Senior Data Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with school executives, business leaders, and stakeholders to grasp the drivers of business performance, state funding, compliance requirements, student enrollment and retention dynamics, business processes, and analytical needs.

• Deliver data-driven insights and recommendations that support financial, strategic, and operational decision-making.

• Convert state funding methodologies, compliance requirements, retention drivers, and intricate business rules into mathematical models and scalable analytical solutions utilizing Python and SQL.

• Create, maintain, and validate analytical models, datasets, reports, and dashboards.

• Assist with key performance metrics, state funding, regulatory compliance, enrollment and student retention, forecasting, and operational decision-making.

• Examine complex datasets to uncover trends, risks, opportunities, and fundamental performance drivers.

• Formulate and assess student retention metrics across various schools, student populations, and stages of the student lifecycle.

• Document state funding and compliance regulations, business requirements, model logic, data definitions, and analytical processes.

• No formal supervisory duties.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in data analytics, financial analytics, business intelligence, or a similar role.

• Capability to successfully pass the required background check.

• Advanced skills in SQL.

• Proficiency in Python for data analysis, modeling, and automation.

• Ability to interpret complex business rules or policies and convert them into structured calculations and analytical models.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data validation abilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience engaging with business stakeholders and senior leaders.

• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

• Experience with cloud data platforms like Snowflake.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

• Working knowledge of Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Willingness to travel as required by the role.

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligible employees may receive a bonus.

• Health benefits.

• Retirement contributions.

• Paid time off.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

• Travel as required by the position.