Report Writer

Georgia State University•Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Report Writer is a member of the Information Services Reporting Team within Georgia State University’s Division of University Advancement. The role supports the university’s teaching, scholarship, and public service mission by providing accurate, timely, and meaningful data reporting and analysis that advances fundraising, alumni engagement, and institutional leadership initiatives. The Report Writer collaborates with advancement staff, leadership, and technical teams to fulfill data and reporting requests; develop and maintain enterprise reports and dashboards; support constituent relationship management (CRM) systems; and promote data integrity, security, and usability across reporting environments. The position also provides support and training to users and serves as a liaison and reporting subject matter expert. The employee may be asked to perform other reasonably related business duties. Some night and weekend work is required when necessary. The position requires travel by plane, train, or car at least 15% of the time, within and outside Georgia.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and three years of related experience, or a combination of education and related experience.
Ability to travel at least 15% of the time by plane, train, or car within and outside Georgia.
Ability to work some nights and weekends when necessary.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting higher education advancement, fundraising, alumni relations, or CRM systems.
Familiarity with data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and enterprise reporting environments.
Experience training end users and developing user documentation.
Knowledge of reporting metrics, trend analysis, and operational or financial analytics.
Willingness and ability to learn new tools, technologies, and systems.

Responsibilities

Participate in reporting specifications, requirements gathering, and business analysis for report development.
Design, develop, test, document, implement, and support standard, custom, audit, and ad-hoc reports.
Develop SQL queries, views, tables, and stored procedures for reporting and analytics.
Use Power BI and enterprise reporting tools to produce donor, alumni, demographic, giving, and operational reports.
Create data models, visualizations, and extracts to support decision-making and strategic initiatives.
Analyze trends and interpret data to produce integrated analyses and projections for leadership and stakeholders.
Provide end-user support for enterprise CRM systems, reporting platforms, databases, and data warehouses.
Investigate and resolve transactional, reporting, and data-related issues in a timely manner using a ticketing system.
Train and support end users in effective use of reporting tools and data resources.
Serve as a reporting subject matter expert and liaison among advancement users, IT teams, vendors, and consultants.
Participate in testing and validation of reports, data lists, system upgrades, integrations, and enhancements.
Design and maintain data structures based on fundraising programs, advancement business processes, and reporting needs.
Ensure data accuracy, integrity, security, and confidentiality in accordance with university policies and applicable regulations.
Perform data loads from other systems of record.
Develop and maintain documentation for reports, data models, business processes, and system configurations.
Collaborate with advancement leadership, Institutional Research, Business Intelligence, and Information Systems teams.
Serve on internal committees and user groups as a power user and business analyst for institutional and advancement data.
Review and contribute to technical solution designs, data migration efforts, and system integration initiatives.
Follow Information Services change management policies and procedures.
Perform other reasonably related business duties as requested by the supervisor.
Work some nights and weekends when necessary and travel at least 15% of the time.