Strategy & Transformation Analyst

University of Miami•Miami, FL

About The Position

The Strategy & Transformation (S&T) Analyst contributes to The University of Miami’s (UM) and UHealth’s (UH) success by providing insight & analytical support for key strategy/strategic planning initiatives. The S&T Analyst plays an integral role in helping define the future of the enterprise and drive critical business initiatives through analysis and communication of data. This role participates throughout the initiative lifecycle – including idea generation, initiative scoping & standup, analysis, financial modeling, presentation development / delivery, and follow-through to value delivery. The Analyst provides recommendations with data-based insights and influences a wide range of stakeholders and functional teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
1+ years of total work experience, or recent University of Miami graduate with relevant coursework and internship experience
Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
Works effectively across organization lines with departments, functions, schools, and specialties
Understands the local/regional/national market geography and demographics, ideally knowledgeable regarding competitors and market trends, and best practices for leading universities, health systems, and academic medical centers.
Searches for important data sources and converts data to meaningful information
Advances business development, strategy, and transformation plans and makes recommendations to senior management on how to best execute

Responsibilities

Acts as key S&T team member addressing high priority initiatives across the enterprise
Analyzes and synthesizes financial, operational, and strategic data.
Undertakes quantitative and qualitative assessments, and conducts primary research as appropriate, to support the development of evidence-based strategy
Synthesizes data analysis and key insights into presentation-ready pages/documents; presents findings to S&T team and assists in developing presentations that will be presented to large audiences, including UM/UH executive leadership team
Supports and influences the formulation and delivery of strategic projects and initiatives across UM/UH.
Supports in outlining strategic objectives and associated metrics to allow a ‘strategic view’ of organizational progress.
Prepares project design and analytics approach to work for review and input by managers
Manages multiple projects and competing priorities, embracing learning, & leveraging project management expertise and experience
Utilizes internal and external software/tools to gather and extract data and applications (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI, others) to interpret, analyze, and visualize high level data
Contributes to team’s work and culture, supporting colleagues and playing a vocal part in team meetings.
Solicits and incorporates feedback effectively; understands different perspectives within the organization
Demonstrates high emotional intelligence and is aware of complex organizational dynamics
Interacts with all levels of the organization ensuring a positive image is conveyed to internal UM/UH and external partners and stakeholders
Develops a deep understanding of prioritized strategic issues facing UM/UH through analyzing trends, data, processes, outcomes, best practices, and building relationships with colleagues across the organization
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets