Senior Business Analyst

🇺🇸 New York, NY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $80K - $100K

💻 Operations

🗓️ September 23rd, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Columbia University is hiring a Senior Business Analyst. The role involves managing sales and inventory data for the Press, generating financial reports, coordinating digital publishing efforts, and supporting various departments through data analysis and project management.

Highlights

Manage ingestion of sales and inventory data from multiple distribution outlets using Acumen.
Resolve data discrepancies and reconcile sales data with vendor financial statements.
Approve monthly vendor invoices and monitor inventory adjustments.
Act as an internal consultant for projects involving financial statements and publishing systems.
Conduct data analyses and prepare reports for internal clients.
Manage projects linking accounting and royalty databases with publishing databases like Biblio.
Provide project management for subscription platforms including Columbia Granger's World of Poetry and The Columbia Gazetteer of the World.
Assist Sales and Marketing with subscriber technical support and usage statistics collection.
Manage anti-piracy vendor relationships and coordinate with Legal and Editorial departments.
Require bachelor's degree (advanced preferred), 4-6 years publishing experience, and proficiency with publishing/accounting software such as Acumen, Bookmaster, and Biblio.
Preferred skills include database management (e.g., MarkLogic), SQL, Excel, data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau), ONIX, BISAC, Thema, MARC, and XML workflow knowledge.