HBC is a diversified global retailer focused on driving the performance of high quality stores and their all-channel offerings, growing through acquisitions, and unlocking the value of real estate holdings. Founded in 1670, HBC is the oldest company in North America. HBC's portfolio today includes formats ranging from luxury to premium department stores to off price fashion shopping destinations, with more than 480 stores and over 40,000 employees around the world.

HBC's leading banners across North America and Europe include Hudson's Bay, Lord + Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5^TH.

HBC has significant investments in real estate joint ventures. It has partnered with Simon Property Group Inc. in the HBS Global Properties Joint Venture, which owns properties in the United States and Germany. In Canada, it has partnered with RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust in the RioCan-HBC Joint Venture.

The HBC India corporate teams focus on Finance & Accounting, Technology, Merchandising, and Shared Service operations.  HBC's entrance into this market has expanded the company's global footprint and further established HBC as a truly global retailer.

The teams in the India office play an integral role in supporting HBC's strategic plan. Bengaluru's workforce has deep experience in a variety of areas, including finance and accounting, technology, as well as other shared services and will support HBC's operations on an ongoing basis.  

You can learn more and view available positions in Bengaluru, by visiting http://www.hbcindiacareers.com/.

What This Position Is All About:

• Interpret data, analyze results and provide ongoing reports, analysis, and/or dashboards that measure HR data health.
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets to inform HR data roadmap.
• Locate and define new data process improvement opportunities.
• Responsible for understanding end-to-end data flows and identifying data dependencies in support of delivery, release, and change management.
• Responsible for the development and maintenance of an HR data dictionary
• Partners with the enterprise data governance team to ensure solutions adhere to the organization's data principles and guidelines.
• Partners with Data gurus and Champions within the HR function to fix data issues at source
• Partners with the HRIS team to fix data quality issues arising out of system and data integration

Required Skillsets

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent in science, Mathematics, MA Economics, BE Computer Science, Information Management
• Statistics background & or skill set is desirable
• Be a thought leader and contribute in driving data based decisions
• Coach and help deliverables are executed from juniors and new joiners
• Minimum 4 to 6 years of proven working experience as a data analyst or business data analyst
• Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and data integration techniques
• Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting tools, database programming language (e.g. SQL, etc.). Experience with big data programming (e.g. spark, hive, python, etc.) nice to have
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings
• Perform work with minimal or no guidance
• Mentors and coaches team members who are juniors to drive performance and deliverables
• Thinks critically about issues and proactively finds solutions

How Often You May Travel:

• As per business requirement

Your Life and Career at HBC:

• Be part of a world-class team; work with an adventurous spirit; think and act like an owner-operator!
• Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities, from IT to Human Resources, Merchandising to Finance.
• A culture that promotes a healthy, fulfilling work/life balance

Education Qualifications:

• Graduation mandatory
• Graduation in computer science desirable
• Advance excel skills is mandatory