Senior Power BI Reporting Analyst

We are seeking a Senior Reporting Analyst / Business Intelligence Lead to own and drive enterprise reporting, analytics, and data insights across the organization. This is a senior, hands-on role requiring deep technical expertise across the Microsoft data and BI stack, strong business acumen, and the ability to operate with minimal hand-holding. The ideal candidate will act as a bridge between business leadership and technical teams, translating complex business questions into scalable, reliable data models and executive-ready insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary owner of enterprise reporting and BI solutions, from data ingestion through executive dashboards.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable Power BI / Microsoft Fabric semantic models using STAR schema best practices.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders and C-level executives to define KPIs, metrics, and reporting requirements.
• Lead and present weekly reporting and insights sessions with senior and executive leadership.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and trust across all reports and analytics outputs.
• Proactively identify data quality issues, root causes, and remediation strategies.
• Drive automation of reporting, alerts, and data refresh processes to reduce manual effort.
• Collaborate with engineering, data, and application teams to align business logic with source system data structures.
• Mentor junior analysts and establish BI standards, best practices, and documentation.

Technical Skills – Data & Backend

• Advanced SQL: complex queries, views, stored procedures, and validation against source systems (RDN, Recovery Connect).
• Azure Data Factory: build and manage copy pipelines from SQL sources to data warehouses / dedicated pools.
• Incremental refresh, parameterized pipelines, and schema replication.
• Data warehouse design: STAR schema, fact vs dimension tables, handling deleted records and SCDs.

Technical Skills – Reporting & Frontend

• Power BI / Microsoft Fabric: Power Query, DAX, and M language expertise.
• Semantic model design (1-to-many, 1-to-1, many-to-1 relationships).
• Query folding and performance optimization best practices.
• Paginated Report Builder (SSRS-style) for automated Excel and PDF reporting.
• Power Automate integration for alerts and workflow-driven notifications.

Data Quality & Analytics

• Ability to clean, normalize, and reconcile data across multiple systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills when business definitions and data do not align.
• Translate business terminology into accurate technical mappings and calculations.

Communication & Leadership

• Serve as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Comfortable working directly with C-level executives and senior leadership.
• Ability to lead executive-level meetings and clearly communicate insights.
• Self-starter mindset with minimal hand-holding.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in BI, analytics, or enterprise reporting roles.
• Preferred experience in financial services or regulated environments.
• Strong experience across the Microsoft BI ecosystem.

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft PL-300 (Power BI Data Analyst)
• Microsoft DP-600 (Fabric Analytics Engineer)
• Microsoft DP-700 (Fabric Data Engineer)

Work Authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. No sponsorship is available.