Senior Power BI Leader & Analytics Champion

Barloworld Equipment (Pty) Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Barloworld Equipment (Pty) Ltd in Gauteng seeks a senior BI leader to head the analytics and Power BI reporting function. You will deliver trusted insights, set analytics standards, and mentor analysts while ensuring scalable, governance-aligned outputs.

You will collaborate with data engineers and stakeholders to define KPI frameworks, drive adoption of Power BI, and ensure data quality across reporting assets in a large enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Power BI in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience in semantic modelling and DAX.
• Experience in analytics leadership or senior technical role.
• Experience working with data platforms (Azure and Snowflake) and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and delivery of Power BI reports, dashboards, and semantic models.
• Define and enforce analytics standards (data models, DAX, UX, deployment practices).
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to BI developers and analysts.
• Own quality assurance across all reporting and analytics outputs.
• Partner with data engineering and governance teams to ensure trusted, business-ready data.
• Engage stakeholders to define KPIs, metrics, and reporting requirements.
• Drive adoption and effective use of Power BI across the organisation.

Skills

Power BI

Semantic modelling

DAX

SQL

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Education

Degree in Analytics/IS/BI

Tools

Azure

Snowflake

Job description

Barloworld Equipment (Pty) Ltd in Gauteng seeks a senior BI leader to head the analytics and Power BI reporting function. You will deliver trusted insights, set analytics standards, and mentor analysts while ensuring scalable, governance-aligned outputs.

You will collaborate with data engineers and stakeholders to define KPI frameworks, drive adoption of Power BI, and ensure data quality across reporting assets in a large enterprise environment.