Advancement Data & Reporting Specialist

Georgia State University; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Tuition assistance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Georgia State University Advancement is seeking a skilled Report Writer to support data reporting and analysis that advances fundraising, alumni engagement, and institutional leadership.

The role collaborates with advancement staff, leadership, and IT teams to fulfill data requests, develop enterprise reports and dashboards, and ensure data integrity across reporting environments. Occasional travel and some night/weekend hours may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and three years of related experience.
• Experience supporting higher education advancement, fundraising, alumni relations, or CRM systems preferred.
• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and enterprise reporting environments.
• Experience training end users and developing user documentation.
• Knowledge of reporting metrics, trend analysis, and operational or financial analytics.

Responsibilities

• Participate in reporting specification, requirements gathering, and business analysis for report development.
• Design, develop, test, document, implement, and support standard, custom, audit, and ad-hoc reports.
• Develop SQL queries, views, tables, and stored procedures to support reporting and analytics.
• Utilize Power BI and enterprise reporting tools to produce donor, alumni, demographic, giving and operational reports.
• Create data models, visualizations, and extracts to support decision-making and strategic initiatives.
• Analyze trends and interpret data to produce integrated analyses and projections for leadership and stakeholders.
• Provide end-user support for enterprise CRM systems, reporting platforms, and associated databases and data warehouses.
• Investigate and resolve transactional, reporting, and data-related issues in a timely manner using a ticketing system.
• Train and support end users to ensure effective use of reporting tools and data resources.
• Serve as a reporting subject matter expert and liaison between advancement users, IT teams, vendors, and consultants.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CRM systems

Data warehouses

Enterprise reporting tools

Job description

Georgia State University Advancement is seeking a skilled Report Writer to support data reporting and analysis that advances fundraising, alumni engagement, and institutional leadership.

The role collaborates with advancement staff, leadership, and IT teams to fulfill data requests, develop enterprise reports and dashboards, and ensure data integrity across reporting environments. Occasional travel and some night/weekend hours may be required.