Dalilah is a qualified accounting professional with a passion towards widening participation in the accounting profession. Having gained professional experience in the accounting industry through the Central Bank of Malaysia and Ernst & Young, Dalilah is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA), a Chartered Accountant (CA) member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) member of CPA Australia. She is also a certified Associate Fellow in Teaching having completed a teaching development course at the University of Glasgow.

Dalilah earned her PhD in Accounting from the University of Glasgow (UK), where she was honoured with the Adam Smith Business School Prize for Excellence. Her doctoral research, grounded in social theory, investigates the professional socialisation practices of prospective accountants in Malaysia. She also holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE, UK) and a Bachelor of Accounting from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN, Malaysia), graduating with First Class honours.

From 2013 to 2023, Dalilah served as a faculty member at UniKL Business School, culminating in her appointment as Head of Section for Accounting in 2023. During her tenure at UniKL Business School, she primarily instructed courses in financial accounting and reporting, as well as accounting theory and practice. Furthermore, Dalilah has contributed to postgraduate education in accounting at the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) and has served as a teaching assistant at the University of Glasgow.