Business System Analyst - Power BI
Kumaran Systems · Chennai · onsite · Posted 48d ago
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Job Summary
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Success Metrics (KPIs)
Education
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Drive data-informed decision making by translating business needs into clear requirements and scalable Power BI solutions. You will own the end-to-end analytics lifecycle from discovery and requirement gathering to data modeling, dashboard development, governance, and user adoption.
Responsibilities
- Requirements Analysis
- Lead workshops, interviews, and process mapping (BPMN) to capture business goals, KPIs, and pain points.
- Produce BRDs/FRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process/data flow diagrams.
- Perform gap, feasibility, and costbenefit analyses; conduct root-cause analysis using data.
- Data BI Delivery
- Define metrics and data contracts; translate KPIs into semantic models and datasets.
- Build Power BI dashboards and paginated reports with robust DAX measures and Power Query (M).
- Design star/snowflake models; optimize relationships, aggregations, and query performance.
- Implement row-level security (RLS), certified datasets, and deployment pipelines in Power BI Service.
- Manage workspaces, gateways, refresh schedules, and versioning; coordinate releases and UAT.
- Governance Quality
- Establish data definitions, dictionaries, and lineage documentation.
- Partner with data engineering on ETL/ELT, ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance.
- Define test plans, validate results, and maintain runbooks and support SOPs.
- Stakeholder Management Adoption
- Act as a bridge between business, product, and engineering; prioritize backlogs (Jira/Azure DevOps).
- Deliver training, usage guidance, and change management to drive self-service analytics.
- Present insights and recommendations with clear storytelling.
Required Qualifications
- 47 years as a Business/Systems Analyst, including 2+ years hands-on with Power BI.
- Strong Power BI skills: DAX, Power Query (M), data modeling (star schema), performance tuning, RLS.
- Proficient SQL (joins, CTEs, window functions) and data profiling.
- Experience with BI lifecycle in Agile/Scrum environments (Jira/Azure DevOps/Confluence).
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to Azure analytics stack (Azure SQL, Synapse, Data Lake, Data Factory) or equivalent.
- Knowledge of APIs/REST/JSON, ETL/ELT concepts; familiarity with Git-based workflows.
- Tools: DAX Studio, Tabular Editor, ALM Toolkit; experience with Power BI Premium features.
- Certifications: Microsoft PL-300 (Power BI Data Analyst), PSM/CSPO, IIBA CCBA/CBAP.
- Nice-to-have: Python/R for analytics, statistics, Power Automate/Power Apps, embedded analytics.
- Domain experience in [BFSI / Healthcare / Retail / Manufacturing / etc.].
Success Metrics (KPIs)
- Report adoption and satisfaction (usage growth, NPS).
- Cycle time from request to deployment; backlog throughput.
- Data quality and refresh reliability; reduction in manual reporting hours.
- Self-service enablement (share of certified datasets, reuse rate).
Education
- Bachelor degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; MBA a plus.
Disclaimer: This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.
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Dashboard DevelopmentAlmAzure DevopsAgilecspoBpmnapisConfluencedata analystbfsiDashboardChange ManagementAzure SQLAnalyticsBankingCbapData LakeGoogle DataFlowAzure AnalyticsData EngineeringcomplianceMicrosoft Azure
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Kumaran Systems
IT Services & Consulting
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