Director of Analytics and Reporting

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Develop reporting that is informative, actionable, and repeatable, showcasing significant business trends and areas for improvement.

• Perform insightful, ad hoc analyses to address ongoing or unique operational challenges.

• Leverage expertise in data structures to enhance organizational capabilities through data analytics.

• Oversee the reporting request queue, prioritize tasks, manage request fulfillment, and communicate timelines and statuses promptly.

• Establish a reporting and analytics roadmap that identifies key milestones and deliverables, catering to current and future business requirements—utilizing Bottom Line’s data calendar as a foundational tool.

• Ensure the development and publication of timely, accurate, and insightful reports.

• Manage or collaborate with consultants to create and deliver dashboards and actionable insights that inform program success, fundraising strategies, and performance, guiding HR decision-making.

• Assist in the onboarding and knowledge transfer process for new hires and consultants within the data team.

• Collaborate with Bottom Line Program teams across all regions to develop reports and dashboards that provide metrics on caseloads and performance against key targets.

• Consult with Development teams, conducting analyses that encompass understanding fundraising objectives, formulating analytical strategies, performing data extraction and exploration, and translating findings into actionable insights.

• Work with the Salesforce Engineer to assess the effects of changes on dashboards and reports.

• Apply statistical methods to construct multivariate analyses and/or predictive/explanatory models addressing key strategic projects and inquiries.

• Actively seek insights hidden within Bottom Line’s Enterprise Datawarehouse to facilitate smarter decision-making.

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define business requirements related to data and reporting needs for analysis, ensuring accurate outcomes.

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to create consistent and reliable structured definitions for data and metrics used in reporting and analysis.

• Conduct User Acceptance testing on all end-user deliverables to gather stakeholder feedback and enhancement requests, ensuring error-free organizational dashboards and reports through consistent Quality Assurance activities.

• Ensure that all program and development dashboards and reports created in Power BI are delivered promptly, maintain high quality, and are continuously updated and improved for organizational decision-making and performance measurement.

• Utilize JIRA to centralize and streamline prioritized requirements and ad-hoc requests.

• Lead sprint review meetings to showcase completed work products and assess product backlog priorities for upcoming sprints.

• Manage the backlog for each sprint cycle to guarantee high-quality work product delivery.

• Create presentations that effectively illustrate data in a manner that is accessible and easy for stakeholders to grasp.

• Participate in, and sometimes lead, data governance meetings, providing valuable content and insights to discussions.

• Clearly articulate analysis and complex concepts to non-experts in both spoken and written formats.

• Develop documentation for each analysis performed and/or dashboard report created.

• Prepare research, reports, summaries, presentations, and other materials that encapsulate findings for both internal and external audiences.

• Establish and manage a learning community (both virtual and in-person) for members engaged in data analysis of key data points.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of experience in developing and utilizing advanced analytics and reporting techniques.

• Strong technical background in analytics, applied data science, and reporting, including data visualization, statistical modeling, and descriptive analytics.

• Experience in collaborating with and/or managing consultants to deliver reporting dashboards and/or predictive modeling tasks, along with priority setting and overseeing daily activities.

• Proficient computer skills, including advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, hands-on experience with Power BI, SQL, and Python.

• Ability to leverage business data to enhance programs, improve outcomes, identify efficiencies, and support Bottom Line in becoming a data-driven organization.

• Proven analytical skills, including proficiency in quantitative analytical concepts such as statistical methods and database structures.

• Demonstrated ability to present ideas and complex research insights clearly and effectively through various mediums (including written reports, presentations, data visualizations, and proposals) to audiences with diverse expertise levels.

• Detail-oriented, analytical, and curious.

• Highly organized with strong time-management capabilities.

• Demonstrated commitment to Bottom Line’s mission, vision, and core values.

• Approaching mastery in Bottom Line's seven core competencies: Relationships, Results, Communication, Inclusiveness, Talent Development, Agility, and Planning.

• Proven track record of promoting the adoption of analytics tools.

• Highly developed analytical and information integration skills, with the ability to draw insights from disparate data sources; identify key findings; and link them to implications with recommendations.

• Strong project management abilities, capable of juggling multiple tasks, prioritizing effectively, and meeting tight deadlines.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.