Overview
The Data Analyst supports the Business Intelligence team and functional units across the university system by serving as a point of contact for external and compliance-driven reporting requests. The role documents, standardizes, and streamlines the university's growing external reporting operations.
Focus areas include academic compliance, regulatory and government reporting, grant and third-party funding submissions, and external reporting for rankings, badges, and industry-recognized organizations.
What You’ll Do
This position applies modern technical proficiency to help ensure reporting processes are sustainable, repeatable, and well-documented. You will use strong attention to detail to meet the varying requirements and definitions tied to each external reporting request. The role also requires strong business analysis skills, clear stakeholder communication, and effective customer management to translate complex reporting needs into scalable solutions. You will partner with the broader BI department to align on data standards, tooling, and priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Statistics, Computer Science, or a closely related field required. Two years of equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Minimum of two years of experience in data analysis, reporting, or a closely related business analysis function required.
- Demonstrated experience supporting compliance, regulatory, or external reporting obligations preferred.
- Experience with technical documentation of data or reporting requirements in a professional setting preferred.
Compensation and Benefits
Compensation is determined based on the qualifications, experience, and circumstances of each hire. It is uncommon for new employees to start near the top of the salary range.
Herzing University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a tuition waiver and reimbursement program, health insurance, paid time off, and a retirement savings plan.
Salary range: $63,240 to $85,560.
Responsibilities
External and Compliance Reporting
- Support the preparation and timely submission of external reports to regulatory, government, accreditation, and third-party entities, including academic compliance, grant and funding bodies, rankings organizations, and industry badge and certification programs.
- Validate data accuracy and completeness for required external submissions by applying defined quality checks, review processes, and cross-referencing source systems.
- Research and interpret external reporting specifications, standards, and submission requirements to ensure institutional responses align with published criteria and timelines.
- Monitor submission calendars and reporting schedules, proactively communicating status and upcoming obligations to relevant stakeholders.
Requirements Documentation and Business Analysis
- Elicit, document, and maintain clear reporting requirements from internal stakeholders and external specification sources, capturing data logic, field definitions, field mappings, and submission rules in structured, accessible formats.
- Translate complex business and regulatory requirements into technical specifications that support repeatable, automated, or semi-automated reporting delivery.
- Develop and maintain standardized intake templates, playbooks, and documentation formats to streamline the handling of new and recurring external reporting requests.
- Maintain a requirements library and reporting catalog for all assigned external reporting responsibilities, ensuring documentation is current, version-controlled, and accessible to the team.
- Identify gaps between current data capabilities and reporting requirements, surfacing findings with supporting analysis and recommended next steps.
- Apply business analysis techniques to assess process workflows, data flows, and stakeholder needs in order to recommend improvements to reporting design and delivery.
Technical Delivery and Modern Tooling
- Develop, maintain, and optimize queries, data extracts, and reporting pipelines using modern data platforms including Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and Power BI.
- Apply automation and repeatability principles to reporting workflows, reducing manual effort and improving consistency and auditability across recurring submission cycles.
- Leverage version control, structured documentation, and testing practices to ensure reporting outputs are reproducible, accurate, and supportable over time.
- Stay current on emerging tools, platform capabilities, and best practices relevant to external and compliance reporting in higher education environments.
- Collaborate with data engineers and other BI team members to ensure reporting pipelines align with broader architecture standards, including the Medallion lakehouse framework and data governance protocols.
- Participate actively in BI team planning, knowledge-sharing, and tooling initiatives to ensure this role's work remains aligned with department-wide standards and priorities.
Stakeholder Engagement and Customer Management
- Serve as a responsive and professional point of contact for internal customers requesting reporting support, managing scope, expectations, timelines, and outcomes effectively.
- Lead direct requirements-gathering conversations with requesting stakeholders and external partners to clarify scope, definitions, and deliverables before work begins.
- Present reporting outputs, data summaries, and analytical findings to non-technical stakeholders in a clear, accessible, and actionable manner.
- Collaborate with functional unit partners across the university to align on data needs, definitions, and reporting priorities.
- Handle confidential institutional data with the highest degree of professionalism, ensuring compliance with FERPA, applicable privacy regulations, and organizational data governance policies.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Herzing University does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position most of the time.
- Must be able to occasionally move around the work location.
- Constantly operates office and/or teach equipment which may include computers, copiers, fax machines, audio/visuals.
- Frequently uses voice and hearing to communicate with students, staff or colleagues face-to-face or over the telephone.
- Visually or otherwise identify, observe and assess.
- Occasionally move, carry, or lift 10 pounds.
Equal Opportunity
Herzing University is committed to providing a diverse environment and fostering a culture of mutual respect. It provides an inclusive and collegial community where individuals are valued, heard, and empowered to contribute to the effectiveness of the institution.
Herzing University recruits and hires without discrimination on the basis of skin color, gender, religion, LGBTQi2+ status, disability status, age, national origin, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Herzing University prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator.
Additional Information
Current staff, faculty/adjunct at Herzing University: log into UKG and navigate to Menu > Myself > My Company > View Opportunities to apply using the internal application process.
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