Senior Gifts Data & Compliance Analyst

The California State University; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

San José State University seeks a Senior Gifts and Records Analyst to lead advanced gift processing, data quality, and CRM workflow optimization. The role oversees complex contributions and ensures policy compliance and audit readiness across donor records.

Key responsibilities include supervising data integrity, implementing SOPs, and guiding cross‑functional teams in data governance and privacy compliance within a high‑stakes advancement environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent training.
• Four years of administrative work experience involving study, analysis, and/or evaluation leading to the development or improvement of administrative policies, procedures, practices, or programs.

Responsibilities

• Record highly complex philanthropic contributions, including stock gifts, real estate, corporate matching programs, donor-advised funds (DAFs), complex planned giving commitments, and cryptocurrency.
• Audit MOUs and donor gift agreements to verify donor intent while enforcing CSU and IRS guidelines.
• Coordinate monthly reconciliation metrics between CRM data, online gateways, and financial ledgers to meet goals.
• Develop SOPs for the Analyst team to preserve institutional knowledge and compliance.
• Enforce data governance and privacy standards in FERPA and PCI-DSS compliance.

Skills

Gift processing

Data quality management

CRM workflow optimization

FERPA & data security

Auditing & journal entries

Communication

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent training

Tools

Salesforce

Blackbaud CRM

Ellucian

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Job description

San José State University seeks a Senior Gifts and Records Analyst to lead advanced gift processing, data quality, and CRM workflow optimization. The role oversees complex contributions and ensures policy compliance and audit readiness across donor records.

Key responsibilities include supervising data integrity, implementing SOPs, and guiding cross‑functional teams in data governance and privacy compliance within a high‑stakes advancement environment.