We are looking for a Sr. BI Analyst to join a retail organization in Chesapeake, Virginia on a Contract basis. This position combines business intelligence expertise with strong financial analysis capabilities to deliver reporting solutions that help leaders evaluate performance and make informed decisions. The role will focus on building scalable Power BI assets, supporting finance-focused analytics, and turning complex business needs into clear, reliable insights.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Create and enhance sophisticated Power BI dashboards, reports, and semantic models that support finance and business decision-making.<br>• Develop data models, calculations, hierarchies, filters, and security configurations to improve reporting accuracy and user access management.<br>• Publish and maintain reporting content in Power BI Service, including workspace oversight, refresh scheduling, gateway coordination, and role-based permissions.<br>• Partner with finance leaders, FP&A teams, and data specialists to define reporting needs, key metrics, and underlying business rules.<br>• Write and optimize queries in Google BigQuery to retrieve, combine, and summarize large data sets for analytical use.<br>• Apply strong data visualization practices to produce intuitive, executive-level reporting that highlights trends, risks, and opportunities.<br>• Validate dataset quality by monitoring consistency, lineage, and reliability across dashboards and published reporting assets.<br>• Support ad hoc analysis requests and continuously refine dashboards and reports based on stakeholder feedback and evolving priorities.<br>• Manage deployment activities, usage tracking, certification processes, version control, and other reporting governance practices to maintain compliance.<br>• Ensure all reporting solutions align with corporate data security standards and established governance policies.