Senior Analyst; Schooling Planning and Management

Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running the largest, fastest-growing, and highest-performing network of public charter schools in New York City takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure each child in NYC has access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through the doors of one of our 57 schools in NYC a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

Since 2006, Success Academy has transformed lives and communities with our whole-child, academically rigorous approach and relentless drive for excellence across our vibrant network of elementary, middle, and high schools. We are the fastest-growing and highest-performing charter school network in New York State, with a mission to reimagine public education as an excellent, efficient, and equitable pillar of American society. 

To do so, we re-conceive every facet of school design, from writing rigorous new curricula to implementing advances in technology and business that education would normally be excluded from. As a result, our 20,000+ scholars outperform students at top schools across New York State.

A key driver of our ambitious mission is the Network Schooling Department. In Schooling, we reimagine and rapidly scale schooling excellence to achieve extraordinary K-12 school quality. Doing so requires us to never settle, constantly re-examining and transforming “what we do” and “how we do the work.”

As part of Success Academy’s Schooling Team, you will lead high-stakes efforts to shape the systems that deliver consistent, world-class support to educators and scholars as we grow our movement to transform K-12 education across the nation.

We offer a competitive compensation package with full benefits and a mission-driven, high-performance culture.

We are seeking an Analyst to join the Success Academy and our Schooling Department. This position is designed for an individual interested in building strategic planning & tracking capabilities.
 

Key Responsibilities

Planning and Tracking

• Lead the creation and implementation of systems to define, track, and report on departmental goals, KPIs, and SLAs.

• Drive the annual budgeting process in collaboration with Finance and Schooling leadership.

• Track monthly spend and forecast variances to ensure alignment with financial targets.

• Maintain an up-to-date headcount tracker and coordinate with HR and Finance on staffing changes.

• Forecast staffing needs and monitor hiring progress against headcount plans.

• Support in organizing and driving Org planning discussions

Departmental Process Management

• Create, manage, and measure a centralized Schooling vendor management & tracking program

• Train and support Schooling hiring managers and collaborate with Talent Acquisition to ensure timely, quality hires.

Executive Reporting

• By synthesizing complex information into clear, strategic insights for executives,  prepare high-quality, data-rich updates that communicate progress against goals and KPIs.

• Build and maintain centralized dashboards for KPIs and team goals using visualization tools

• Ensure data quality and usability for internal stakeholders across all levels of the school team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategy, operations, or FP&A, preferably with budget oversight and cross-functional leadership.

• Always looking for ways to make ‘it’ easier, simpler, and clearer for any and al

• Strong analytical skills, experience designing dashboards and executive-level reports using tools like Looker, Power BI, Looker, or Google Data Studio.

• AI & Language Model Integration: Leverage expertise in large language models (LLMs) and advanced language modeling techniques to design, test, and integrate AI-driven solutions that streamline operations, enhance knowledge management, and improve service delivery across the schooling network

• Proven track record in managing budgeting, headcount planning, and cross-functional coordination.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.

• Clear and concise communicator with experience preparing presentations and updates for executive audiences.

• Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking approach; able to create structure in ambiguous settings.
   

Why You Should Join Us

At Success Academy, you’ll shape the systems that drive impact across one of the most ambitious K-12 education movements in the country. You’ll lead high-stakes transformation efforts at scale, helping deliver consistent, world-class support to educators and scholars as we grow. We offer a competitive compensation package, full benefits, and a mission-driven, high-performance culture.

Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

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