Data & QA Analyst — Impact Investing

Role Overview We are looking for a Data & QA Analyst with a background or strong interest in impact investing, ESG, sustainability, and related financial or social-impact research. The role will focus on data quality, research validation, analytical consistency, and quality assurance across data-driven products and processes. 30 hrs/week Start: mid-September Location: U.S. or Europe Responsibilities - Review and validate financial, ESG, impact, and organizational data. - Assess the quality, completeness, and consistency of collected information. - Support the development and testing of analytical and scoring methodologies. - Identify data issues, inconsistencies, edge cases, and areas requiring further research. - Perform quality assurance on analytical outputs, reports, and datasets. - Develop test cases and benchmark examples for validating data and analytical processes. - Support ongoing improvements to data standards and quality-control procedures. - Work closely with research and technical teams to investigate and resolve data-quality issues. - Document findings, assumptions, and quality-control results. Preferred Background - Impact investing - ESG or sustainability - Responsible or sustainable investing - Financial research - Philanthropy or nonprofit analysis - Social-impact measurement - Economics, finance, public policy, or related fields Experience with spreadsheets and data analysis is expected. Familiarity with SQL, Python, or statistical tools is a plus. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English are required. Originally posted on Himalayas