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Senior People Analyst
senior · Data Science & Analytics
Looking for a role that will have a meaningful impact in HR?As a Senior People Analyst at Markel, you'll combine analytics, storytelling, and strategic partnership to help shape the future of our talent and workforce strategy.
What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!
The opportunity:
The Senior People Analyst transforms workforce data into strategic insight that drives better talent and business decisions. Partnering with HR and business leaders across Markel, you'll uncover workforce trends, find opportunities and risks, and help develop future-focused people strategies through data, analytics, and storytelling.
What you’ll be doing:
Strategic Partnership & Influence
Partner with HR and business leaders to identify workforce priorities and define the analytics needed to inform decisions.
Translate complex data into clear insights that develop priorities and decisions.
Act as a trusted advisor — comfortable challenging thinking with evidence and helping leaders move from opinion to insight-led action.
Insight Generation & Decision Enablement
Deliver analytics, dashboards, and reporting that support workforce priorities including retention, talent planning, and organizational effectiveness.
Connect data points to highlight workforce risks, opportunities, and practical actions.
Build predictive and forward-looking views (e.g. attrition risk, workforce demand, skills gaps, hiring effectiveness, talent trends) that shift the conversation from reporting the past to shaping the future.
Support statutory, regulatory and compensation reporting requirements across International markets with accuracy and confidence.
Innovation, AI & Change
Champion the use of AI, automation and Microsoft Copilot to reimagine how HR data and reporting are consumed across the business.
Identify opportunities to simplify, automate and scale — replacing manual reporting with self-serve, always-on insight.
Bring a change mindset: prototype quickly, pilot boldly, and help embed new ways of working across HR and the wider business.
Stay close to external best practice and market trends, importing ideas that raise the bar for our people analytics capability.
Consultative Problem Solving
Partner with stakeholders to diagnose workforce issues, challenge assumptions, and refine solutions through data.
Work with HRIS, IT, and analytics partners to ensure data quality and effective solutions.
Scalable Insights & Continuous Improvement
Build and improve scalable reporting and dashboards that increase insight into workforce trends.
Contribute to the people analytics standards — governance, definitions, data ethics and storytelling frameworks — so insight is trusted and consistent.
Coach and upskill HRBPs and managers to use data confidently in their day-to-day decisions.
Our must-haves:
Experience
Significant experience in People Analytics, Workforce Planning or a related field.
Experience producing reporting, dashboards and actionable workforce analysis.
Experience influencing business and HR leaders with data.
Technical Skills
Power BI or similar analytics tools.
Strong knowledge of HRIS platforms such as Workday.
Data storytelling and visualisation expertise.
You'll stand out if you have
Predictive analytics experience.
AI, automation or Microsoft Copilot experience.
Insurance industry experience.
International compensation and statutory reporting experience.
Who we are:
Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.
We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further
What’s in it for you?
A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!
Are you ready to play your part?
Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.
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