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Fractional Data & Analytics

From your data
to your next decision.

Dashboards, reports, and decision briefs that hold up in the rooms where decisions get made. Built for scaling businesses across finance, operations, HR, and the investor conversation.

First dashboard in under 4 weeks
No lock-in
Gross margin recovery
Monthly, Jan 2025 → forecast Q4 2025
Actual
Forecast
Gross margin recovery, January to December 2025, with September to December as forecast Line chart. Gross margin fell from 62.1% in January to a low of 56.4% in June, then recovered to 60.3% by September. Forecast shows continued recovery to 62.8% by December, marginally above the January starting point. 65% 55% Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec FORECAST
Gross margin recovery, January to December 2025. Actuals and forecast.
Month Gross margin Status
Jan 2025 62.1% Actual
Feb 2025 61.8% Actual
Mar 2025 60.5% Actual
Apr 2025 58.9% Actual
May 2025 57.2% Actual
Jun 2025 56.4% Actual
Jul 2025 57.1% Actual
Aug 2025 58.8% Actual
Sep 2025 60.3% Actual
Oct 2025 61.5% Forecast
Nov 2025 62.2% Forecast
Dec 2025 62.8% Forecast

Margin recovery reflects mix shift toward mid-market and Q3 pricing realignment. Forecast assumes both hold through Q4.

Source: monthly management accounts · Figures illustrative

Hours back every week
Less time stitching spreadsheets
4wk
To your first dashboard
Working, live, in your hands
Answers in days, not months
No waiting for the next reporting cycle
0 lock-in
Stay on only if we earn it
Clean handover, no strings
What we do

The data function your business needs, without the overhead.

We connect your systems, structure your data, and deliver the dashboards, reports, and decision briefs your team and board actually use.

Connect

We unify your systems, HubSpot, Xero, your data warehouse, whatever runs your business, into one source of truth.

Deliver

Dashboards, reports, and decision briefs your CFO and board trust on the first read. Usually live in under 4 weeks.

Transfer

Your team owns the result. We train as we go, document everything, and hand over cleanly. No lock-in.

How we work

From first call to live dashboard in under 4 weeks.

No 90-day discovery. No endless scoping. We start light, prove value fast, and stay on only if we earn it.

Step 01

Consultation

We listen first. What decisions are stuck. What questions your board keeps asking.

Week 1
Step 02

Project launch

We connect your systems and build your first working dashboard. No discovery slides.

Weeks 2–4
Step 03

Ongoing support

Regular strategy calls, dashboard evolution, training as your team takes ownership.

Month 2+
Step 04

Proactive optimisation

Your business changes. Your metrics evolve. We refine as you grow, hand over cleanly.

Ongoing
What you get

Five capabilities, one working system.

Not tools. Not dashboards as an end in themselves. A data function that turns questions into decisions.

Clear business insights

Dashboards your team and board can act on. No guesswork.

Automated reporting

Close month-end in days, not weeks. Less time stitching spreadsheets.

Real-time analytics

Decisions based on what's happening now, not last quarter.

Integrated data sources

Spreadsheets, CRM, and accounting systems unified in one view.

Scalable support

Start with a quick win. Stay on if we earn it.

Month-end close performance
Live
Days to close by month
Jan
17d
Feb
15d
Mar
12d
Apr
8d
May
5d
Jun
4d
Close time reduced 76% in 6 months after automating inter-system reconciliations.
Engagement

Pick what fits.

From quick wins to fractional leadership. You choose the shape of engagement that fits how you work.

Starter
Get started with data. One focused project, one clear win.
Short project
Fixed scope, 1-3 weeks
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Most popular
Growth
Ongoing insights. Dashboard evolution, strategy calls, monthly reviews.
Ongoing retainer
Monthly, 3+ months
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Pro
Data-driven at scale. Full fractional leadership for scaling teams.
Fractional leadership
Embedded, 6+ months
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Flex
Specialist projects. M&A due diligence, regulatory audits, deal data rooms.
Specialist project
Scoped per engagement
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Trust

Built for businesses where the numbers matter.

Your data is sensitive. Your reporting is scrutinised. Your board, your auditors, and your investors all expect the numbers to hold up under questioning. Most consultancies do not build for that environment.

DataSkye does. The work is done by a qualified chartered accountant with 25+ years of finance experience and Microsoft Fabric engineering depth. No junior hands on your data. No offshore pool rotating through your numbers. The person building your reports is the person who’ll answer your CFO’s questions about them.

Clients hand us the numbers that actually run the business. HR records. Finance ledgers. Commercial pipeline. Board packs before they’ve gone to the board. We treat that data the way we’d want our own treated: industry-standard security practices, scoped access, clear handling protocols, and an NDA in place before any data moves. Your data stays yours. Your team stays in control.

Decisions made from your numbers should stand up in the rooms where they are questioned. That is what we build for.

Why DataSkye

Why this works differently.

Four principles that shape how we deliver, and why you get a working system inside 30 days.

01

Finance-fluent, data-technical

Most consultants speak one language. We read balance sheets and write SQL. Your auditor and your data engineer are talking to the same person.

02

Senior by default

No juniors. No account managers. No bait-and-switch. The person you meet on day 1 is the person doing the work on day 90.

03

Useful inside 30 days

First working deliverable lands in month 1. Not a 90-day discovery phase with slides. Quick wins first, scale from there.

04

Your team owns the result

We train your people as we go. You keep the institutional knowledge. No lock-in, no perpetual retainer unless it genuinely earns its weight.

An illustrative example

The shape of the work.

A typical analysis moves from question, to insight, to decision, in that order. Here is what that looks like.

Illustrative · Not client data

Analysis · Margin review Illustrative
The question

“Which customer segments are eroding margin?”

The insight
Segment A
34%
Segment B
22%
Segment C
-4%

One segment is unprofitable at scale.

The decision

Reallocate sales capacity. Targeted margin recovery in the next two quarters.

Darryl Kletz, Founder of DataSkye
Who's behind DataSkye

Darryl Kletz, Founder

Finance-trained, turned data engineer. Years inside Investec, Tipico, and Makosi building data functions. I write the SQL, I build the dashboards, and I stay close enough to the numbers that your CFO and board trust what lands.

Based in Malta. Working internationally.

Financial
Finance-trained
Technical
Microsoft Fabric
Track record
Investec · Tipico · Makosi
Base
Malta · International