Senior Analyst, Business Solutions
EAB

Job Info

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About EAB

At EAB, our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We harness the collective power of more than 1,900 schools, colleges, and universities to uncover and apply proven practices and transformative insights. And since complex problems require multifaceted solutions, we work with each school differently to apply these insights through a customized blend of research, technology, and services. From kindergarten to college and beyond, EAB partners with education leaders, practitioners, and staff to accelerate progress and drive results across three key areas: enrollment management, student success, and institutional operations and strategy.

At EAB, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other-that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their community. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.

For more information, visit our Careers page.

The Role in Brief:

Senior Analyst, Business Solutions

The Business Solutions team powers EAB's internal operations, including Information Technology & Systems, Events, Travel and Expense, Strategic Sourcing, Process Optimization, Real Estate and Office Operations. The Analyst reports to the Managing Director, Business Solutions and plays an integral role in a variety of initiatives that cut across the team's broad portfolio. Among other things, this position is responsible for providing analysis and insights to ensure we maximize the firm's financial investments and designing and implementing process changes.

Recent project work includes:

• Investigating innovative technology options, identifying and sourcing new print vendors, and optimizing internal processes related to our direct mail business
• Integrating newly acquired companies into our core operations, including analyzing and integrating existing vendor agreements, migrating customer contracts, and supporting employee onboarding
• Designing a process to refresh and exchange 1000 employee computers while offices are closed and staff are working from home, including equipment sourcing and inventory forecasting
• Adapting firm operations to the "new normal" post-COVID
• Fiscal management, technology development and strategic coordination of more than 100 in-person and virtual event

This role is based in Washington, DC.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of a data infrastructure to facilitate rapid reporting and tracking of key metrics driving operational performance
• Managing the firm's expense approval process, including overseeing a team of external contractors to support the process
• Modeling and analyzing proposed financial goals across Business Solutions and supporting the annual budgeting process
• Oversight of department spend to ensure adherence to cost targets, including reviewing contractor resource expenses relative to budget
• Analyzing specific financial and operational issues during the year, including ad-hoc analysis, modeling, and forecasting
• Sourcing new vendors and managing existing vendor relationships, with focus on new process development, supporting the employee experience and productivity and securing more favorable economics
• Project planning: develop project schedules, including coordinating project requirements within and across teams.
• Project Execution: manage projects against established key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Evaluating project deliverables and optimizing return on investment

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business, or other related field
• At least 4 years of professional experience in related roles
• Discretion handling sensitive firm, department and individual performance information
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Significant academic or professional experience using quantitative analytical tools to assemble, analyze, and draw conclusions from business data
• Willingness to learn how to use new tools, techniques, and skills
• Ability to anticipate problems and exercise independent judgment when seeking a resolution
• Proven project management and ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects in a matrixed organization
• Proven time management skills
• Proven finance, strategy, and operational skills

Ideal Qualifications:

• Experience with relational databases, such as SQL or Microsoft Access
• Familiarity with Salesforce.com
• Experience working with senior executives

Benefits:

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive benefits package.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance; dependents and domestic partners eligible
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm holidays
• Daytime leave policy for community service or fitness activities (up to 10 hours a month each)
• Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Phase Back to Work program for employees returning from parental leave
• Infertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance
• Wellness programs including gym discounts and incentives to promote healthy living
• Dynamic growth opportunities with merit-based promotion philosophy
• Benefits kick in day one, see the full details here.

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At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to "make education smarter and our communities stronger" we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.

To that end, EAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

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