Senior Analyst, Strategy & Operations

EAB (Education Advisory Board); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

PTO

401(k) Plan

Wellness Programs

Parental Leave

Job summary

EAB is seeking a Senior Analyst to partner with sales and account management in Washington, DC or Richmond, VA. The role requires in-depth analysis, data-driven insights, and a strong technical foundation across data platforms.

You will build dashboards, ensure data quality, and translate business questions into actionable analyses, while collaborating with leadership to optimize performance and guide strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an analytical/quantitative field.
• 3-4+ years of work experience in an analytical or operational capacity.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel and/or SQL to query and analyze business data.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts and insights from data.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence stakeholders.
• Ability to organize ambiguous work and establish an effective plan independently.
• Strong attention to detail and desire to improve analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Forecasting commercial performance to set expectations for the executive team.
• Owning recurring reporting, meetings, and deliverables for assigned commercial leadership teams.
• Maintaining data integrity and reliability of underlying data and infrastructure.
• Analyzing business problems or new initiatives and synthesizing analyses into conclusions and recommendations.
• Translating ambiguous business requests into structured work plans with milestones and deliverables.
• Collaborating with commercial leadership to address pressing business needs.
• Using SQL to transform and clean data for downstream analysis.
• Creating reports, dashboards, and data visualizations in Excel to generate actionable insight.
• Setting and maintaining sales and renewal goals based on historical data and feedback.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in analytics/quantitative field

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Make a difference in a sector that matters to us all

EAB is a special place to work. You'll find motivated employees, growth opportunities, and a deep commitment to our partners. We pride ourselves on hiring the best people—not just for the job, but for the firm and the future of education.

At EAB , our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement. We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.

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 communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employeesby checking out our recent awards .

TheCommercial Analyticsteam enables EAB to take a highly data-driven approach to managing the business. Our customers are our peers – from account managers to the CEO – and our objective is to provide them with the insights and analysis that inform their decisions and help guide firm strategy to maximize revenue.

As a Senior Analyst, you will act as a key partner to the sales and account management leadership team by providing visibility into the department’s performance. You will perform in-depth analysis to identify opportunities, set strategy, and allocate resources. To be successful, you will need to establish a technical proficiency across common data & analytics platforms, and build a comprehensive understanding of our organization. Ideal candidates for this position will have exceptional critical thinking and communication skills, and must be highly motivated to tackle challenging problems and provide outstanding service.

Our current opportunity is based in Washington, D.C. or Richmond, VA., and requires regular in-person presence in the office, generally at least one day per week.

This position is posted at both the Analyst and Senior Analyst levels; candidates are being considered across both levels based on experience, with final level determined at the time of offer.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Forecasting commercial performance in order to set expectations for the executive team
• Owning recurring reporting, meetings, and deliverables for assigned commercial leadership teams
• Maintaining the integrity and reliability of underlying data and infrastructure, including proactively identifying and resolving data quality issues and improving processes to support accurate, scalable reporting and analysis
• Analyzing specific business problems or new initiatives, and synthesizing analyses into concise conclustions, recommendations, and stakeholder communications
• Translating ambiguous business requests into structured work plans that define the question, required inputs, analytical approach, milestones, risks, and final deliverables
• Collaborating with commercial leadership to understand pressing business needs and act as a strategic thought partner to address those needs
• Using SQL to transform and clean data for the purpose of downstream analysis
• Creating reports, dashboards, and data visualizations in Excel to generate actionable insight
• Setting and maintaining sales and renewal goals based on historical performance data and qualitative feedback

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, ideally in an analytical/quantitative field (e.g. economics, statistics, business, etc.)
• Minimum 3-4+ years of work experience in an analytical or operational capacity
• Experience using Microsoft Excel and/or SQL to query and analyze business data
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts and insights from data
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence others and gain the trust of stakeholders
• Ability to organize ambiguous work, identify missing information, and establish an effective plan without waiting for step-by-step direction
• Strong attention to detail with a desire to solve challenging problems, and to constantly improve technical/analytical skills by learning new methods

Ideal Qualifications:

• Experience synthesizing complex data and communicating the most important conclusions clearly to nontechnical stakeholders, including executives
• Demonstrated ownership of a multi-step project, analysis, or operational process from initial definition through final delivery.
• Experience with Salesforce or other customer relationship management (CRM) systems
• Commitment to embracing a continual learning environment and contributing to a dynamic and welcoming culture of fairness, authenticity, and belonging in support of EAB’s mission, values, and aspiration.

Compensation:

The anticipated starting salary (base) range for thisrole is$70,000 - $85,500per year. Actual salary variesdue to factors that may include but not be limited torelevant experience, skills, and location.At EAB, it isnot typical for an individual to be hired at or near thetop of the starting salary range for their role.

This hire will additionally be eligible for discretionarybonus or incentive compensation. Variablecompensation may depend on various factors,such as individual andorganizational performance.

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package. Our benefits currently include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; dependents and domestic partners eligible
• 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm and floating holidays
• Daytime leave policy for community service and flextime for fitness activities (up to 10 hours per month each)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with annual discretionary company matching contribution
• Health savings account, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account, and pre-tax commuter plans
• Employee assistance program with counseling services and resources available to all employees and immediate family
• Wellness programs including gym discounts, incentives to promote healthy living, and family access to the leading app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation
• Fertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance
• Paid parental leave with phase back to work program for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Access to milk shipping service to support nursing employees during business travel
• Discounted pet health insurance coverage for dog and cat family members
• Company-provided life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Financial wellness resources and membership in a robust employee discount program
• Access to employee resource groups, merit-based advancement, and dynamic professional growth opportunities

This opening is not eligible for visa sponsorship at this time; EAB will thus consider candidates who possess U.S. work authorization that does not require employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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 are committed to fostering 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.