Analytics & AI Consultant - Data and Integration

Fusion5; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible work arrangements

Birthday leave

Volunteer days

Social events

Job summary

Fusion5 is seeking an Analytics & AI Consultant to join the New Zealand Data & Analytics team in Auckland or Wellington (Christchurch considered). You will own the analytics and reporting layer for clients, delivering Power BI semantic models and data storytelling on Microsoft Fabric and Azure.

The role focuses on practical AI adoption and strong collaboration with stakeholders. You'll stay hands-on across Fabric and Azure, shaping requirements, leading workshops, and driving AI enablement with

Qualifications

• Strong analytics/BI delivery in client-facing environments.
• Proficient data modelling and semantic layers (Power BI).
• Hands-on AI enablement using Microsoft front-end AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and build analytics reporting solutions with strong data modeling and Power BI semantics.
• Lead workshops and requirements gathering between business and technical teams.
• Support clients with AI governance and responsible AI practices.

Skills

Power BI

Data modelling

SQL

DAX

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

• Own the analytics and AI layer for some of New Zealand's most ambitious organisations
• Help clients turn data into decisions and adopt practical AI on the Microsoft stack
• Join a collaborative, high-performing team that's investing in analytics and AI

At Fusion5, we're more than a solutions provider; we're a Transformation Partner. Across Australia and New Zealand, we help ambitious organisations go beyond, getting more from their people, data and technology. Across business applications, AI, cloud, data, integration and managed services, we bring together connected solutions that solve real business problems and we bring that same care to our own people.

We're looking for an Analytics & AI Consultant to join our New Zealand Data & Analytics team in Auckland or Wellington (Christchurch also considered). This is a role for someone who owns the analytics and reporting layer clients actually see Power BI, semantic models and data storytelling and who's excited to help clients adopt practical, front-end AI on top of trusted data.

What You'll Do

You'll be a key link between the business and the technical team; running workshops, shaping requirements, and turning business questions into clear insight and practical AI. You'll stay hands-on across the Microsoft Fabric and Azure stack, and help lift the team's analytics and AI capability.

• Design and build analytics and reporting solutions strong data modelling, Power BI semantic models and DAX, dashboards and data storytelling on Microsoft Fabric and Azure
• Help clients adopt practical, front-end AI Copilot, Copilot Studio, Fabric Copilot and Data Agents, and Azure AI Foundry on well-governed data, and support them on AI governance and responsible AI
• Lead requirements and workshops, and act as a key link between business and non-technical stakeholders and the technical team
• Work T-shaped flexing across the Fabric/Azure data-engineering stack (with Databricks or Snowflake also valued) so analytics sits on solid foundations
• Champion AI in how we deliver and in the solutions we offer clients
• Support presales and solution shaping, and contribute to the team's standards, reusable assets and knowledge base

What You'll Bring

• Solid analytics/BI and reporting delivery in a consulting or client-facing environment (Senior Consultant level; strong Consultant-level candidates also considered)
• Strong data modelling, dimensional and semantic-layer / tabular as a core skill, and strong Power BI (semantic models, DAX, visualisation and storytelling)
• Practical, hands-on experience with AI enablement, primarily Microsoft front-end AI (Copilot / Copilot Studio, Fabric Copilot / Data Agents, Azure AI Foundry), with other AI stacks also valued — and a genuine drive to help clients adopt AI
• Some grip on AI governance and responsible AI
• Strong consulting and functional skills workshop facilitation, requirements and stakeholder management with a proactive, business-first approach
• Strong SQL and hands-on experience with the Microsoft Fabric semantic layer (DirectLake / Power BI in Fabric)
• Data-engineering versatility (T-shaped), with Databricks or Snowflake a bonus
• The legal right to work in New Zealand and the ability to engage with clients across the country

Broader Fabric/Azure engineering and dbt, Copilot Studio agent building, responsible-AI and data governance tooling (such as Microsoft Purview), Python, and relevant certifications — PL-300, DP-600/700, AI-102, AI-900 and SQL AI Developer Associate (DP-800) are all strong advantages.

What's in it for you?

At Fusion5, you'll own real delivery from day one and help shape how we grow our analytics and AI capability — with the backing of an established trans-Tasman organisation and experienced architects and consultants who'll help you grow, working alongside people who genuinely care about outcomes, not just output. We're proud to be a diverse, inclusive and forward-thinking employer, committed to a workplace where our people feel engaged, challenged, supported and successful.

• Collaborative, supportive culture where people enjoy working together
• Competitive salary, flexible work arrangements and a genuine focus on work-life balance
• Birthday leave, volunteer days, and regular social events
• Clear development pathways and the chance to grow with a practice investing in AI

If you love turning data into decisions and want to help clients adopt AI that actually works, we'd love to hear from you.

Bring your personality to your application. We value the human connection and take the time to read all our CVs, despite how helpful AI can be.