Application Development Analyst - Power BI

Agama Solutions•Tallahassee, FL

About The Position

The Florida PALM Project is a multiyear endeavor to replace the State of Florida's accounting and cash management systems with a modern financial management solution. The project is targeted to replace Central, Payroll, and Departmental FLAIR functionality, with go live scheduled for January 6, 2026. Over 1,000 reports containing financial data will require remediation due to the adoption of new business processes, chart of accounts, and the replacement of existing systems. To prepare for this transition, the agency is seeking a resource knowledgeable in Microsoft Power BI to build financial dashboards to replace existing data extract reports. The goal is to transform data into actionable insights for management decision support and to create a data-driven organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a field of study related to technology or finance. Work experience can substitute on a year for year basis for the degree.
Minimum of 3 years' experience in Business Intelligence.
At least two years of experience developing dashboards and reports in Microsoft Power BI.
Experience with IBM DB2 databases.
Experience building dashboards and reports leveraging Microsoft Power BI.
Experience developing paginated reports in Power BI.
Strong SQL skills.
Well versed in data governance best practices.
Familiarity with data management concepts such as Data Warehousing, Operational Data Stores, Data Lakes, and Master Data Management.
Experience creating reports presenting financial data such as general ledger data, purchasing data, or revenue data.
Familiarity with advanced data structures such as OLAP cubes and Star/Snowflake Schema.
Knowledge of how Power BI integrates with other Microsoft tools such as Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Point, and Teams.
Analytical thinking for converting data into relevant reports and graphics.
Understanding of how to implement solutions with multiple data sources.
Experience with IBM DB2 databases.
Knowledge of Mainframe flat files.
Knowledge of the SCRUM Framework.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Oracle Datawarehouse.
Knowledge of mainframe programming languages, computer systems and supporting software.
Knowledge of financial systems such as an ERP.
Experience with WebFOCUS.

Responsibilities

Analyze the current data environment and data structures to determine if any transformation needs to occur prior to developing dashboards.
Work with management to develop an overall reporting roadmap for the organization.
Analyze existing reports and work with business users to determine how these reports can be improved based on current business needs.
Work with developers and end users to automate data transformation reducing the reliance on pivot tables and analysis in Microsoft Excel.
Read and document WebFOCUS and Mainframe FOCUS queries and convert them to T-SQL queries.
Work with database administrators from the Office of Information Technology to create database views and stored procedures that will facilitate the creation of Power BI reports.
Create dataflows in Power BI.
Analyze financial data and make recommendations to improve the data model of financial systems.
Provide administration of the Power BI dedicated workspace.
Train staff from the office of the comptroller on using Power BI reports.