Senior BI Analyst

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Date: 16 Dec 2024

Location: Sydney, Australia

Company: Singtel Group

​​​​​Why Optus?  

We are a business fuelled by optimism, unwavering customer focus and a team of amazing people.  

And that’s where we come in…. “the amazing people” part!  

 

We don’t sit back and wait for the future to happen, we are out there crafting our own path through new technology, innovation, and investment. We are truly a challenger brand, with challenger spirit. 

 

The Senior BI Analyst plays a pivotal role in the Business Intelligence & Visualisation chapter, driving a data-driven culture by crafting scalable BI assets and frameworks to generate guided insights. Operating in an Agile environment, the role focuses on migrating enterprise BI platforms from Tableau to Power BI, including dashboard transfers, ETL pipeline optimization, and semantic model development, while encouraging business-wide adoption of Power BI. Collaborating across Optus Consumer, the Senior BI Analyst engages with business partners, including senior leadership and executives, to improve understanding and adoption of BI solutions, enabling improved efficiency and effectiveness through actionable insights.  

 

Your day to day will consist of... 

  • Design, develop, and implement advanced Power BI dashboards and reports, incorporating complex DAX calculations and maintaining semantic data models for optimal performance and scalability. 

  • Transform and integrate data from various sources using Power Query and ETL tools, while transitioning existing Tableau reports and dashboards to Power BI. 

  • Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to ensure data accuracy, relevance, and delivery of BI solutions using Agile methodologies. 

  • Establish and maintain standards, guidelines, standardised practices, and frameworks for Business Intelligence capabilities across the enterprise. 

  • Proactively identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement in BI solutions across business units at Optus, synthesizing raw data into actionable insights. 

  • Mentor junior BI analysts, contribute to the leadership of the BI & Visualisation Chapter, and help manage the Visualisation Community for consistent and sustainable dashboard development. 

 

What makes you perfect for the role? 

  • Tertiary qualifications in a STEM or business field, postgraduate qualifications preferred; certifications in Power BI, data preparation tools (e.g., Alteryx, SQL, Python), and Agile methodologies (e.g., SA, POPM). 

  • Extensive hands-on in Business Intelligence or Analytics, plus in Agile environments, experience in large organisations with complex datasets, Power BI dashboard creation, and data transformation using Databricks. 

  • Advanced proficiency in Power BI and Tableau, including DAX, Power Query, and semantic data models; expertise in data preparation, wrangling, and performance tuning; knowledge of data platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake), cloud platforms (e.g., Azure), and Agile delivery tools like JIRA. 

  • Solid understanding of Data Management, Data Governance, Data Modeling, and Data Architecture; proficiency in additional BI tools like Qlik; advanced problem-solving skills and ability to drive best practices. 

  • Industry experience in telecommunications and familiarity with cloud ecosystems, including Azure, AWS, and GCP. 

  • Superb communication, leadership, presentation, influencing, and time/project management skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences with varying technical expertise. 

  • Proven track record in leading change, embedding the best results across multidisciplinary teams, and fostering adoption of BI solutions in large organizations. 

 

Optus is a place where we let you do you. We offer a range of benefits including: 

  • 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit! 

  • Inclusive paid parental leave, up to 14 weeks for the primary care giver 

  • All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal’ 

  • Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue – even earn a MBA micro-credential via OptusU (University) 

  • Connect at work through one of our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans and Yarn Network 

  • Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office 

  • Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon! 

 

Curious about our culture? Go behind the scenes with our people by searching #OptusLife on LinkedIn!  

 

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170 and we will be in touch. 

 

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity. 

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