Business Intelligence Analyst (contract)

Microsoft is seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst to serve as a strategic partner to business and functional leaders. The successful candidate will design, build, and maintain KPI frameworks and performance reporting systems to enable data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business stakeholders to define, document, and standardize KPIs aligned to business objectives
• Design and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and recurring performance reports including weekly, monthly, and executive-level reporting
• Analyze KPI trends, variances, and drivers to surface insights and recommendations
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across reports and sources
• Automate reporting processes to improve scalability and reliability
• Develop clear data visualizations and narratives tailored to executive and operational audiences
• Establish reporting governance, definitions, and metric documentation
• Support ad hoc analysis and deep dives to inform decision-making
• Continuously improve KPI frameworks based on evolving business needs
• Publish regular performance reports and sync with stakeholders on findings

Requirements:

• 8 to 10 years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, or performance reporting
• 5 to 8 years of experience building end-to-end dashboards from model through visuals to publication
• 5 to 8 years of experience in data querying and transformation
• 5 to 8 years of experience in KPI design, performance measurement, and analysis
• Direct ownership of KPI reporting, not just consumption of dashboards built by others
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field
• Strong proficiency in Power BI and business intelligence reporting tools
• Advanced Excel skills for data analysis and reporting
• Working knowledge of SQL and data modeling
• Expertise in translating business questions into measurable KPIs
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills with ability to present insights to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with data visualization and storytelling
• Knowledge of KPI governance and metric standardization best practices
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Experience supporting operational, finance, procurement, or supply chain functions
• Experience working with large or complex datasets across multiple systems