Finance BI Developer

BDO USA; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Total Rewards benefits

Job summary

BDO USA is seeking a Senior Finance BI Developer to design, build, and maintain Power BI reporting, analytics, and automation for the Finance organization. You will translate business needs into scalable data models, SQL queries, and Power Automate workflows while guiding colleagues on best practices.

The role partners with stakeholders to ensure accurate data, robust visualizations, and governance. A strong Finance data background and five+ years’ experience are essential for success in this

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in Data Analytics, BI, or related development roles.
• Experience with Finance data is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Designs, builds, and supports Power BI reports and semantic models for Finance stakeholders.
• Develops and maintains SQL queries, views, and data extraction logic.
• Creates DAX measures and Power Query transformations to deliver reliable datasets.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

M code

Data modeling

Power Automate

DAX

Semantic models

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power Query

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Finance BI Developer is a role within the Finance department responsible for designing, building, and supporting high-quality reporting, analytics, and automation solutions that enable informed business decisions. This position partners with internal stakeholders to understand reporting and analytics needs, translates business requirements into scalable semantic models, reports, SQL queries, Power Query transformations, and Power Automate workflows, and applies Power BI, SQL, M code, data modeling, automation, and visualization best practices. The role serves as a experienced technical contributor within the Finance BI team, helping deliver reliable solutions, improve development consistency, support documentation and training, and provide technical guidance to other developers while escalating broader architecture, strategy, and governance decisions to the Lead Developer or Finance BI leadership.

Job Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Finance BI Developer is a role within the Finance department responsible for designing, building, and supporting high-quality reporting, analytics, and automation solutions that enable informed business decisions. This position partners with internal stakeholders to understand reporting and analytics needs, translates business requirements into scalable semantic models, reports, SQL queries, Power Query transformations, and Power Automate workflows, and applies Power BI, SQL, M code, data modeling, automation, and visualization best practices. The role serves as a experienced technical contributor within the Finance BI team, helping deliver reliable solutions, improve development consistency, support documentation and training, and provide technical guidance to other developers while escalating broader architecture, strategy, and governance decisions to the Lead Developer or Finance BI leadership.

Job Duties

• Exercises diligence with financial information by maintaining accurate results, safeguarding sensitive data, and supporting trusted business decisions
• Develops, tests, deploys, and supports Power BI reports, semantic models, and related analytics solutions for Finance stakeholders
• Troubleshoots issues related to report performance, refresh failures, data discrepancies, access issues, and user-reported defects
• Maintains and enhances existing Power BI assets, including refactoring legacy reports, adding documentation, improving usability, consolidating duplicate reports, and reducing technical debt
• Builds visualizations that take complex information and make it more accessible, understandable, and usable to derive insights and enable better business decisions
• Creates complex Data Analysis Expression (DAX) measures to support the data analysis needs of visualizations
• Develops and maintains SQL queries, views, and data extraction logic to support Power BI semantic models, reports, and data validation activities
• Uses Power Query and M code to clean, transform, combine, and shape data from multiple sources into reliable, reusable reporting-ready datasets
• Partners with business stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify reporting objectives, and translate business needs into effective technical solutions
• Applies established Finance BI development standards, data modeling practices, reusable templates, and governance expectations to ensure consistency and quality across deliverables
• Contributes to reusable components, templates, and documentation that improve development efficiency and support team standards
• Leverages AI technology responsibly to improve efficiency and insights while protecting data privacy, security, and compliance requirements
• Designs, builds, monitors, and troubleshoots Power Automate workflows that support reporting processes, data collection, approval workflows, notifications, and operational efficiencies across Microsoft 365 applications
• Understands business requirements and design data models to transform raw data into meaningful insights and compelling stories
• Applies branding standards, intentional design choices, color palettes, and report design standards to create clear, consumable, and professional reports
• Maintains an up-to-date knowledge of Power BI updates and data visualization approaches
• Creates and maintains data model documentation explaining calculations, parameters, relationships, security design, and refresh logic
• Develops training documentation and user guidance for Power BI reports and related analytics solutions
• Collaborates with data engineers and other technical partners to obtain data needed to support Finance BI data models
• Manages workspaces, permissions, deployments, and Power BI apps in accordance with team standards and access control expectations
• Design and support complex Row Level Security (RLS) within Power BI
• Supports onboarding, training, and mentoring of team members on Power BI development practices, documentation expectations, and report support processes
• Performs peer reviews of Power BI reports, semantic models, DAX measures, data transformations, and documentation before deployment
• Ability to work after hours and weekends as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Education

• Bachelor's degree, required

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor's degree, required

Experience

• Five (5) or more years of experience within Data Analytics, Business Intelligence or Application Development, required
• Experience working with Finance data, preferred

Software

• Strong SQL skills required
• Two (2) or more years of experience with Data Modeling, Semantic Model Definition or Star Schema Construction, required
• Three (3) or more years of experience with Power BI, required
• Strong SQL query development skills, including joins, aggregations, views, data validation, troubleshooting, and performance-aware query design, required
• Experience developing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Microsoft Power Automate workflows to support reporting, approvals, notifications, data collection, and process automation, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels and communicate complex concepts to senior and non-technical audiences
• Capacity to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and client personnel
• Solid organizational and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
• Comprehensive knowledge of data design, data modeling, data management, and data visualization
• Strong analytical and research skills related to the retrieval and organization of high volumes of information
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment, and handle multiple projects simultaneously
• A team player who takes initiative, supports team standards, and contributes to shared team success
• Excellent organizational and time management skills

Keywords

Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Power BI, Azure, DAX, API, RLS, Row Level Security, Application Programming Interface, Data Analysis Expression, Power Automate, Python

About Us

At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you.

Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. Our values guide how we bring that purpose to life each day. Together, they shape how we work with one another, serve our clients, and create meaningful impact.

BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world. No matter your role, you’ll be part of a team helping clients navigate complexity and move forward with clarity.

We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. As a qualified retirement plan, the ESOP is a meaningful addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. It also reinforces an ownership mindset that strengthens our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we’re building together.

Learn more about our benefits: BDO Total Rewards encompass more than traditional benefits.

• Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

"BDO USA, P.A. is an EO employer M/F/Veteran/Disability"