancements to ensure operational readiness.
Monitor absence transactions and case queues to ensure timely completion, data accuracy, compliance, and achievement of service level agreements (SLAs).
Severance & Exit Administration
Administer involuntary employee termination processes including redundancies, reorganizations.
Prepare, validate, and quality review severance calculations, statutory payments, termination documentation, and payroll inputs.
Execute employee termination transactions accurately in Workday and ensure all related activities are completed within payroll and legal timelines.
Coordinate with HR Advisors, Employee Relations, Payroll, Benefits and vendors to support compliant execution of employee exits.
Ensure employee exit documentation and payroll inputs are completed accurately and maintained in accordance with company standards and local regulatory requirements.
Workforce Administration & Data Management
Execute employee lifecycle transactions related to absence, employee exits, and workforce administration.
Maintain employee data integrity through quality checks, audits, reconciliations, and governance controls.
Process worker data updates using Workday transactions and controlled mass uploads (EIB) where appropriate.
Investigate and resolve transaction errors with HRIT and other support teams.
Support payroll processing by ensuring employee lifecycle transactions are completed accurately and within payroll deadlines.
Utilize operational reports to validate transactions, identify data discrepancies, and support informed operational decisions.
Operational Excellence
Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency through process simplification, automation, effective use of AI productivity tools, and digital solutions.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by supporting implementation of approved process enhancements.
Develop and maintain Local Work Instructions (LWIs), operational documentation, and knowledge articles.
Must have requirements:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Minimum 3–5 years of experience in HR Operations, Workforce Administration, Shared Services, Payroll Operations, or Benefits Administration.
Demonstrated experience administering employee leave and absence programs, employee terminations, or severance processes.
Strong understanding of HR operations, payroll processes, employee data governance.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, PivotTables, data analysis, and reporting.
Experience creating or maintaining Excel macros, Power Query solutions, or other automation tools is highly desirable.
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI productivity tools (such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or equivalent) to improve documentation, quality validation, operational efficiency, and knowledge management while maintaining data privacy and governance.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects and daily planned and unplanned operational activities
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify operational improvements.
Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data quality and compliance.
Ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting service level agreements and payroll deadlines.
Strong customer service, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Ideal Candidates Would Also Have:
Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with clients and HR Service Center team members
Have worked in a multi-cultural/multi-country work environment
Previous experience working in a shared services environment preferred
We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.
How We Work
Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.
Supporting People with Disabilities
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