TEJA PLYLER
Institutional Research Analyst
Sugar Hill,GA
Summary
Institutional Research Analyst with expertise in traditional and modern research methodologies. Skilled in providing strategic solutions and assessing project performance. Hands-on experience completing development research and leading detailed competitive assessments.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Institutional Research Analyst
University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, GA
01.2020 - Current
- Identify and anticipate data and information reporting needs of the University’s schools, colleges, departments, and senior administrators
- Provides moderately complex analysis in support of academic planning, reporting and decision-making, which may include the creation of new studies or modification of current projects or practices
- Effectively communicates analysis through formal presentations, narratives, and written reports tailored to the target audience
- Organize new and census data to comply with established institutional research standards and protocols
- Develop standardized practices for collecting, analyzing and interpreting data to ensure data accuracy and integrity in all reports that are created and disseminated
- Serve as resource to provide data-related technical and analytical support to various stakeholders in the University community
- Takes a proactive role in a variety of advanced institutional research projects, including, but not limited to survey research, competitive positioning, strategic resource allocation, data warehouse development, business intelligence and dashboard development
- Provide technical assistance to other staff in completing the national surveys such as U.S
- News, Peterson Guide, and IPEDS, etc.
Sales Operations Analyst
North Highland Consulting Company
Atlanta, GA
05.2018 - 10.2019
- Develop, deliver, and constantly improve weekly and monthly financial and operational performance metrics to C-Suite executives
- Assist sales teams with operational tasks, such as data analysis, policy execution, and negotiation with managers
- Provide ad hoc analyses to understand quotas, distributor, and/or sales rep performance and competitor impact
- Analyze large data sets to generate additional insights into areas for revenue and margin growth
- Liaise with other teams, channeling information to the appropriate parties
- Integrate, compile, analyze, and evaluate data on sales performance metrics, including trends for products.
Revenue Management Analyst
Americold Logistics, LLC
Atlanta, GA
06.2017 - 05.2018
- Facilitated Agile adoption Retrospective for the organization with the leadership and guided teams with outcome resulting in enhanced performance in a financial setting for specialized projects
- Introduced and taught Scrum, functional testing, performance testing, test case management and product backlog management in a financial setting
- Developed financial tools that identify trends and capture seasonality to assist with annual revenue budget process using Scrum
- Decreased new report production time by 50%
- Prepared financial analysis and reporting to provide decision-making support for key business activities
- Prepared pricing, forecasting, yield management and profitability analyses for key customers to ensure margins align with internal objectives
- Maintained workflow rules, data validation and reporting of business opportunities in Salesforce.
Team Lead/ Senior Deal Desk Analyst
Infor, Inc
Alpharetta, GA
10.2013 - 04.2017
- Coached new analysts and trained global teams, which resulted in early delivery of projects and reduced process waste caused by lack of common understanding
- Served as a trusted advisor to field sales on pricing, product configuration, and business terms/cases to support the sales effort
- Removed obstacle for the team by escalating an issue to leadership resulting in early delivery of customer issue solution
- Customer provided positive feedback
- Ensured compliance with published sales and business approval policies
- Perform margin analysis, variance analysis and used financial and data modeling to help the company determine an acceptable ROI.
Branch Intern
Scottrade, Inc
Alpharetta, GA
10.2011 - 12.2012
- Attended to walk-in clients, handled their IRAs, brokerage accounts or 1099 tax statements
- Answered client queries, deposited checks and opened new accounts
- Audited previous day’s transactions.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance, Information Technology
Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Master of Science - Analytics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 01.2022 - Current
Skills
Skilled in SQL, Microsoft Office Suite(Excel, Access, SharePoint), Power BI, Sales Force
Research protocol development
Strong analytical skills
Project Management
Report writing
Statistical analysis
Quality control enhancement
Certification
Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance)
Timeline
Master of Science - Analytics
Georgia Institute of Technology
01.2022 - Current
Institutional Research Analyst
University of North Georgia
01.2020 - Current
Sales Operations Analyst
North Highland Consulting Company
05.2018 - 10.2019
Revenue Management Analyst
Americold Logistics, LLC
06.2017 - 05.2018
Team Lead/ Senior Deal Desk Analyst
Infor, Inc
10.2013 - 04.2017
Branch Intern
Scottrade, Inc
10.2011 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance, Information Technology
Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business