Senior Financial Data Analyst

About Delivery Associates (DA):

Delivery Associates (DA) is a global social impact consultancy specializing in transforming the public sector. With over a decade of experience and a foundation in Deliverology®, DA guides leaders through every phase of implementation—delivery-oriented strategy formulation, execution, and evaluation. DA partners with governments, philanthropies, and international organizations, employing actionable strategies to achieve sustainable, lasting outcomes. In every one of our services, you will find a throughline back to this focus on helping our partners to deliver better results through better implementation. We are a small but global remote organization focused on scaling impact around the world.

We believe our work is only possible through a commitment to honoring and centering a diverse range of people, experiences, and ideas, and fostering an environment that is inclusive, equitable, and empowering. A diverse team of individuals that can bring their whole self to work will perform better, help us to be stronger partners, and allow us to drive more equitable impact for people around the world.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Analysis, Planning and Reporting

• Develop and maintain financial reports and dashboards. Ensure high-quality data is available to inform forecasting, sensitivity analysis, budgeting, and board reporting.

• Lead the Accounts Consolidation and Reconciliation process, ensuring completeness, consistency, and accuracy of inputs for P&L reporting, including quality assurance checks and follow-up with relevant stakeholders.

• Prepare revenue and profitability breakdowns by accounts, markets, and domains to support commercial and strategic decision-making.

• Build and maintain scenario models to assess the financial impact of pricing changes, headcount shifts, or delivery timeline adjustments.

2. Pipeline & Business Partnering

• Owner of Pipeline report & dashboard, responsible for revenue forecasting and providing pipeline updates to leadership and investors.  

• Partnership Desk: Support internal BD efforts, ensuring financial quotes are robust and aligned with our commercial and pricing strategy

3. Data Infrastructure & Automation

• Improve and automate ETL processes to reduce manual data handling.

• Maintain source-to-report traceability, including QA and validation protocols.

• Build data integrity safeguards through anomaly detection, version control, and automated checks.

• Conduct data quality reviews and ensure alignment across core systems

4. Capacity Building & Financial Literacy

• Host targeted training sessions for Project Managers and Project Owners to strengthen their financial management capabilities across the project lifecycle (from business development and contract negotiation to sales and implementation)

• Promote financial literacy and data fluency across the organization to empower teams, improve data inputs, and strengthen finance-informed decision-making.

Core Competencies

We work well with people who demonstrate the following competencies:

Technical & Analytical

• Proficient in Excel and Power Query. Familiarity with Python is highly desirable.

• Experience querying SQL databases (ideally Azure SQL).

• Strong analytical thinking with the ability to work across large and complex datasets.

Communication & Business Insight

• Able to synthesize financial data into actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Proven experience presenting to stakeholders at various levels, including executive leadership.

• Clear understanding of accounting, revenue recognition, budgeting, and profitability analysis.

Process Improvement & Ownership

• Continuous improvement mindset with experience enhancing financial systems or reporting workflows.

• Proactive approach to problem-solving, quality control, and documentation.

Mindsets

• Data-driven, with a passion for detail and accuracy.

• Collaborative and trustworthy partner to a variety of teams.

• Service-oriented, with a genuine desire to support internal stakeholders and the organization's mission.

• Can-do attitude, with a proactive approach to challenges, a strong sense of ownership, and a willingness to go the extra mile to deliver high-quality work.

• Team spirit, showing openness, reliability, and commitment to shared success.

• Growth-oriented, constantly seeking to improve, learn, and contribute beyond the expected.

Required Skills/Experiences

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or related field.  

• 3+ years in a financial analyst, business analyst, or similar role.

• Familiarity with PSA, ERP, or CRM systems (e.g., Xero, CMAP, Salesforce).

• Power BI skills or experience maintaining dashboards is a strong plus

• Strong track record of working with both data and people to drive decisions and performance.

Values:

Our values serve as an anchor, enabling us to stay true to who we are and what we stand for.  

• Passion: It is all about impact.  

• Excellence: Delivering to the highest standards.  

• Humility: Pride without ego.

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