Data Analyst – Non-profit Methodist Children's Home - Decatur, GA/East Atlanta

Company Name	United Methodist Children's Home
Location	East Atlanta/Decatur, GA 30030

Category	IT Information Technology
Job Type	Full-Time
Career Keywords	data analyst, data analysis, database, financial, business, operations, requirements, process, processes, budgeting, forecasting, benchmarking, metrics, measurement, business reporting, balanced scorecard, database, Excel pivot tables, Access, surveys
Choose Metro Atlanta Location	METRO Atlanta
State	Georgia
How to Apply	See Instructions in Job Description
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Description

Title: Data Analyst
Reports to: Vice President of Operations
Status: Exempt
Location: Decatur, GA

Are you ready to fully utilize your communications skills and experience to help transform an organization and make a real difference in the lives of others?

Come join our dynamic and growing organization with a strong legacy of organizational and financial stability. We provide meaningful, positive change that dramatically impacts the lives of children and families within the North Georgia community. Maximize your data analysis skills and experience collecting, analyzing, and reporting on financial and operational data. Serve as a support resource for departments to identify the types of data needed for analysis that will improve quality while driving operational efficiencies. Become part of our team and experience the true joy of helping us effectively fulfill our mission: to help children to heal emotionally and spiritually, to unite families and to bring the wholeness of God’s love to each of them through Jesus Christ.

Organization

The United Methodist Children’s Home - An Exciting and Important Ministry

The United Methodist Children’s Home is a safe haven for children, youth and their families, and we have been since the founding of the organization in 1871. Our stable, resilient organization has a strong foundation and legacy as a steadfast source of hope and healing to those whom we serve.

We provide a loving and safe home for abused and neglected children in the state foster care system. Our service offerings include Foster Care and Adoption for children of all ages, Independent and Transitional Living for older youth, Nurturing Connections Second Chance Program for parenting teens and their babies, and Higher Education assistance.

We also work to prevent abuse and strengthen families and believe that the best way to provide a safe and loving home for a child is to help create that same safe and loving experience in his or her own family. Our family preservation services – Family Counseling, Parenting Classes, Financial Aid and residential Family Housing – help families stay together and become stronger. Our summer and after-school program, Jesse’s House, also provides a safe place for children. Whether through adoption, reunification, staying together or standing independently, we help our children, teens and families find their permanent home.

History:

The United Methodist Children’s Home has a rich history of serving children and families in our area. The Home was originally established in 1871 to care for children orphaned during the Civil War. Originally called the Methodist Orphans’ Home and located in Norcross, the Home moved in 1873 to our present location in Decatur. By the early 1930s, the Home was serving large numbers of children who could not be termed “orphans”; therefore, in 1934 the trustees approved changing the name to Methodist Children’s Home. Elementary students continued in the on-campus school until about 1950, when they were absorbed into the DeKalb County system.

In 1977, the United Methodist Children’s Home opened the first district office in Augusta to better serve children and families throughout north Georgia. The district office in Dalton opened in 1984, the office in Rome opened in 1996, and the office in Gainesville opened in 2006. Over the years, the Children’s Home began offering additional programs and services to children, teens and families.

In 2010, the United Methodist Children’s Home made significant changes to the program offerings, including the Family Housing program on our campus and the addition of a new program in 2011: Jesse’s House (an after-school program and summer day for under-served children). We also serve increasing numbers of older youth in our Independent Living and Transitional Living programs, and children and youth of all ages in Foster Care.

Today, we are again in the midst of exciting organizational change! UMCH is working to build increased awareness in the community for our programs and services and to increase funding designed to help us strengthen existing programs and services and provide new offerings to serve even more children and families in our area.

Mission:

To provide redemptive, healing services that bring meaningful change to the lives of children and families. Grounded by scripture and the tradition of the church, we seek to bring the wholeness of God’s love to persons through Christ.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Vice President of Operations, the Data Analyst will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting on financial and operational data to ensure regulatory compliance and improve performance. This position will serve as a support resource for departments and will be responsible for identifying the types of data needed for analysis that will improve quality while driving operational efficiencies. The Data Analyst will be highly analytical, hands on, results-oriented change agent who is able to interpret and translate complex data. Leadership experience, combined with a strong passion for the vision, mission and goals of the United Methodist Children’s Home (UMCH) is critical to success in this role.

This is a full-time opportunity working onsite in the offices at the UMCH headquarters in Decatur, Georgia. No travel is required.

PLEASE NOTE: No relocation assistance is available for this opportunity.

Duties and Responsibilities

Data Collection

• In collaboration with others, design and build data collection methods to gather information for programs and operations that optimize data quality

• Manages data collection associated with the Balanced Scorecard.

• Acquire data from existing internal or external data sources

• Identify the types of data that need to be collected to comply with regulatory requirements, improve quality and increase operational efficiency

• Develop and maintain databases and data systems necessary for projects and department functions

• Design and implement surveys that measure quality, brand recognition and affinity, satisfaction, market opportunity, and perceived need.

• Perform data entry when needed or required.

Data Analysis

• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets

• Use software tools to conduct statistical analysis, create databases, build data sets, and design reports

• In collaboration with others, interpret data and develop recommendations based on findings

• Act as a liaison for departments as it relates to the quality and accuracy of their information

Reporting

• Report on weekly and monthly performance metrics including generating ad hoc reports

• Develop graphs, reports, and presentations of project results

• Creates dashboard views of business metrics and operational statistics including a Balanced Scorecard.

• Gathers business requirements from multiple sources, asking the right questions to ensure reports meet the needs of the requestor.

• Apply advanced reporting techniques such as filtering, ranking, user-defined variable to create reports.

• Research and identify data issues and discrepancies represented in reports

Supervision and Responsibility

• Reports to: Vice President of Operations

• Direct reports: none

Other Functions

• Perform other duties and ad hoc assignments as defined by the executive team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, or related discipline required

• A minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible experience in one or more of the following business management disciplines required: operations analysis, process efficiency, process management, process mapping, and/or project management

• Knowledge of financial processes including budgeting and forecasting

• Prior experience with benchmarking activities, metrics development, measurement techniques and business reporting

• Knowledge of quality initiatives and management techniques such as the Balanced Scorecard

• Experience using filtering, slice and dice techniques to produce custom operational reports for a diverse audience using Excel pivot tables and Access

• Solid understanding of database tools and logical interactions of data tables.

• Experience designing and utilizing surveys to collect and analyze data

• Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers

• Keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills which allows for strategic data interpretation versus simple reporting

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to senior management, board or other outside partners

Computer Skills

• Microsoft Office – strong proficiency and experience in working with Access, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to use advanced reporting tools such as Crystal Reports and/or MS Reporting Service preferred

Ideal Candidate Attributes

• Self-directed, detail oriented, problem solver who is effective at creating structure in a challenging environment

• Hands-on, relationship builder who will work shoulder to shoulder with staff and the ability to “manage by influence”

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate, uncover, analyze and translate data into meaningful format that can be used to drive solutions

• Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, often under time pressures

• Excellent organizational and communication skills; demonstrated team player

• Ability to reason and draw accurate conclusions, then use business skills to assess the most appropriate way to display and distribute the information

• Balanced approach to work

Contacts

• Internal Contacts: Executive leadership, Administration & Program staff
• External Contacts: State of Georgia, Vendors, Donors, Business Partners

Compensation and Benefits

United Methodist Children’s Home offers a competitive salary and benefits package including:

• Major medical insurance covered 100% for UMCH employees
• Dental and vision program
• Discounted family medical coverage program
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Paid company holidays
• Vacation and sick days accrual program
• Defined contribution benefit pension program
• 403b plan

Additional Information

**Please, NO phone calls or third party recruiting agency submittals or inquiries.

Due to the volume of applicant submissions, we regret that we are unable to respond to each inquiry. If you are selected to move forward in the process, we will reach out to you concerning details and next steps.

The United Methodist Children’s Home supports a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer

How to apply

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