Business Analyst with Power BI

Role Summary
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.
Key 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 cost–benefit 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
4–7 years as a Business/Systems Analyst, including 2+ years hands-on with Power BI.
Solid 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

📌 Business Analyst with Power BI Developer (Chennai)
🏢 Kumaran Systems
📍 Chennai