Advancement Analyst

Position summary

Primary responsibilities

• Conduct and present trend analyses, financial projections, value-for-money assessments, and performance reporting, including data mining, forecasting, and benchmarking.
• Collect industry and benchmarking data; develop and monitor KPIs; help prepare reviews of results and management discussion and analysis.
• Write and present reports and executive summaries on philanthropic issues, analytics, KPIs, and emerging trends.
• Improve reporting tools and data structures; assist with self-service analytics using Power BI and Salesforce reporting.
• Analyze large, varied datasets; use visualization, statistical and predictive modeling, forecasting, and data retrieval to support decisions.
• Translate business questions into analytical solutions, investigate data anomalies, and support data integrity and collection standards.
• Develop dashboards and reporting capabilities and participate in the Analytics Centre of Excellence.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a pertinent field; a Bachelor of Commerce is an asset.
• Minimum three years of related experience.

Qualifying skills and abilities

• Requires business analysis expertise, strong SQL, and experience analyzing data from multiple sources.
• Experience developing reports and dashboards with enterprise tools such as Power BI, Python, R, Excel, and Salesforce reporting.
• Requires understanding of modeling techniques, data extraction and manipulation, data models, and enterprise data environments.
• Statistical and machine learning model experience and knowledge of emerging technologies are assets.
• Requires strong communication, writing, presentation, collaboration, organization, planning, problem-solving, and attention to detail.
• Must manage multiple projects, prioritize work, and meet deadlines.

Work arrangement

• Up to two remote-work days per week are available where the position permits.
• The role is based at the campus where the position is located; employees must be authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in Quebec.

Compensation and schedule

• Annual salary range: $73,470–$110,210.
• Full-time schedule of 33.75 hours per week.

Benefits

• Benefits include health, dental, and life insurance; pension and savings plans; vacation and personal days; and paid time off during specified holidays.
• Regular employees and their dependents may receive a tuition waiver.

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