Salary Range: $85,000-110,000

About our client
Client produces, markets, and distributes dairy products in Canada, the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Overview of The Role
The Power BI Developer is a business-focused analytics role responsible for partnering closely with business teams to design, deliver and sustain insightful Power BI dashboards and reports. This role acts as a bridge between business users and the enterprise analytics platform, ensuring business questions are translated into clear, accurate, and performant analytical solutions.

The Power BI Developer plays a critical role in driving data-driven decision-making, enabling self-service analytics, and providing hands-on guidance and support to business users working with Power BI in a governed enterprise environment.

This role is also expected to actively leverage AI, Copilot, and automation capabilities to accelerate Power BI development, improve productivity, and enhance analytical experiences. The candidate should continuously explore and adopt emerging Power BI and Microsoft Fabric capabilities, modern development techniques, and AI-driven approaches to deliver solutions faster and more effectively.

How You Will Make Contributions That Matter:

Partner directly with business stakeholders to understand business processes, KPIs, and decision needs, translating them into effective Power BI dashboards and reports

Design, build, and deliver Power BI reports and dashboards that translate business requirements into actionable insights

Engineer high-quality semantic models (datasets) optimized for performance, reusability, and enterprise reporting

Own Power BI development standards, including data modeling, DAX patterns, visual design, and usability best practices

Partner with Data Engineering teams to consume curated Lakehouse and Fabric data assets

Develop optimized DAX measures and calculations to support complex analytical requirements

Enforce dimensional modeling best practices within Power BI semantic models

Own report performance tuning, including model optimization, query reduction, and visual efficiency

Validate data accuracy and consistency across reports, dashboards, and semantic models

Support and resolve production issues, including data discrepancies, refresh failures, and performance degradation





Drive user adoption by delivering intuitive, well-designed analytical experiences

Document report logic, data definitions, and business rules to ensure transparency and reuse

Exposure in Power BI related AI & Automation toolset (Copilot in Power BI/DAX, Fabric Data Agents, Copilot Studio, Smart Narratives, Key Influencers Visual).

Coach and support business users on Power BI usage, self-service analytics, and best practices

Document data definitions, assumptions, and report logic in business-friendly language

Supervision

Operates independently while aligning to enterprise BI strategy and standards

Works closely with Data Engineers, architects, platform admin, governance and business SMEs throughout the analytics lifecycle

Supports multiple concurrent reporting initiatives in a fast-paced enterprise environment

Communicates clearly with technical and non?technical stakeholders

You Are Best Suited for The Role If You Have the Following Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Analytics, or equivalent experience

3+ years of hands-on experience developing enterprise Power BI solutions

Strong experience with Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, with a solid understanding of modern Azure analytics services and exposure to other enterprise analytics tools in the market

Solid foundation in:

Data modeling and semantic layer design

Analytical reporting and dashboarding

Business intelligence and data visualization

Expertise in advance modeling techniques using tabular editor and DAX studio

Experience in maintaining language translations – Meta data translation and data translation

Experience working in governed enterprise BI environments

Experience working with SAP data and business processes (nice to have)

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work across multiple business domains and stakeholders

Up-to-date knowledge of Power BI features,



performance optimization techniques, and industry best practices

Technical Requirements:

Advanced Power BI development experience, including:

Semantic model (dataset) engineering

Advanced DAX development and optimization

M Query for data transformation

Report and dashboard design following UX best practices

Strong understanding of dimensional data modeling (Kimball / star schema)

Strong SQL skills for data validation and analysis

Experience working with Microsoft Fabric components:

Fabric Lakehouse/Warehouse (as a consumer)

Fabric SQL endpoints

Fabric Dataflows / Data Factory (consumption and understanding)

Fabric Apps (nice to have)

Experience with Power BI Service administration:

Workspace management

Security (RLS/CLS, object-level security)

Capacity awareness and optimization

Familiarity with DevOps / GitHub for version control and deployment

Understanding of data governance, security, and lifecycle management in Power BI

PBI AI & Automation (Recommended):

Copilot in Power BI/DAX

Fabric Data Agents

Smart Narratives

Key Influencers Visual

We support and take care of our employees and their families by offering :

Generous and complete benefit coverage with group insurance

Group retirement plan with employer contribution

Telemedicine and assistance program for employees and their families

Employee Share Ownership Plan with an employer match

Paid Parental Leave program

Paid time off: Sick days, floater days and volunteer day off

Chance to contribute to a collective RRSP & TFSA

Training and development programs

Flex Program, flexible work environment (schedule/location/time off) according to department needs

Organized activities for employees and their families

Advantageous discounts on client products

Accessibility:
At Akkodis, part of The Adecco Group, our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matters. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. Together, we’re making the future work for everyone.

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📌 Power BI Developer (Ontario)
🏢 Akkodis
📍 Ontario