Business Intelligence Analyst

Tactile Medical•Minneapolis, MN

17d

About The Position

The Business Intelligence Analyst will translate business questions into clear, trustworthy insights by delivering high quality reports and dashboards using shared, governed data assets in Microsoft Fabric. This role combines business analysis, stakeholder partnership, and BI development to support decision making and drive adoption of self-service analytics across the organization.

Requirements

1-3 years of experience as a Business Analyst or in a related analytical role.
Experience gathering, documenting, and translating business requirements into technical solutions and actionable deliverables.
Proficiency in Power BI, including the development and maintenance of reports, dashboards, and data visualizations.
Strong ability to collaborate with business stakeholders to understand needs, identify opportunities, and recommend solutions.
Technical Proficiency with Power BI/BI tools for reporting and analysis
Strong understanding of shared metrics, semantic models, and curated datasets
Ability to write DAX measures using approved definitions
Awareness of data freshness, latency, and consumption limitations
Data validation and basic reconciliation techniques
Strong business analysis and communication skills
Ability to frame ambiguous requests into clear analytical questions
Customer centric mindset with comfort influencing without authority
Willingness to shift from “report builder” to insight and decision enabler
Applies audience appropriate visual design
Tells clear, structured data stories using governed data
Highlights trends, drivers, and implications — not just numbers
Surfaces data quality or definition issues proactively
Builds reports using shared semantic models and Fabric datasets
Writes DAX measures following approved metric definitions
Applies visual performance best practices in reports and dashboards
Avoids local or data specific logic in favor of governed, reusable assets

Nice To Haves

Experience writing and troubleshooting SQL queries to extract, analyze, and validate data.
Knowledge of relational databases, data modeling, and reporting best practices.
Experience supporting business intelligence, reporting, or data analytics initiatives.
Familiarity with translating complex business processes into scalable reporting and data solutions.
Experience working in healthcare, durable medical equipment (DME), or other regulated industries preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with business stakeholders to clarify questions, decisions, and success criteria
Translate business needs into analytical approaches using existing data assets
Provide context, interpretation, and recommendations, not just dashboards
Identify gaps in current data or metrics and escalate opportunities for improvement
Build reports and dashboards using Microsoft Fabric/Power BI
Apply visualization and data storytelling best practices tailored to audience and use case
Use shared datasets and semantic models rather than embedding custom logic
Validate report outputs and flag data quality issues upstream, rather than applying workarounds
Help stakeholders understand and adopt self-service analytics where appropriate
Reinforce use of shared definitions and certified datasets
Serve as a bridge between business users and centralized data teams (Analytics Engineering, Governance)