Specialist HR Analytics (Alberta)

Specialist HR Analytics (Alberta)

07 Aug
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Canadian Pacific Railway
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Alberta

07 Aug

Canadian Pacific Railway

Alberta

Join CPKC, North America's first transnational railroad connecting U.S. Canada and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you're not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:
The Specialist HR Analytics role, based in Calgary or Kansas City, is responsible for delivering workforce reporting, dashboards, and data-driven insights to support HR and business decision-making. The position partners with stakeholders across HR and Information Services to manage recurring and ad hoc analytics, translate workforce data into actionable recommendations, and leverage tools such as Excel, Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP, and SuccessFactors to ensure accurate, meaningful, and business-aligned reporting.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Prepare and deliver recurring and ad hoc workforce reporting, including headcount, vacancies, employee movement, turnover, workforce composition, and organizational structure

Develop, maintain, and improve dashboards, scorecards, reports, and other analytical products

Work with stakeholders to clarify business questions, define requirements, and recommend appropriate analytical approaches

Analyze data to identify trends, variances, risks, and underlying drivers, and communicate what changed, why it matters, and where action may be required

Connect workforce findings to broader business considerations such as cost, capacity, retention, productivity, and organizational effectiveness

Validate and reconcile data from multiple sources, investigate anomalies, and work with stakeholders to resolve data-quality issues

Maintain metric definitions, calculation logic, reporting documentation, quality-control procedures,



and consistent reporting standards

Ensure reporting complies with privacy, governance, policy, and regulatory requirements

Identify opportunities to streamline, automate, consolidate, and improve recurring reporting processes

Manage competing priorities, recurring deadlines, ad hoc requests, and stakeholder expectations

Support workforce planning, forecasting, scenario analysis, and strategic HR initiatives

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Human Resources, Economics, Finance, or a related field

Minimum 4 years of progressively responsible experience in people analytics, HR reporting, business intelligence, data analysis, or a related field

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and proficiency with at least one business-intelligence platform such as Power BI, Tableau, or SAP Analytics Cloud

Working to intermediate knowledge of SQL, data extraction, transformation, reconciliation, and analysis across multiple data sources

Experience with SAP HCM, SuccessFactors, or a comparable HR information system is preferred

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills

Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into reports, dashboards, measures, and analytical solutions

Strong data-storytelling skills, including the ability to explain findings, implications, and recommended actions

Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy, consistency, documentation, and governance

Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders





Sound judgment in handling confidential and sensitive employee information

Experience developing executive or senior-leadership dashboards and analytical narratives

Experience with Power Query, DAX, data models, reporting automation, workforce planning, forecasting, retention, or workforce-cost analysis

Experience working in a large, complex, unionized, regulated, or multinational organization

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:

Adaptable and competitive benefits package

Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Performance Incentive Plan

Annual Fitness Subsidy

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

Criminal history check

Education verification

Professional references

BECOMING A RAILROADER:
As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.

Management Conductor Program
Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.

CULTURE OF INCLUSION:
For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provided, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

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📌 Specialist HR Analytics (Alberta)
🏢 Canadian Pacific Railway
📍 Alberta

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