Senior Analyst, People & Culture

Reset your expectations of a health and wellness agency. From our inception, Fingerpaint has been driven by an unstoppable collective spirit of possibility. It’s that curiosity that’s at the heart of everything we do. From our legendary people-first culture to the hundreds of Fingerpainters who define us, we’ve reimagined what it means to be a healthcare and wellness advertising agency. Here, creativity happens naturally—we attract top talent and

The Opportunity: 

We are seeking a highly analytical and naturally curious Senior Analyst to join our People & Culture team. This individual will turn workforce data into clear, actionable insight for leaders—building and maintaining dashboards, automating our HRIS, and safeguarding data quality across the function. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for a critical thinker who is equally comfortable in a pivot table, a slide deck, and an AI tool, and who is energized by finding smarter, more scalable ways to work. 

What You'll Do: 

• Employee Reporting: Run employee reports & dashboards, synthesize findings into clear takeaways, and recommend concrete action steps for stakeholders. Produce attrition/retention, headcount, and workforce-planning analyses to support strategic decisions.  
• HRIS Management: Maintain data integrity within our HRIS and build automations, workflows, and integrations that reduce manual effort. This includes supporting an HRIS implementation to Rippling.  
• Automation & Process Innovation: Proactively streamline P&C workflows using HRIS capabilities, formulas, scripts, Airtable, and AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini) to eliminate manual effort and scale operations. Maintain documentation of workflows so work is repeatable. 
• Survey Implementation & Analysis: Support survey design, deployment, and analysis, translating results into themes and recommendations. 
• Compensation Cycle Support: Assist with the annual compensation cycle including data preparation, modeling, benchmarking support, and analysis. 
• Data Quality & Compliance: Run regular audits and reconciliations to ensure accuracy and a single source of truth across data sources. Support compliance and mandated reporting (e.g., EEO-1) and maintain audit-ready records. 
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with Business Leaders, Finance, Operations on staffing data & analysis.  
• Team Mentorship & Ad Hoc Projects: Provide data oversight and quality reviews for the People Operations team. Work on ad hoc team initiatives. 

Key Experience & Qualifications: 

• 3+ years’ experience in an HR, People Analytics, or analytics-focused role 
• Advanced Excel skills (complex formulas, pivot tables, data modeling), strong PowerPoint skills with the ability to present data clearly and compellingly 
• Hands-on experience with HRIS systems (Rippling strongly preferred) 
• Demonstrated experience with and genuine interest in AI tools (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, native AI software, etc.) 

Competencies: 

• Analytical Rigor & Critical Thinking: Interrogates the data behind the numbers, questions assumptions, and draws sound, defensible conclusions rather than accepting outputs at face value. 
• Data Storytelling & Presentation: Translates complex analyses into clear, compelling dashboards and presentations that drive leadership decisions. 
• Data Quality & Diligence: Treats data accuracy as non-negotiable, catching discrepancies early and maintaining trustworthy, audit-ready records. 
• Automation & Efficiency Mindset: Instinctively looks for ways to streamline, scale, and automate recurring work instead of repeating manual effort. 
• Curiosity: naturally curious and self-directed, enjoys exploring new tools and ways of working, and comfortable with change as business needs evolve  
• Collaboration & Team Orientation: Works well across the broader People & Culture team, sharing knowledge and supporting teammates to deliver as a unit.