Senior Business Analytics & Insights Lead

Donnelley Financial, LLC; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Donnelley Financial Solutions seeks a Business Performance & Analytics Principal to lead reporting, analytics, and performance management initiatives. You will translate business needs into scalable reporting, delivering actionable insights for leadership and stakeholders.

The role blends hands-on delivery with mentorship, building KPI frameworks, dashboards, and governance standards while partnering with senior leaders to improve data quality and decision-making across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or related discipline.
• 5+ years in data analytics, BI, or analytics-enabled support.
• Experience leading analytics/workstreams end-to-end.
• Advanced Power BI: dashboards, data modeling, measures, reporting.
• Strong SQL skills for extracting and validating data.
• Strong Excel and analytical capabilities with large datasets.
• Experience with KPI design, scorecards, and performance measurement.
• Ability to translate business questions into reporting requirements and actionable recommendations.
• Strong communication to explain data and insights to non-technical audiences.
• Attention to data quality and governance.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic analytics initiatives and reporting workstreams aligned to priorities.
• Design KPI frameworks and measurement methodologies.
• Develop advanced dashboards and reporting solutions integrating metrics and trends.
• Conduct root-cause, performance, and trend analyses to identify opportunities.
• Perform forecasting and scenario-based reporting as needed.
• Partner with business leaders to define requirements and deliver insights.
• Mentor analysts and promote consistent reporting standards.
• Contribute hands-on by developing reports and validating data.
• Establish governance, definitions, and repeatable development processes.
• Collaborate with leaders to optimize prioritization and impact of analytics.

Skills

Advanced Power BI

SQL

Data analytics

Communication

Cross-functional partnership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Operations, Finance, Economics, or related field

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Donnelley Financial Solutions seeks a Business Performance & Analytics Principal to lead reporting, analytics, and performance management initiatives. You will translate business needs into scalable reporting, delivering actionable insights for leadership and stakeholders.

The role blends hands-on delivery with mentorship, building KPI frameworks, dashboards, and governance standards while partnering with senior leaders to improve data quality and decision-making across the organization.