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Mason School of Business at William & Mary is to serve the Commonwealth, the nation, and the global community by offering high-quality educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels and by creating and communicating new knowledge.Reporting to the Senior Director Financial Planning & Data Analysis, the Financial Data and Reporting Analyst expands the Mason School’s capacity to maintain accurate, timely, and useful financial and operational reporting. The position is an integral member of the Finance and Administration team and supports data-informed decision-making through data preparation, reconciliation, analysis, reporting, visualization, and documentation.\nThe analyst maintains recurring financial reports and dashboards, performs budget-to-actual and other variance analyses, responds to routine and ad hoc data requests, and translates results into clear information for technical and nontechnical stakeholders. Working under the functional guidance of the Director Data Analytics, the analyst applies established methodologies while progressively developing the ability to complete more complex analytical work independently.\nKey Responsibilities:\nMaintain recurring financial, enrollment, and operational reports used by School leadership and program administrators.\nExtract, combine, clean, reconcile, and validate data from Workday, Banner, customer relationship management systems, and other institutional sources.\nPerform budget-to-actual, revenue, expenditure, enrollment, and trend analyses using established methodologies.\nDevelop and maintain Power BI dashboards, Excel-based analytical tools, visualizations, and supporting documentation.\nInvestigate discrepancies, identify data-quality concerns, and coordinate with appropriate partners to resolve issues.\nPrepare concise summaries and presentations that explain material variances, trends, and operational results.\nDocument report logic, data definitions, procedures, and recurring reporting calendars to promote consistency and continuity.\n• Support process improvement, reporting automation, annual reporting cycles, and larger analytical projects.\nJob Description:\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, data analytics, information systems, statistics, mathematics, public administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.\nExperience working with structured data, spreadsheets, reports, or administrative datasets through professional work, internships, academic work, or applied projects.\nProficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, data organization, and analytical or reporting functions.\nAbility to collect, organize, reconcile, validate, and analyze information from multiple sources with a high degree of accuracy.\nAbility to identify trends and inconsistencies and communicate findings clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.\nStrong organizational, problem-solving, written communication, and interpersonal skills.\nAbility to manage multiple recurring and ad hoc priorities, meet deadlines, and work both independently and collaboratively.\nCommitment to maintaining confidentiality and safeguarding sensitive institutional information.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience supporting financial, budget, personnel, or other administrative reporting.\nExperience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Power Query, Microsoft Fabric, or similar reporting and business-intelligence tools.\nExperience with Workday, Banner, Slate, Salesforce, Qlik, or comparable enterprise systems.\nExperience developing dashboards, recurring reports, visualizations, performance measures, or variance analyses.\nExperience in higher education, government, a nonprofit organization, or another complex organization.\nFamiliarity with data dictionaries, metadata, data governance, relational data, and data-visualization practices.\nConditions of Employment:\nThis position may require additional hours beyond the typical 40-hour work week, to include occasional evening, night and weekend work, as needed to meet the business needs of the operation.\nThe position requires access to sensitive university information. The incumbent must comply with university information-security, privacy, records-management, and data-governance policies and applicable laws.\nContinued professional development may be required to maintain proficiency with evolving institutional systems and analytical tools.\nThis position is eligible for up to 1 remote work day per week per the Mason School of Business administration.\nThis position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.\nFor full consideration, please upload the items listed below before the review date. The review date for this position is11/13/2026.Resume\nCover Letter\nList of 3 professional references with contact information\n\nDuties:\n40%- Financial and Operational Reporting and Analysis:\nMaintain recurring financial reports and analytical products for School leadership, Finance and Administration, academic programs, and other stakeholders.\nAnalyze budget-to-actual performance, revenues, expenditures, enrollment, scholarships, discounts, and other operational measures using established definitions and methodologies.\nPrepare routine variance, trend, and comparative analyses; identify material changes and summarize the factors contributing to results.\nSupport monthly, quarterly, annual, budget-development, year-end, accreditation, ranking, and other recurring reporting cycles.\nRespond to routine and ad hoc data requests and escalate questions requiring complex modeling, new methodology, or policy interpretation.\n25%- Business Intelligence and Data Reporting:\nDevelop, refresh, maintain, and quality-check Power BI dashboards, Excel reporting tools, recurring reports, visualizations, and presentations.\nTranslate stakeholder needs into clear report specifications with guidance from the Director Data Analytics.\nPresent analytical results in accessible formats and assist users in understanding reports, metrics, and dashboards.\nMaintain reporting schedules, distribution lists, user guidance, and supporting documentation.\n25%- Data Management Validation and Reconciliation:\nExtract, combine, clean, map, and reconcile data from Workday, Banner, CRM platforms, data marts, and other internal or external sources.\nReview report outputs for completeness, consistency, and accuracy and investigate unexpected results or discrepancies.\nMaintain data definitions, report logic, procedures, and source documentation in accordance with School and university standards.\nSupport data-quality and governance activities and coordinate corrections with data owners and campus partners.\n5%- Process Improvement and Analytical Projects:\nIdentify opportunities to automate repetitive work, standardize reports, improve controls, and streamline reporting workflows.\nSupport analytical projects led by the Senior Director Financial Planning & Data Analysis and progressively assume more complex assignments as knowledge and proficiency develop.\n5%- Other Duties:\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nHiring Range: $58,000 up to $72,000 commensurate with experience\nPhysical Demands:\nWork is primarily performed in an office or approved remote setting and requires extensive use of a computer and standard office technology. The position regularly communicates with colleagues and stakeholders and may occasionally lift or move materials weighing up to 10 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nAdditional Job Description:\nJob Profile:\nJP0109 - Information Technology Specialist II - Exempt - Salary - S10Qualifications:\nCompensation Grade:\nS10Recruiting Start Date:\n2026-10-13Position Restrictions:\nContinuing E&G funded position and not term-limitedEEO is the Law. Applicants can learn more about William & Mary’s status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the \"Know Your Rights\" poster published by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. https://www.eeoc.gov/know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal\nBackground Check: William & Mary is committed to providing a safe campus community. W&M conducts background investigations for applicants being considered for employment. Background investigations include reference checks, a criminal history record check, and when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check.\nApplicant Notice: By applying for this position, you consent to William & Mary's use, review, and retention of your application materials for recruitment and employment purposes. Materials may be shared with authorized individuals participating in the hiring process and will be managed in accordance with applicable laws and university policies.\nProbationary Period Notice: Individuals selected for full-time staff positions will be required to complete a twelve (12) month probationary period in accordance with university policy.\nRemote Work Disclaimer: Remote work eligibility is not guaranteed and is subject to approval. Employee eligibility depends on the likelihood of the employee succeeding in a remote work arrangement and the supervisor’s ability to manage remote workers. 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