Senior Analytics Consultant - Higher Education

About the role

The Senior Analytics Consultant - Higher Education will design and deliver reporting, dashboard, and analytics solutions for higher education institutions, focusing on Advancement, fundraising, alumni engagement, and constituent data.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Tableau dashboards and reports to meet reporting requirements and define key performance indicators.
• Collaborate with data engineering, integration, CRM, and functional teams to validate data sources, establish reporting logic, support testing, and improve usability and adoption of analytics solutions.
• Work directly with institutional stakeholders to gather requirements, analyze data, and translate business needs into actionable dashboards and visualizations.
• Facilitate requirements and design sessions with business and technical stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project goals.
• Translate business requirements into dashboards, metrics, data visualizations, and reporting solutions, adhering to data visualization principles and best practices.
• Document reporting requirements, business rules, data definitions, and test results, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Support the implementation of executive dashboards, fundraiser performance dashboards, campaign reporting, pipeline analytics, and constituent engagement reporting.
• Assist in reporting assessments, dashboard rationalization, data governance, and analytics modernization initiatives, contributing to continuous improvement and efficiency.
• Manage multiple deliverables within a consulting or project-based environment, ensuring timely completion and quality outcomes.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying Tableau dashboards and reports.
• Knowledge of or experience with Tableau Next.
• Experience with Salesforce, preferably with Salesforce Education Cloud for Advancement or other Salesforce-based Advancement solutions & CRM Analytics.
• Experience working with Higher Education Advancement, fundraising, alumni relations, or constituent data.
• Strong understanding of data visualization principles and dashboard design best practices.
• Strong SQL, data analysis, and data-validation skills.
• Ability to document reporting requirements, business rules, data definitions, and test results.
• Strong client-facing communication, presentation, and workshop-facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables within a consulting or project-based environment.

Desired Skills

• Experience with Power BI.
• Experience with Advancement platforms such as Ellucian Advance, Blackbaud CRM, Raiser’s Edge, Slate, or similar systems.
• Familiarity with Salesforce Data Cloud capabilities.
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or Azure.
• Knowledge of Advancement concepts, including gifts, pledges, campaigns, funds, designations, prospects, portfolios, moves management, alumni engagement, and constituent households.
• Experience building executive dashboards, fundraiser performance dashboards, campaign reporting, pipeline analytics, and constituent engagement reporting.
• Experience supporting reporting assessments, dashboard rationalization, data governance, or analytics modernization initiatives.
• Consulting experience within Higher Education, nonprofit, or public-sector organizations.
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or Azure.
• Knowledge of Advancement concepts, including gifts, pledges, campaigns, funds, designations, prospects, portfolios, moves management, alumni engagement, and constituent households.
• Experience building executive dashboards, fundraiser performance dashboards, campaign reporting, pipeline analytics, and constituent engagement reporting.
• Experience supporting reporting assessments, dashboard rationalization, data governance, or analytics modernization initiatives.
• Consulting experience within Higher Education, nonprofit, or public-sector organizations.

Benefits

Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage, HSA and FSA accounts, life and disability insurance, fertility and family planning benefits, and employee assistance and discount programs.

11 paid federal holidays and flexible unlimited time off (UTO).

Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.

Flexible career paths – our career tracks provide advancement, mobility, and flexibility as you continue to grow with us.

A healthy environment where we value unique experiences, and care about everything that makes you, you.

Attain Partners is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The individual base salary for this position is unique to each candidate and will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.