Business Intelligence Senior Specialist (EMIRATI)

Salt; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking an experienced BI professional to turn complex datasets into clear, reliable insights and to build reporting solutions supporting strategic and operational decisions.

You will own interactive dashboards, management reports, and KPI views, collaborating with business teams to define analytical requirements and translate them into practical BI solutions. The role requires strong Power BI, Azure Data Platform, and SQL expertise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in BI, reporting, analytics, dashboard development or related field.
• Strong knowledge of data modelling and KPI design.
• Experience with multiple data sources and datasets for reliable insights.
• Analytical mindset with ability to investigate data issues and trends.
• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Own development and continuous improvement of dashboards, reports and KPI views.
• Collaborate with business teams to translate reporting needs into BI solutions.
• Integrate data from multiple sources and build structured models for analysis.
• Investigate data quality and reporting issues with data engineering teams.
• Leverage Power BI, Azure and SQL to explore data and provide recommendations.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

Data analysis

Dashboard development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Power BI

Azure Data Platform

SQL databases

Job description

This role is suited to an experienced BI professional who can turn complex datasets into clear, reliable insights and build reporting solutions that support both strategic and operational decision-making.

• Own the development and continuous improvement of interactive dashboards, management reports, and KPI views that give stakeholders a clear picture of performance and emerging trends.
• Work closely with business teams to understand reporting challenges, define analytical requirements, and convert them into practical BI solutions.
• Bring together information from multiple data sources, building structured models and reporting logic that support consistent and accurate analysis.
• Investigate data quality, timeliness, and reporting issues, partnering with data engineering and technical teams to resolve gaps affecting business insight.
• Use Power BI, Azure-based data technologies, SQL, and analytical techniques to explore data, identify patterns, and produce actionable recommendations.
• Improve the organisation’s overall BI capability by strengthening reporting standards, documentation, analytical practices, and user understanding of data-driven decision-making.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Azure Data Platform, and SQL databases, with the ability to independently build and maintain sophisticated dashboards and reporting solutions.
• 5+ years of relevant experience across business intelligence, reporting, analytics, dashboard development, or a closely related data discipline.
• Strong knowledge of data modelling, KPI design, visualisation principles, and working with multiple datasets to create reliable business insights.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to investigate complex data issues, recognise trends, and apply statistical or data-driven approaches to problem-solving.
• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders and technical teams to translate reporting needs into effective analytical solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field; exposure to data mining and big data analytics would be an advantage.

This role offers the opportunity to work across complex datasets, enterprise reporting, data quality, and advanced visualisation while directly influencing how information is used to support decision-making across the organisation.