Senior Business Analyst

Covista; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k with match

Flexible Time Off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Covista is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for the Performance Acceleration team to develop reporting around operational KPIs and support executive reviews. You will collaborate with the technology team to improve dashboards and surface insights from data across the organization's institutions.

The role emphasizes business analytics, cross-functional communication, and delivering actionable insights to improve reporting products over time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; Master's preferred in statistics, data science, economics, mathematics, or related field.
• 5+ years of analytics and report development experience.
• Experience with Power BI; reporting with SQL/Excel; strong presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement reports/dashboards for executive leaders across institutions.
• Lead day-to-day development and delivery of reports and features enhancements.
• Provide analytics and reporting on operational projects for segments.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Power BI

SQL

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in statistics/data science/economics/mathematics

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

About Covista

Covista is America's largest healthcare educator, serving more than 97,000 students and supported by a community of 385,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren't separate goals—they're one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development. Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don't just support healthcare education—they shape it. This isn't abstract purpose work. It's solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers.

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday–Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

For more information, visit covista.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

Job Description

Opportunity at a Glance

The Senior Business Analyst within our Performance Acceleration team is an individual contributor responsible for the development of reporting around our operational KPIs, supporting a regular cadence of executive reviews, and for working with the technology team to improve dashboarding over time. This role also provides analytics support related to ongoing projects for each of the business segments, using tools such as Excel and Power BI. The focus of this role is much less on the technical aspects of analysis itself, and much more on building the bidirectional capability to understand our operations through data, surface insights, and establish a feedback loop with technical teams to improve our reporting products over time.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement reports/dashboards for executive leaders within all institutions.
• Leads day-to-day development and delivery of reports and feedback on features and capabilities to be incorporated as enhancements.
• Provides segment and performance acceleration colleagues with analytics and reporting on operational projects.
• Liaison to assigned function and/or institutions for secondary review on completed observations and general questions
• Leads report discussions with institutional leadership.
• Provides detailed feedback to technology teams; coordinates development of feedback with Performance Acceleration and institutional leadership.
• Completes statistical analysis, reports, and tracks observational trends and opportunities to improve visualization in assigned systems; identifies and recommends process efficiencies based on trend analysis.
• Demonstrates expertise and remains up to date on all institution and functional reporting needs.
• May assist leader with designing and presenting any special reports and projects
• Assists with the analysis and estimation of analytic projects.
• Assists with interviewing, hiring, and training additional analysts as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required and Master's Degree in statistics, data science, economics, mathematics, or other related degree preferred.
• 5+ years of analytics and report development supporting enterprise operations required.
• 5+ years of business experience in higher education or a similar multi-line service organization, with operational knowledge of marketing and student or customer service preferred.
• Experience with programming and analytics systems (e.g., Power BI); reporting skills including SQL, Excel, or similar; and experience with visual presentation of results, primarily in PowerPoint.
• Exceptional critical thinking, organization and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization and work in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions without supervision or direction
• Strong persistence, ability to continuously improve regular tasks.
• Proven ability to set priorities and deadlines and ensure projects are completed.
• Self-motivated and willing to take ownership of and quickly resolve complex issues
• Capacity to develop skills to interpret and analyze data to drive business decisions
• Good skills with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Agility to learn new systems and pilot new technologies is a plus
• Proven ability to meet/exceed expectations on most recent performance evaluation
• Strong communication skills and experience presenting with business counterparts.

Additional Information

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $70696.34 and $124230.14. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Covista’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.covista.com/benefits You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation