Analytics & AI Consultant - Data and Integration

Fusion5; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible work arrangements

Birthday leave

Volunteer days

Social events

Development pathways

Job summary

Fusion5 is seeking an Analytics & AI Consultant to join NZ Data & Analytics, in Auckland or Wellington (Christchurch considered). You’ll own analytics, reporting, Power BI models and data storytelling, helping clients adopt practical AI on trusted data.

You’ll stay hands-on with Microsoft Fabric/Azure, lead workshops, and elevate the team’s analytics and AI capability across the Fabric/Azure stack.

Qualifications

• Solid analytics/BI and reporting delivery in a consulting or client-facing environment.
• Strong data modelling, semantic-layer knowledge, and Power BI skills.
• Hands-on experience with AI enablement on Microsoft front-end AI stack.
• Experience with AI governance and responsible AI concepts.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Strong SQL and experience with Fabric semantic layer.
• Data-engineering versatility; Databricks or Snowflake is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build analytics and reporting solutions with data modelling and Power BI on Fabric/Azure.
• Help clients adopt front-end AI (Copilot, Fabric Copilot, Data Agents) with governed data and AI governance.
• Lead requirements workshops; bridge business and technical stakeholders.
• Work across Fabric/Azure data-engineering stack; Databricks or Snowflake valued.
• Champion AI in delivery and solutions for clients.
• Support presales and contribute to reusable assets and knowledge base.

Skills

Analytics & BI

Data modeling

AI enablement

AI governance

Consulting

SQL

Databricks

Snowflake

Fabric

Tools

Power BI

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.