Microsoft

Senior Business Analytics Specialist

Microsoft$106K — $203K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in a related field or equivalent experience with 3+ years in data analysis and reporting; or Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years in relevant roles.
  • 8+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Engineering, or Analytics preferred.
  • Proficient in semantic modeling using Power BI, including Tabular and DAX.
  • Strong knowledge of data architecture, dimensional modeling, and OSOT principles.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric and its components, like Lakehouse and OneLake.
  • Experience in analytics solutions at scale and data governance frameworks.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders in cross-functional environments.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret complex business problems and translate into AI-ready semantic layers for insights.
  • Enable predictive analytics capabilities for actionable insights across various levels.
  • Collaborate with BI COE team to prioritize business and information needs.
  • Deliver standardized tools and reporting to enhance efficiency and scalability.
  • Identify and resolve process improvement opportunities to address root cause issues.
  • Promote AI-first principles across BI COE analytics and reporting solutions.

Benefits

  • Healthcare and wellness programs
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Work-life balance initiatives
  • Remote working options available
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Interpret complex business problems and requirements, translating them into capability needs, then building/ enabling AI-ready semantic layers that support natural language querying, automation, and predictive insights to enable AI-driven insights, Copilot scenarios, and intelligent analytics experiences leveraging Fabric, Power BI, GHCP, Cowork, CLI and more to solve these business problems
  • Enable AI-led predictive analytics capabilities and data insights for sellers, managers, and leadership to understand actionable insights and how to best use it to achieve measurable results. (What they need to know, Why they need to know it, and What they need to do about it)
  • Integrate and work with BI COE team members and stakeholders to identify, understand, and prioritize business and information needs
  • Utilize/deliver standardized tools and reporting which enable speed, efficiency, and scale in the business to accelerate the standardized business operations vs. isolated, disconnected, or duplicative solutions
  • Locate and define new process improvement opportunities and solve for root cause business issues to locate and correct problems
  • Drive adoption of AI-first principles across BI COE analytics and reporting solutions.


Impact & Outcomes
  • Deliver a unified, AI-powered analytics platform for Security insights
  • Enable single source of truth (OSOT) across data solutions
  • Reduce time-to-insight through optimized semantic models and self-service BI
  • Drive adoption of Fabric + AI-first BI strategy across BI COE


Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications

Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, Business, Economics or related field AND 3+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Finance, Mathematics, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, Business, Economics or related field AND 4+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualificaitons
  • 8+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Engineering, or Analytics
  • Experience in:
    • Semantic modeling (Power BI / Tabular / DAX)
    • Data architecture and dimensional modeling (star schema, OSOT principles)
    • Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Direct Lake, pipelines, OneLake)
    • Power BI (dataset optimization, reporting, governance)
  • Experience building analytics solutions at scale.
  • Experience with data governance, security, and compliance framework.
  • Experience in Microsoft Sales ecosystem.
  • Experience with AI-driven BI scenarios (Copilot, predictive analytics, data agents).
  • Experience integrating multiple enterprise datasets into unified reporting models.
  • Experience operating in matrixed, cross-functional environments and influence stakeholders.
  • Storytelling skills with experience to translating data into business impact.


Business Analytics IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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