HRIS & Analytics Specialist

Highlights of the job
EPCOR’s People & Culture team is pleased to welcome two (2) experienced HRIS & Analytics Specialist into a full-time, permanent role based in Edmonton. This is an excellent opportunity for an HR professional who thrives in a data driven environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is passionate about enabling decision making through HR systems, reporting, and analytics.

This role blends business acumen with analytical expertise to support HR strategy, operations, continuous process improvement and organizational decision making. You will develop dashboards and visual analytics, respond to HR data requests, and produce high quality reporting that equips leaders with meaningful insights. While tools such as Excel Power BI support your work, this position is firmly focused on HR business processes and reporting systems.

As a Specialist, you will maintain the integrity and reliability of EPCOR’s HR data ecosystem to ensure completeness, accuracy and continuous improvements. You will also support the lifecycle of HR systems including EPCOR’s current HRIS platform (Oracle) and future transition to a new ERP based HR module. This will include participation in process mapping, data validation, change impact assessment, and performing user acceptance testing.

You will collaborate closely with HR, Payroll, IT and other key contacts across the business to provide processes and reporting solutions while providing trusted guidance on system impacts, analytics, and HR governance.

This posting is open to internal and external applicants and may be eligible for EPCOR’s Where We Work hybrid program, subject to business needs and eligibility. Current EPCOR employees should apply using their “” email address.

What you’d be responsible for
Reporting to the Senior Manager, HR Systems & Analytics, you will support the effective operation, integrity, and continuous improvement of EPCOR’s HRIS environment. Your key responsibilities include (but not limited to):

HRIS Operations & Implementation Support

Serving as a subject matter expert for Human Resources Information System (HRIS) functionality and ensuring system updates, configuration changes, and organizational redesigns are being accurately implemented and aligned across HR.

Investigating, troubleshooting, and resolving HRIS operational or data‑integrity issues, and partnering with technical teams to correct errors and communicate outcomes.

Managing the position creation and vacancy process, ensuring HRIS data remains accurate, current, and secure.

Supporting change management and HRIS training during system updates or functionality rollouts.

Supporting HR’s role in HRIS and future Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) transformation activities, including HR process mapping, data validation, change impact assessments, analytics related activities, and participating in nontechnical UAT and coordinating HR activities for HRIS releases and enhancements.

Data Governance, Reporting & Analytics

Protecting sensitive employee information by adhering to HRIS data governance, privacy, and access‑control standards.

Providing business units with HR data, dashboards, performance measures, and operational reporting to support business planning and regulatory activity.

Developing dashboards, visual analytics, and data summaries that present complex information in clear and usable formats for leaders and stakeholders.

Identifying opportunities, tools, and improvements to enhance reporting and analytics capabilities.

Stakeholder Support & Process Improvement

Maintaining strong working relationships across HR Shared Services and business units to ensure alignment with the HR Systems & Analytics strategy.

Partnering with cross functional groups within HR and other stakeholders to understand HR business needs and translate them into clear functional and reporting requirements.

Ensuring stakeholders understand data insights, implications, and system impacts by explaining findings in practical, business‑focused language.

Reviewing, designing, and enhancing HRIS processes to improve efficiency, data quality, and user experience, including recommendations that may impact staffing…