Business Intelligence Analyst

Southern Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 88,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company in the United States seeks a Business Intelligence Analyst to design and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions for Infrastructure Services. You will build scalable data models, deliver executive and operational reporting, and transform large data sets into actionable insights.

Collaborate with infrastructure leaders to define requirements, validate data quality, and drive automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, reporting, or data analysis.
• 3+ years of advanced Power BI development experience.
• Expertise in: Power BI, DAX, Power Query & QueryM language, Data Modeling, SQL, Excel.
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into reporting solutions.
• Proficiency in applying AI techniques for predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and data-driven decision-making.
• This job requires Insider Threat certification.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions supporting the Infrastructure Services organization.
• Deliver executive-level, operational, asset, risk, and performance reporting.
• Build scalable data models and semantic layers that support consistent reporting across multiple stakeholders.
• Develop KPI and metric reporting that tells the Infrastructure Services value story.
• Transform large, complex data sets into meaningful and actionable insights.
• Partner with infrastructure leaders and operational teams to understand reporting requirements and business objectives.
• Consult with stakeholders to define reporting solutions, performance metrics, and visualization approaches.
• Present findings and recommendations to leadership audiences.
• Assist with data quality issues and inconsistencies across reporting sources.
• Partner with Data Architecture and Data Governance resources to improve data accuracy and reporting standards.
• Advocate for trusted data sources and reporting best practices.
• Reduce manual reporting processes through automation and process improvements.
• Support integration of new data sources into reporting solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency and scalability.
• Contribute to the Infrastructure Services Reporting Center of Excellence.
• Assist with reporting standards, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Mentor other analysts on reporting best practices and Power BI capabilities.

Skills

Power BI

DAX

Power Query

QueryM

SQL

Excel

Data Modeling

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power Automate

Power Apps

PowerFx

Microsoft Fabric

DataBricks

Azure Data Services

Python

API-based Integrations

Kibana

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Business Intelligence Analyst

In office requirement: 3/2 in office rotation schedule, specific days to be determined

Position Summary

Infrastructure Data, Reporting & Metrics (IDRM) serves as the Infrastructure Services (IS) organization's centralized team for trusted data, reporting, metrics, and analytics. IDRM partners with infrastructure leaders, platform teams, and operational stakeholders to deliver consistent reporting, improve data quality, automate manual data collection processes, and provide actionable insights that support business and operational decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting & Analytics

• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions supporting the Infrastructure Services organization and processes.
• Deliver executive-level, operational, asset, risk, and performance reporting.
• Build scalable data models and semantic layers that support consistent reporting across multiple stakeholders.
• Develop KPI and metric reporting that tells the Infrastructure Services value story.
• Transform large, complex data sets into meaningful and actionable insights.

Business Engagement

• Partner with infrastructure leaders and operational teams to understand reporting requirements and business objectives.
• Consult with stakeholders to define reporting solutions, performance metrics, and visualization approaches.
• Present findings and recommendations to leadership audiences.

Data Quality & Governance Support

• Assist with identifying data quality issues and inconsistencies across reporting sources.
• Partner with Data Architecture and Data Governance resources to improve data accuracy and reporting standards.
• Advocate for trusted data sources and reporting best practices.

Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Reduce manual reporting processes through automation and process improvements.
• Support integration of new data sources into reporting solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency and scalability.

Team & Organizational Support

• Contribute to the Infrastructure Services Reporting Center of Excellence.
• Assist with reporting standards, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Mentor other analysts on reporting best practices and Power BI capabilities.

Job Requirements (Education, Experience, Knowledge and skills)

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, reporting, or data analysis.
• 3+ years of advanced Power BI development experience.
• Expertise in: Power BI, DAX, Power Query & QueryM language, Data Modeling, SQL, Excel.
• Experience working with large, complex data sets from multiple sources.
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into reporting solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to understand the needs of different user groups and switch between executive and more detailed technical views.
• Experience presenting analytics and reporting results to leadership audiences.
• Proficiency in applying AI techniques for predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and data-driven decision-making.
• Knowledge of AI-driven data integration and data cleansing tools to automate and optimize data management tasks.
• Familiarity with natural language processing (NLP) for unstructured data analysis and information extraction.
• This job requires Insider Threat certification.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting:

• Infrastructure Services
• Asset Management
• Vulnerability and Patching activities
• Identity Management
• Service Management
• IT Operations

Experience with:

• Power Automate, Power Apps, PowerFx, and other Power Platform related apps and features
• Microsoft Fabric
• DataBricks
• Azure Data Services
• Python
• API-based integrations
• Kibana
• Grafana
• Splunk

Familiarity with:

• CMDB data
• Asset lifecycle management
• Helix, ServiceNow, or similar operational platforms

Experience developing automated reporting solutions.

Experience delivering reporting and analytics solutions through a structured lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing and validation, deployment, and ongoing support and enhancement.

Competencies

• Strong communication, consulting, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and influence data-driven culture.
• Continuous self-learner.
• Effectively organizes tasks, manages multiple priorities, and able to meet tight deadlines.
• Superb diagnostic, troubleshooting, analysis, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated, takes initiative, is proactive, and habitually removes obstacles for success.
• Curious and creative, always questioning, and never satisfied by the status quo.
• Assess impact and quantify risk to ensure appropriate business decisions are made.
• Demonstrate our values of safety first, intentional inclusion, act with integrity, and superior performance, and the ability to provide and accept feedback.

In office requirement: 3/2 in office rotation schedule, specific days to be determined

This position falls under the company’s Insider Threat Program and will have access to, and control over sensitive data, systems or assets. Enhanced personnel screening, which includes a background review, drug screen and psychological assessment, will be required if you are selected for this position.

About Southern Company

Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service.

To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .

Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.

Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Job Identification: 21718

Job Category: Information Technology

Job Schedule: Full time

Company: Southern Company Services

Pay Range: 88,295.00 - 139,620.80 USD Annually: Base salary varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, and at the time of this posting, this is the reasonable salary range for this role.