Principal Data Analyst - HelioCampus

Who We Are:
HelioCampus was founded with the purpose of helping college & university leaders navigate today’s growing pressures. As one of EdTech’s most steadily growing companies, our roots in higher ed ground us in the critical nature of this work.

What We Do:
We help our clients navigate today’s high stakes with data and Institutional Performance Management practices. Together with our clients, we chart a path to sustainability by borrowing practices from the most successful businesses.

How We Do It:
We approach our work with a “we’re on it” attitude that the higher ed community has come to know and expect from our team. We’re data geeks to our core, committed to simplifying the toughest challenges and operating with transparency. Our most successful team members are change agents who love a challenge.

How You'll Help:
We are seeking a Principal Data Analyst to join our team of higher education data experts. The analyst will work closely with multiple client partners within our Benchmarking Consortium to analyze their academic and administrative labor costs to maximize their workforce planning and budgeting. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in analyzing budget and human resource data within a higher education setting and prior experience working directly with university leadership . Strong communication, presentation, and relationship management skills are a must.

What You Will Do:

• Develop subject matter expertise in the HelioCampus Benchmarking Consortium platform and the underlying data to guide client partners in the use of the data to answer strategic institutional workforce questions.
• Develop and maintain standard analytical dashboards, reports, and visualizations to effectively communicate insights and present recommendations to university stakeholders.
• Analyze benchmarking staffing and financial data for higher education institutions.
• Develop Consortium-wide standard analyses to identify trends and areas of strategic importance across institutions.
• Develop and deliver custom analyses that extend beyond the standard analyses library – intended to provide a deeper level of analysis for clients who pursue that analysis path.
• Provide thought leadership by presenting findings and trends to clients and more broadly in Consortium events meetings and webinars.
• Manage timelines and scope for client and internal benchmarking projects.
• Leverage enterprise business intelligence tools, SQL queries and other resources to develop complex dashboards and reports.
• Serve as the main point of contact between the Analyst team and Product team supporting the Benchmarking Consortium.
• Contribute to the HelioCampus product roadmap for Benchmarking Consortium service delivery.
• Work closely with the HelioCampus technical development team to maintain consistency between the Benchmarking platform charts and Tableau Insights Analysis templates.
• Maintain accuracy and quality of Benchmarking data extracts.

Projects You'll Work On:

• Client analysis deliverables for Benchmarking Consortium members.
• Analysis content development for client webinar and product marketing client engagement opportunities.
• Management and curation of Insight Analysis library, include creation of dashboard templates to standardize analysis deliverables.
• Delivery improvement initiatives pertaining to higher education finance and staffing analysis for our Benchmarking Consortium.
• Contribute to efficiency initiatives to streamline and improve existing delivery processes.
• Tableau analysis development, documentation, and presentation materials to support product roadmap.

You Will Be a Good Fit For This Role If You Have:

• A minimum of 7 years of experience performing analytic functions in higher education or working as a consultant in higher education.
• Deep understanding of one or more key areas of higher education (preference for Finance & Administration, Budgeting, HR, Strategy & Planning).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with both functional and technical stakeholders, as well as proactively tease out unspoken questions or opportunities for clarification
• Experience presenting findings to mid-to-senior-level executives
• Experience working with data from one or more Financial, HR, or Student Information Systems (e.g. Banner, PeopleSoft, Colleague, Workday).
• Experience developing technical requirements for reporting and analytic purposes.
• Knowledge of SQL and/or other database query languages
• Expertise leveraging reporting and data visualization tools (e.g Tableau and Power BI) to manipulate, analyze and present data and to develop dashboards and reports.
• Strong understanding of data warehouse concepts and experience working with large data sets.
• Ability to work effectively and independently on multiple priorities with strict deliverable dates.
• Experience working closely with both business users and technical development teams.

Nice To Have’s Include: 

• Experience with higher education financials (General Ledger, etc.) and/or cost analytics.
• Expertise with budgeting, resource allocation, and financial decision-making processes in higher education.
• Experience working at a college or university helping to move the institution to a more transparent budget process aligning resources with strategic priorities.
• Experience with administering surveys and/or analyzing survey data
• Familiarity with standard IPEDS data
• Project Management experience

Location:
HelioCampus has two locations, Bethesda, MD and Chapel Hill, NC. This specific role is primarily remote, with occasional travel to an office or client site

Compensation and Benefits:
HelioCampus offers employees a competitive salary, 18 PTO days plus 15 paid holidays, healthcare, vision, dental, 401(k) w/ company match, parental leave, remote work flexibility, home office perks, and a fun, collaborative work environment.

What We Believe:
HelioCampus is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Disclaimer:
The list of responsibilities described above is not comprehensive. Other tasks not mentioned here may be required.  Changing business conditions may trigger changes to job responsibilities.  This job description is not an employment contract.