Senior BI Analyst: Bridge Business & Data Teams

Insight Global; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Senior Business Intelligence Analyst / Business Analyst to bridge business stakeholders and technical data teams. You will lead requirements and analysis for reporting and analytics, translating business needs into KPIs, dashboards, and scalable data solutions.

The ideal candidate understands Power BI, basic SQL, data lakes and warehouses, and will partner with technical teams to deliver the right solution.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Business Analysis, BI, Data Analytics, Reporting, or related area.
• 3+ years gathering requirements and creating BRDs, user stories, KPIs, reporting requirements, UAT scenarios, and process documentation.
• Strong experience bridging business stakeholders and technical/data teams.
• Working knowledge of Power BI, dashboards, metrics, reporting logic.
• Ability to write and understand basic SQL queries.
• Working understanding of relational databases, data models, data warehouses, and data lakes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams (Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Data Architecture, Enterprise Applications, BI Development).
• Lead requirements gathering and translate business needs into BRDs, user stories, process flows, KPIs, and reporting requirements.
• Own reporting and analytics initiatives from intake through design, UAT, deployment, and adoption.
• Define and validate KPIs, metrics, dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting needs.
• Review Power BI dashboards and reports; identify opportunities for enhancement and standardization.
• Analyze data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and actionable insights.
• Partner with teams to understand data sources, models, warehouses, lakes, and data flows.
• Write and review basic SQL queries to validate data and calculations.
• Define data quality, integrity, and source-system requirements.
• Develop and coordinate UAT plans and testing, manage defects, obtain sign-off.
• Identify opportunities to standardize reporting processes and workflows.
• Promote data-driven decision-making across the organization.
• Manage multiple initiatives and stakeholder priorities in a digital transformation.

Skills

Business analysis

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Presentation

Problem solving

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Senior Business Intelligence Analyst / Business Analyst to bridge business stakeholders and technical data teams. You will lead requirements and analysis for reporting and analytics, translating business needs into KPIs, dashboards, and scalable data solutions.

The ideal candidate understands Power BI, basic SQL, data lakes and warehouses, and will partner with technical teams to deliver the right solution.