Strategic Data & Financial Analyst

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About the Job

The Strategic Data & Financial Analyst provides strategic, data-driven analysis to support ADC contractors and agency operations.

The role focuses primarily on financial forecasting, modeling, and decision support, with additional responsibility for broader operational and case-related data analysis across agency programs.

The person in this role will work in a complex data environment that includes systems currently undergoing redesign.

The responsibilities of this position include extracting, cleaning, validating, interpreting, and presenting data, as well as providing informed input on system functionality and data structure during the transition.

Clear communication of assumptions, limitations, and confidence levels associated with analysis is essential.

The Strategic Data & Financial Analyst contributes strategic insight to agency financial planning and policy discussions by helping leadership understand how legislative actions, funding decisions, or policy changes may impact agency finances, operations, and programming.

This is a dynamic position where duties will evolve, and the position should anticipate fulfilling some other duties as assigned that are reasonable and necessary to fulfill ADC’s mission.

This position is primarily remote, with occasional on-site requirements at the Denver office as needed.

Essential Functions of the Position

• Pull, validate, clean, and analyze data directly from ADC data sources and other systems, with an explicit expectation that the data environment is imperfect and requires judgment, reconciliation, and documentation of assumptions.

• Build and maintain financial forecasts, scenario models, and calculators that account for non-linear cost drivers, caseload trends, contractor utilization, and uncertainty arising from legislative, policy, or programmatic changes.

• Provide data-driven analysis that helps ADC leadership understand risks, key drivers, and second-order effects associated with financial and operational decisions.

• Develop dashboards and reporting tools using Tableau to support analysis and decision-making.

• Conduct broader data analysis beyond finance, including trends in case types, workloads, and other programmatic datasets that inform planning and risk assessment for the agency.

• Work closely independently with data, and closely with staff to interpret data, respond to program-level questions, and support data-informed decision-making by translating complex analysis into clear, practical insights.

• Clearly communicate and present analytical findings, assumptions, and limitations to internal staff and, as needed, external stakeholders, tailoring information to the audience and context.

• Contribute analytically to financial planning and policy discussions by assessing how legislative actions, funding decisions, or policy proposals may impact agency finances and programmatic operations, without owning policy advocacy, budget approval, or legislative engagement.

• Explicitly document assumptions, limitations, confidence levels, and known data gaps in forecasts and analyses, and communicate how those factors should inform executive decision-making.

• Remain current on emerging analytical tools, platforms, and methods, including developments in automation and artificial intelligence, and apply new technologies thoughtfully and responsibly to improve data quality, analysis, and decision support.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

About You

You are a highly analytical, self-directed professional who works effectively both independently and collaboratively.

You move comfortably between raw data, financial models, and strategic discussions and communicate clearly with an awareness of your audience.

Your prior experience will allow you to work independently as the sole data professional on a team.

You exercise sound judgment and discretion when working with sensitive data and understand the importance of confidentiality, accuracy, and defensibility. You approach tools and technology thoughtfully, balancing innovation with security, risk awareness, and responsible data use.

You manage competing priorities and tight turnarounds while maintaining rigor and data integrity, and you are comfortable working with imperfect data, antiquated systems, and ambiguity to translate complexity into actionable insight.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, finance, economics, accounting, public administration, or a related field and relevant professional experience performing advanced financial, analytical or data-driven work;

• OR

• Equivalent combination of education and experience demonstrating advanced financial forecasting, data analysis, and decision-support capabilities in a complex organizational environment.

• Demonstrated experience using Tableau or a comparable business intelligence platform to support financial or analytical decision-making.

• Demonstrated experience informing decision-making through dashboard development, reporting, and financial forecasting or planning, including the development of models or scenarios.

• Demonstrated experience building financial forecasts, models, or planning tools, and conducting scenario or sensitivity analysis to evaluate tradeoffs, risks, key drivers, and downstream impacts.

• Strong data analysis skills, including experience working directly with raw, imperfect, or antiquated data systems, reconciling inconsistencies, and documenting assumptions.

• Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial and analytical work into clear written and verbal explanations for diverse audiences.

• Ability to work independently in a standalone role, manage competing priorities, and exercise sound judgment in an environment with significant oversight and compliance requirements, where decisions carry organizational and public impact.

Additional Information

Review the full job description here https://coloradoadc.org/home/about-us/join-our-team/

The Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, religion, social class, national origin, marital or parental status, pregnancy, disability status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or political affiliation.

We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and an environment of representation diversity, and encourage individuals of many identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply.

To request an accommodation, please contact Juanise Cornell at peopleadvocate@coloradoadc.com or (720) 994-2840 as soon as possible.

Any person with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may be provided a reasonable accommodation upon request to enable the person to participate in the hiring process.

The person making the request may be asked to provide additional information regarding functional limitations and the type of accommodation needed, which will be kept confidential.

Advance preparation may be required, so timely requests for accommodation are appreciated.

How to Apply:

Complete the online application at the link below by 11:59 PM, February 25, 2026.

As part of the online application, please provide the following documents:

• Resume – Required

• Cover letter – Required

• Answer several application questions - Required

• Letter(s) of Reference – Highly preferred

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