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Strategic Research & Performance Analyst

Salary Range: $46,200.00 To $60,000.00 Annually

About Us:

Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS’) is among the largest 100 pension systems in the United States. INPRS serves the needs of approximately 473,000 members and retirees representing approximately 1,244 employers, including public universities, school corporations, public safety, municipalities and state agencies. The Indiana Public Retirement System is a public pension fund who manages approximately over $50 billion in assets, making it one of the largest in the United States.  We are located in the heart of the city, in downtown Indianapolis, near the circle & across the street from our monumental state house.  This position does require Indiana state residency.  This position is not eligible for H-1B or any other kind of temporary or permanent sponsorship for work authorization by the Indiana Public Retirement System. Therefore, if you will require sponsorship from us for work authorization now or in the future, we cannot consider your application at this time.

Why Join:

INPRS’ believes that people are the foundation of our success. It takes people with different backgrounds, ideas, and strengths to be successful. Balance in life is important. We strive to have a flexible and supportive environment while not sacrificing service to our members. We pride ourselves by modeling a collaborative environment for our employees. Our mission. “As fiduciaries, educate stakeholders, collect necessary contributions, and prudently manage member assets to deliver promised defined benefit and defined contribution benefits and services”. 

Your Impact:

A Strategic Research and Performance Analyst serves as a consultant to the business supporting the strategic plan through identifying how to quantify success toward the strategic objectives. They support the organization by identifying growth areas and analyze models for data-driven strategy recommendations. They support the business owners in identifying opportunities to improve quality, increase efficiencies, reduce cost, mitigate risk, and/or enhance customer experience in pursuit of strategic objectives and day to day organizational goals.

Essential Duties:

• Assist with maintenance of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC)
  • Partner with appropriate E-team members to develop effective improvement plans for all measures not at target
  • Assist in presentations to the executive steering committee
• Organize collected data in an understandable manner of explaining the information to co- workers and management.
• Review and create weekly, daily & monthly statistical data, and present information in various locations of the organization. 
• Participate in cross functional meetings to review forecasts, analyze performance and make recommendations that drive to increased customer service and satisfaction.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboards
• Provides Guidance in the measurement and establishment of data quality metrics including monitoring and design of reports to track progress
• Participates in regular reviews with department leaders to review performance data and evaluate areas for improvement 
• Develop and present material for Executive Steering Committee (ESC) and INPRS Board of Trustees
• Coordinate the annual CEM Report submission and improvement planning
• Perform other job duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

• Advanced skill set of Microsoft Office suite, particularly advanced in Excel, Pivot Tables and Visio.
• Experience building and maintaining Salesforce Reports.
• Experience with Salesforce Tableau 
• Excellent ability to communicate with co-workers and other agency personnel both verbally and in written form.
• Skilled in collaboration with others to identify problems, provide advice, and suggest solutions regarding how final outcome will influence the wide range of impact of implementation.
• Skilled in research, initiating, structuring, and carrying out steps to complete projects and tasks within set timeframes.
• The ability to understand complex in house systems for analytical evaluation.
• Creating ad hoc excel reports for various reporting needs.
• The ability to perform critical thinking methods that will stimulate other means of data analysis.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree; Bachelor’s Degree Preferred.  
• Ability to build reports in Excel/Salesforce/ and Tableau and understand data trends
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

• Competitive compensation 
• Healthcare coverage (medical / dental / vision)
• Health savings account with employer contribution
• Prescription coverage
• Employer funded retirement plan (pension plan)
• Deferred compensation plan (employer and/or employee contribution plan)
• Flexible spending account
• Work/life balance (37.5 hours weekly)
• 12 paid holidays; 14 during election year
• Paid leave (personal, sick, vacation)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional credential reimbursement 
• Group life insurance
• Employer-paid downtown parking

If you are interested in this position, please submit your application and resume for review.  For more information about our organization, please visit our INPRS Careers Page: https://www.in.gov/inprs/careers.htm.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruit, select, develop, and promote employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws. 

Indiana Public Retirement System has established a culture that welcomes opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.

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