Data and Reporting Analyst

About Volt-Age at Concordia University

Concordia University is advancing towards a resilient, decarbonized society through the Volt-Age research program, an initiative emphasizing innovative technologies for sustainable electrification. We invite you to contribute to this mission and help shape the future of energy.

Position Overview

Volt-Age is seeking a highly organized Data and Reporting Analyst to support the program's reporting requirements and strengthen its ability to monitor, evaluate and communicate performance and impact.

With functional reporting to the Director of Operations, the Data and Reporting Analyst develops and maintains robust data systems, dashboards and reporting tools to track progress against program objectives, funding commitments, milestones and the Performance Measurement Plan (PMP).

The Data and Reporting Analyst gathers, consolidates and analyzes qualitative and quantitative data from multiple sources, ensuring data quality and consistency and identifies trends, gaps and insights. The incumbent produces analyses, summaries and visualizations to support decision-making and reporting to management, governance committees and funders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain systems and processes to collect, organize, manage and store qualitative and quantitative data across Volt-Age activities.
• Clean, validate and standardize data, ensuring data is accurate, complete and reliable across multiple sources and reporting periods.
• Analyze and synthesize qualitative and quantitative information to identify trends, gaps, risks and insights. Translate and summarize findings into clear and actionable information for the appropriate audience
• Monitor progress against Volt-Age’s objectives, milestones and PMP, ensuring that data is complete, accurate and up to date, flagging any indicators below target.
• Coordinate the collection, consolidation and validation of data required for institutional, funder and other program reporting, including the preparation of reports, tables, summaries, presentations and supporting documentation.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, data visualizations, web-based applications and other reporting tools that provide clear and accessible information on program performance, progress and impact.
• Maintain secure, structured and accessible data repositories, ensuring consistent storage practices, data integrity and confidentiality.
• Manage and optimize Volt-Age’s SharePoint environment, including site structure, document libraries, lists, metadata and permissions to support effective data and document organization, retrieval and collaboration. Develop and maintain workflows to streamline internal processes and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to streamline, standardize and automate data collection, analysis and reporting processes.
• Work with Volt-Age team members, researchers, Concordia units and partner institutions, among others, to obtain required information.
• Perform ad-hoc analyses in response to team needs, providing timely data, insights and evidence to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Assist the finance team with reporting and data analysis as required.
• Perform other duties as required by Volt-Age.

Qualifications    

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, engineering or field related to primary responsibilities.
• Minimum 2-5 years of experience in data analysis and reporting.
• Bilingual in English and French, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel (including pivot tables, PowerQuery and lookup functions).
• Demonstrated proficiency with PowerBI, including developing and maintaining interactive dashboards
• Proficiency with Microsoft SharePoint and its advanced features.
• Demonstrated experience developing, coding and maintaining web-based applications or interactive dashboards.
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to synthesize and summarize technical and/or complex information for a wide range of audiences.
• Prior OCAP training is considered an asset. The successful candidate who has not previously completed OCAP training will be required to complete the training within three months of their start date (at the employer’s expense).
• Experience within a research or university environment is considered an asset.

Testing    

Testing will be administered on-site to selected candidates to assess competencies relevant to the primary responsibilities of the role.

Territorial Acknowledgement

Concordia University is located on unceded Indigenous lands. The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation is recognized as the custodians of the lands and waters on which we gather today. Tiohtià:ke/Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community.

Employment Equity

Concordia University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, members of sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to diversification; candidates are invited to self-identify in their applications. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a diversity survey. This information is voluntary and any information collected for this purpose is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources employees. Results will be aggregated and used to help Concordia achieve its goal to see all members of our community not only reflected, but welcomed, included and supported in their efforts to contribute to all areas of university life.

Accessibility

Concordia desires to increase diversity among its community members and we strive to make our recruitment processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants. If you are contacted for an interview and anticipate needing accommodations during the process, please contact volt-age@concordia.ca to this effect.

Immigration Status

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian and Permanent Residents will be given priority. To comply with the Government of Canada’s reporting requirements, the University is obliged to gather information about applicants’ status as either Permanent Residents of Canada or Canadian citizens.