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Senior Power BI Analyst
Oakland, CA/ Dublin, CA-Hybrid (once every 2 weeks)
12 months Contract
Locality Preference: Top preference is Bay Area. Secondary preference is Northern California. Third preference would be Southern California or out-of-state for exceptional candidates.
*Depending on the candidate s location, the HM prefers about 90% remote/hybrid. Coming to the office about once every 2 weeks, but flexibility for more if needed.
**Travel: OGO and/or the Dublin office. Ad-hoc travel to other locations in the client's service territory depending on stakeholder need.
*TOP THINGS: Clarity in the resume. No fluff in resumes where candidates list too much and their role and accomplishments are not easily deciphered.
*EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: Proper office equipment - HM expects the worker to have what they need at home - 2 monitors, keyboard, mouse, headset, etc.
The HM will inquire internally to find out current backlog time on laptop. - This may affect the start of assignment.
Job Responsibilities
- SME on Power BI and Excel reporting for a subgroup within the Electric Transmission & Substation organization.
- Performs analysis on complex data models requiring customized reports and data.
- Develops and uses metrics to develop recommendations related to business strategy and operations.
- Understand the business operations aspect of the data to presents findings and recommendations to leaders.
Minimum Education and Experience
- Bachelor of Science in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering or related discipline.
- 4+ years of business analyst experience, or related role.
Desired Education and Experience:
- Master of Science in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering or related discipline.
- 6+ years of business analyst experience, or related role.
- Experience working for a utility, ideally electric utility.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Proficient in Power Platform; with an emphasis on Power BI Desktop usage of DAX and Power Query and connecting and transforming multiple data source types.
- Proficient in Excel.
- Broad knowledge of different analytical methods, approaches and tactics.
- Ability to understand and explain the underlying business meaning and drivers to explain the data.
- Strong presentation and communication skills to deliver findings and recommendations to various levels of management.
- Strong organization to prioritize and track all work and action items with minimal supervisory oversight.
- Adaptable to changing business conditions and ambiguity.