Manager: Data Analytics and Reporting

Kotak Education Foundation

For the past sixteen years, Kotak Education Foundation (KEF) has been dedicated to equipping economically disadvantaged children and youth with education and foundational skills. Our ‘Inch Wide Mile Deep’ approach focuses on providing quality education to the low-income segment across India. Our key interventions include:

Holistic interventions with children and educators in schools.
Equitable scholarships for higher studies.
Vocational education and skills training for livelihood development.

Key Programs

Kotak Kanya Scholarship: Launched in 2021 to provide financial and academic support to meritorious girl students for higher education.
Kotak Junior Scholarship: Supports meritorious students from Mumbai Metropolitan Region for 11th and 12th standards.
Vocational Education & Livelihood Project: Upskills unemployed youth from economically weaker sections and provides employment opportunities.

KEF is now expanding its mission to drive systemic reform and state education transformation for long-term impact. As the primary implementing agency for Kotak Mahindra Group’s CSR initiatives in education, KEF is committed to empowering youth through quality education and livelihood opportunities.

About The Role

Position: Manager - Data Analytics and Reporting
Department: MERA (Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Assessment)
Location: Mumbai (Chembur) – with travel beyond Mumbai as needed
Job Type: Permanent
Work Schedule: 8 hours per day, 6 days a week
Compensation: ₹9–12 LPA (based on experience & last drawn salary)

The Manager - Data Analytics and Reporting will play a crucial role in enhancing KEF’s data systems and leveraging data for decision-making. The candidate will set up advanced analytical systems for projects, drive data quality, and support the organisation’s expansion strategy. A key responsibility is to make data insights accessible to all KEF teams and foster data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Extract project data from multiple sources using automation tools.
Build systems to translate raw data into actionable insights.
Automate project performance scorecards.
Support project teams in leveraging data for operational and management decisions.
Identify opportunities for data-driven systems and processes.
Ensure high-quality data management across projects.
Perform data analysis, uncover patterns, and generate periodic reports.
Develop and test data models for specific project challenges.
Work with the IT team to enhance technology efficiencies.
Improve existing data processes and introduce new analytical solutions.
Conduct capacity-building sessions for project teams on data analytics.
Design data analysis workflows and reporting mechanisms.
Perform project cost analysis and link it with operational activities.
Provide financial analysis and forecasting support to project heads.
Simplify complex data insights for non-technical stakeholders.
Regularly track and report on project KPIs.

Candidate Profile

Educational Qualification

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Management, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Demography, or Population and Development Studies.

Experience

7–10 years of experience in database management within the education sector.
Experience working with urban school education systems or large-volume databases used for machine learning-based predictions.

Technical Skills

Proficiency in predictive analytics.
Hands-on experience with SAS, SPSS, STATA.
Database programming languages like SQL, R, Python.
Experience with Google Cloud data platforms.
Strong data mining, problem-solving, and pattern recognition skills.
Time-series data analysis expertise.
Familiarity with Tableau, Power BI, or Google Data Studio for data visualization.