Power BI Developer - Finance Operations

TAL Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TAL Australia is seeking a Power BI Developer to join its Finance team for a 12-month contract. You will design intuitive reports and dashboards that deliver timely financial insights, transform data into meaningful visuals, and support informed decision making across the business.

You will work with stakeholders to translate questions into measures, develop a semantic data model, and optimize performance while ensuring accuracy and maintainability of reporting assets.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in BI, data analytics, information systems, or related field.
• Proficient in Power BI report/dashboard development; skilled in DAX.
• Strong data modeling knowledge, star schema and relationships.
• Professional qualification (FIAA/CA/CPA) or part-qualified.
• Experience in life insurance or financial services reporting.
• Familiar with financial reporting cycles and regulatory requirements.
• Experience creating user documentation or training materials.

Responsibilities

• Translate business questions into measures and report views as requirements evolve.
• Source, transform and shape data to populate the semantic model using SQL and Power Query.
• Extend the semantic data model to support new reporting needs with senior support.
• Develop professional Power BI reports and dashboards using the star schema model.
• Create DAX measures to support visuals and business logic, focusing on performance.
• Engage report users to gather feedback and ensure adoption; improve reports accordingly.
• Improve dataset refresh performance, workspace structure and documentation for reliability.
• Take an end-to-end view from requirements elicitation to design, implementation, testing and continuous improvement.

Skills

Power BI development

DAX measures

Data modeling (star schema)

SQL

Power Query

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation materials

Education

BI / Data Analytics degree

FIAA/CA/CPA qualification

Tools

SQL

Power Query

Job description

Job Description

NOTE: This role has potential to be extended beyond the initial 12 month contract.
Join TAL's Finance team as a Power BI Developer, where you'll create intuitive reporting and visualisation solutions that enable stakeholders to access timely, accurate financial insights. Leveraging an established data environment, you'll transform complex data into meaningful reporting that supports better business decision-making while driving operational efficiencies and continuous improvement. Working within a collaborative and supportive team, you'll partner closely with business stakeholders to understand challenges, uncover opportunities and deliver fit-for-purpose reporting solutions. Success in this role will come from your curiosity, analytical mindset and ability to learn quickly, ask insightful questions and continuously refine solutions based on user feedback. You'll thrive in an environment that values teamwork, knowledge sharing and practical problem-solving.

In this role you will:

• Work directly with stakeholders to translate business questions into measures and report views, iterating as requirements evolve
• Source, transform and shape data to populate the semantic model, applying tools such as SQL and Power Query where appropriate
• Extend the semantic data model where needed to support new reporting requirements, with support from senior team members
• Develop professional, user-friendly Power BI reports and dashboards using the semantic data model (star schema)
• Create DAX measures to support new visualisations and business logic, with attention to performance and correctness
• Engage report users to collect feedback on draft views, assess whether reports are useful and being adopted, and improve reports based on their input Improve dataset refresh performance, workspace structure, and documentation so reporting stays reliable and maintainable over time.
• Take an end-to-end view of delivery from requirements elicitation and design through to implementation, testing, reconciliation, feedback and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Degree in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or equivalent demonstrated experience
• Experience developing Power BI reports and dashboards Working proficiency in DAX for measure creation, calculated columns, and Calculation Groups
• Good understanding of data modelling concepts, particularly star schema design and table relationships
• Qualified or part-qualified Actuary (FIAA or equivalent), or Accountant (CA or CPA)
• Experience in life insurance or financial services reporting
• Familiarity with financial reporting cycles and regulatory requirements
• Experience creating user documentation or training materials