Senior Data Analyst

The Opportunity

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.

Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.

You’ll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

Position Summary

Would you like to help nonprofit organizations around the world advance their missions and usher new programs and initiatives designed to make a better world? The firm seeks a detail-oriented Senior Data Analyst to collect, standardize, and statistically analyze primary data on comparative benchmarking. This is a full-time, onsite position in our Chicago office.

The Senior Data Analyst is responsible for annual data collection of complex administrative records, normalization of the data for cross-client comparisons, and analysis of trends and special topics. The person in this position is responsible for the following:

• Data analysis and building visualizations of data which can be clearly and effectively communicated to clients.
• Coordinating project workflow and deliverables throughout the life of multiple client projects.
• Communicating with and coordinating activities of multiple project teams.
• Compiling project data, learning and performing data analytics.
• Drafting client presentations and reports, drafting or editing correspondence, conducting benchmarking, and other duties as required.
• The Research Data Analyst liaises across the firm and partners with DonorScape colleagues in visualizing DonorScape data within Tableau, R, Excel, and PowerPoint for inclusion and delivery in client reports.

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned.

Data Analysis

• Extract appropriate internal and external data from client databases and/or other sources.
• Develop reports and presentations using Tableau, R, and Excel.
• Optimize existing templates and workbooks to transform, analyze, and report the data through relevant tables and charts.
• Provide custom analysis in collaboration with consultants and senior staff as required.
• Translate data analysis and visualizations into client-ready reports and presentations.
• Provide meticulous ongoing quality assurance of data, analysis, reports, presentations and other deliverables to ensure correct, complete and relevant results.
• Include work colleagues in best practice advances.
• Share knowledge in technical skill areas with work colleagues, making a positive change and measurable difference to Huron|HURON|GG+A and client projects.

Project Support/Management

• Manage time efficiently to ensure availability to meet project team’s expectations for work assignments.
• Ensure deliverables follow HURON|GG+A style, format, and best practices’ standards.
• Collaborate and communicate with team members.
• Follow up with clients, colleagues, and vendors to ensure timely completion of projects and throughput of workflow.
• Discuss project deadlines with other HURON|GG+A colleagues as part of the project team and ensure that work is prioritized appropriately.
• Take proactive role in communicating assignment deadlines to team members and ensuring deliverables are prepared and submitted within determined timeframe.
• Limited out-of-town travel may be required, though the staff member will work primarily from HURON|GG+A’s headquarters in downtown Chicago.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required in a quantitative field, social science research, public policy, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years’ work experience with at least 1-year direct experience analyzing quantitative data.
• Working knowledge of MS Excel (formulas, v-lookups, pivot table, charts etc.) required.
• Experience with Tableau (visualizations, crosstabs, tables, dashboards etc.) or similar visualization software required.
• Experience with R or similar statistical software required.
• Experience and demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite.
• Demonstrated experience supporting projects or programs (can be from academic setting).
• Deep commitment to HURON|GG+A mission and extraordinary work ethic.
• Desirable attributes: Diligent, meticulous, detail oriented, curious, ability to switch priorities, collaborative and nimble.

Communication and Relationship Skills

• Demonstrate the mission, vision, values, and culture principles of HURON|GG+A.
• Ability to establish, cultivate and nurture high value relationships across the organization, and with clients.
• Demonstrate motivated initiative with a “can-do” approach for results-oriented outcomes.
• Demonstrated pride in teamwork and outcomes.
• Demonstrate professional interpersonal skills.
• Ability to provide highly valued client-service for both internal and external clients, with focus on continual improvement.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions from written and oral sources.
• Ability to write clear, effective, and accurate business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, employees, the public.
• Demonstrated clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to read, write, speak and comprehend English fluently.

Math and Analytic Skills

• Data analysis and experience developing visual depictions of data trends.
• Ability to understand mathematical relationships and formulas.
• Critical thinking that enables effective data review and ability to generate narrative observations and findings.
• Demonstrate an exquisite attention to detail.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to work independently and know when to seek guidance from leadership.
• Good deductive and inductive reasoning skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use diplomacy and tact in all communication, written and verbal.
• Ability to identify problems and determine the best course of action for their resolution, including knowing when to communicate and engage others.
• Ability to think analytically and proactively solve problems.
• Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple projects demonstrating structured organization and astute attention to detail.
• Demonstrates sound discretion, professional judgement, and business ethics in decision making.

Salary and Benefits

The estimated base salary range for this job is $85,000 - $125,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $93,500 - $147,500. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Posting Category

Education

Opportunity Type

Regular

Country

United States of America