Senior Data Analyst

The Opportunity

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance, and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. Huron’s GG+A global philanthropy business is one of the world’s pre-eminent philanthropic management consultancies.  We have worked across the world, providing philanthropic counsel to the higher education, not-for-profit, healthcare, arts and cultural sectors. 

Today, we help organizations realize the full potential of their missions through the growth of philanthropic support.  Our primary mission is to assist our clients in the substantial improvement and acceleration of their fundraising and engagement programmes, seeking to align those programmes with the institution’s core mission and ensure their sustainability.

You’ll help our clients by providing a robust, data-informed strategy across the donor journey.

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, hybrid position in our Chicago office (3 days a week on site)

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

We are seeking a dynamic individual who possesses the following qualifications and attributes:

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

A individual in this role could expect the following responsibilities in the role:

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.