Sr. Analyst, Data & Artificial Intelligence Analytics

Position summary

Essential duties

• Develop advanced forecasting models for annual and multi-year budget planning; analyze revenues, expenditures, staffing, enrollment, tuition, and other financial drivers.
• Perform scenario analysis, financial modeling, and sensitivity analyses to support executive decisions; assess financial impacts of legislative changes, economic trends, and institutional initiatives.
• Conduct complex financial and operational analyses; design dashboards, executive reports, and key performance metrics.
• Translate complex financial data into actionable recommendations and identify trends, risks, and opportunities affecting financial performance.
• Research, evaluate, and pilot AI capabilities for financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and business processes; identify workflow automation opportunities.
• Help develop responsible AI implementation and governance standards, and recommend practical applications of emerging AI technologies.
• Mentor analysts, review analytical work, and develop analytical standards, documentation, and best practices.
• Lead cross-functional analytical projects supporting Finance priorities.
• People leaders make staffing decisions and handle hiring, mentoring, coaching, development, termination, performance evaluations, and employee engagement and retention.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Public Administration, or a related field; official transcripts are required.
• Five to seven years of progressively responsible business analysis and data-modeling experience.
• Experience developing financial forecasts, long-range financial plans, and executive-level reporting.
• Experience implementing business intelligence tools, analytics platforms, or AI-enabled business solutions.
• Demonstrated supervisory experience or completed training; current, valid Texas driver's license required.
• Experience developing and implementing programs, services, or courses designed for a diverse college community; ability to maintain critical-infrastructure security or integrity.

Preferred qualifications

• Power BI, Tableau, or other modeling tools; advanced Excel; advanced-query SQL.
• ERP systems, with Workday preferred; Microsoft Copilot; predictive analytics tools.
• Bilingual or multilingual ability is preferred.

Hours and professional development

• The position lists 40 weekly work hours.
• Employees must complete at least 19 professional development hours per academic year; people leaders must complete an additional 16 leadership development hours.

Workplace

• All positions are considered onsite roles.
• After six months, some positions may be eligible to apply for a hybrid arrangement, subject to job responsibilities, operational needs, supervisor approval, and college policy.

Compensation

• Minimum salary is $100,636 annually.