Sr Business Analyst

Looking for a dynamic Business Analyst (BA) to join our BI COE team. This role acts as a crucial bridge between Business and IT, translating strategic business needs into effective data solutions. The ideal candidate brings a strong mix of domain understanding, analytical thinking, and technical acumen, with expertise in Power BI and SQL to provide direction and support to our BI development team.

You will play a key role in converting business vision into actionable analytics solutions, ensuring that dashboards and insights align with organizational goals and add measurable value.

Job Purpose

Be an effective bridge between Business and the Data IT team

• Responsible for transforming complex data into actionable insights that drive business growth
• Establish business needs with function leads and Management teams
• Defining new data collection and analysis processes with IT team
• Assist with data standardization and defining data governance norms
• Ensuring data accuracy and integrity from a business stand point

Responsibilities

• Have and build adequate knowledge of the Business, the routes to market, competition, organic and in-organic avenues of Growth etc. forefront of industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
• Understanding the business need behind an initiative. Role also involves looking at the bigger picture and determining how the initiative at hand has an impact on other projects/ programs/ initiatives.
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the BI/IT team to gather, analyze, and document business requirements.
• Work closely with business functions (Sales, Finance, Delivery, Operations) to define KPIs, success metrics, and reporting needs.
• Guide Power BI developers and SQL engineers by providing business context, data definitions, and logic validations.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, user-friendly dashboards and insights that drive business outcomes.
• Perform data validation, UAT coordination, and gap analysis.
• Drive adoption and change management efforts by training business users and ensuring value realization from analytics solutions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of BI delivery processes and data governance practices.
• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in BI/Data Analytics or related domains.
• Proven ability to work with senior stakeholders across Sales, Finance, Operations, and Delivery functions.
• Strong knowledge of Power BI – must be able to review dashboards, provide feedback, and help refine visualizations.
• Proficient in SQL – able to query, analyze, and guide data modeling or backend logic.
• Experience in Python will be plus
• Strong business acumen and the ability to understand and communicate the “why” behind data initiatives.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with agile/scrum methodology is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience