Senior Data Analyst - DickersonBakker

Remote

Full Time

Experienced

Job Title: Senior Data Analyst
Reports To: SVP of Operations

Role Overview

DickersonBakker is a leading fundraising solutions provider for non-profit organizations. The Senior Data Analyst plays a critical role in optimizing direct mail and digital fundraising programs for nonprofit clients. This position is responsible for analyzing donor and campaign data, developing actionable insights, and supporting strategic decision-making across multi-channel fundraising initiatives. The ideal candidate has deep experience in direct response fundraising analytics and advanced proficiency in Microsoft-based data tools, including SQL and Power BI.

This role also requires an understanding of how AI-enabled tools and techniques can be applied to data analysis, forecasting, and reporting to improve efficiency, insight generation, and decision support.

Key Responsibilities

Direct Mail & Digital Fundraising Analytics

Analyze performance of direct mail, email, and digital fundraising campaigns, including acquisition, renewal, reactivation, and upgrade efforts.
Evaluate donor behavior across channels, identifying patterns in response, giving frequency, average gift, and lifetime value.
Support list strategy, segmentation, circulation planning, and channel integration through data-driven insights.
Assess digital-to-mail and mail-to-digital interactions to inform coordinated fundraising strategies.

Data Analysis & Insight Development

Use SQL to query, extract, and manipulate large donor and campaign datasets from client databases and internal systems.
Leverage AI-assisted analytical techniques (e.g., automated pattern detection, forecasting support, anomaly detection, and natural language summarization) to enhance analytical efficiency and insight quality.
Perform segmentation, cohort analysis, and trend analysis to support targeting, personalization, and testing strategies.
Translate complex analytical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for strategists, account teams, and clients.

Reporting & Power BI Development

Design, build, and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports that track key fundraising KPIs, including response rate, cost per dollar raised, ROI, and donor lifetime value.
Ensure dashboards are intuitive, accurate, and tailored to both internal stakeholders and nonprofit clients.
Standardize reporting frameworks and definitions across campaigns and clients where appropriate.
Incorporate AI-enabled features and workflows within Power BI and related Microsoft tools to improve automated insights, narrative reporting, and performance monitoring.

Data Quality & Governance

Partner with internal teams and clients to ensure donor data cleanliness, consistency, and proper structure.
Identify data quality issues and proactively recommend solutions to improve reporting accuracy and analytical reliability.
Document data sources, assumptions, and methodologies to support transparency and repeatability.

Strategic Partnership & Client Support

Collaborate with strategy, account management, creative, and production teams to inform campaign planning and optimization.
Participate in client meetings as a data subject-matter expert, presenting insights and explaining analytical approaches.
Support test design, evaluation, and post-campaign analysis for direct mail and digital initiatives.

Leadership & Process Improvement

Mentor junior analysts and contribute to the development of agency-wide analytics best practices.
Identify opportunities to improve analytical workflows through better use of Microsoft tools and automation.
Identify and recommend responsible uses of AI to streamline reporting, automate repetitive analytical tasks, and improve scalability while maintaining data accuracy and governance standards.
Evaluate and recommend enhancements to data models, dashboards, and reporting processes.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Marketing, Economics, Computer Science, or related fields.
5+ years of experience in data analysis, with significant exposure to direct mail and digital fundraising or direct response marketing.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft SQL (writing complex queries, joins, and aggregations).
Strong experience developing dashboards and reports in Power BI.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, advanced formulas, and data modeling.
Proven ability to translate analytical results into practical, fundraising-focused recommendations.

Preferred

Experience working with nonprofit donor databases, CRMs, or fundraising platforms.
Familiarity with list management, circulation planning, and campaign testing in a direct mail environment.
Experience with statistical modeling, forecasting, or scripting (e.g., Python or R).
Prior agency or multi-client experience supporting nonprofit organizations.
Familiarity with AI-enabled analytics, reporting, or data preparation tools within the Microsoft ecosystem or comparable platforms.

Core Competencies

Direct response and fundraising acumen
Strong SQL and Power BI expertise
Analytical rigor with practical application
Clear communication with non-technical audiences
Cross-functional collaboration
Attention to detail and data integrity

Work Environment & Expectations

Agency environment supporting multiple nonprofit clients and concurrent campaigns.
Requires balanced analytical depth with speed, accuracy, and business priorities.

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