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The Power BI Lead Developer is a role within the Finance department where hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying Power BI solutions is required. A successful candidate has a passion for consulting with our internal stakeholders to understand their needs, visual storytelling, and modeling data to deliver Power BI based solutions. This position brings and maintains in-depth knowledge on visual design and data modeling best practices within Power BI, performance tuning, deployment, and architecture planning, as well as being an expert in SQL.
Job Duties:
- Leads the design, development, and implementation of the company’s BI architecture and strategy
- Collaborates with data governance team in developing data modeling standards, standardized datasets, and governance frameworks
- Serves as the technical authority for Power BI development
- Creates reusable components and templates for Power BI development
- Understands business requirements and designs data models to transform raw data into meaningful insights and compelling stories
- Creates effective and compelling “art of the possible” presentations to help highlight solutions
- Builds visualizations that take complex information and make it more accessible, understandable, and usable to derive insights and enable better business decisions
- Takes branding standards and creates intentional design choices, color palette, and report design standards, choosing appropriate locations for objects with intention, and utilizing fonts and colors to design easily consumable reports
- Explores large data sets and relational databases, performs analyses and identifies unique storytelling opportunities
- Implements modern data visualization methodologies and maintains an up-to-date knowledge of data visualization approaches
- Imports, cleans, and analyzes large data sets from disparate data sources
- Creates relationships between data and develops tabular data models
- Creates complex Data Analysis Expression (DAX) measures to support the data analysis needs of visualizations
- Maps data models to source systems and tracks entire data lineage
- Configures incremental refresh logic for reports and understands how to design a model which supports incremental refresh, including writing and deploying the XML for Analysis (XMLA) commands to customize incremental refresh
- Creates data model documentation explaining algorithms, parameters, models, and relations
- Develops training documentation for Power BI reports
- Collaborates with data engineers in ingesting and warehousing data to support data models
- Serves as a leader to other team members, reviewing proposed solution designs, conducting code reviews, and troubleshooting advanced technical issues
- Manages workspaces, user permissions, and deploys Power BI apps
- Designs and supports complex Row Level Security (RLS) within Power BI
- Maintains a broad and current understanding of advancements and best practices in the design and development of data analytics solutions
- Stays up-to-date on Power BI monthly updates
- Trains and mentors team members on Power BI best practices
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree, required; degree in Computer Science, Accounting, or Finance, preferred
Experience:
- Five (5) or more years of experience within Data Analytics, Business Intelligence or Application Development, required
- Five (5) or more years of experience with Power BI, required
- One (1) or more years of experience with Data Modeling, Semantic Model Definition or Star Schema Construction, required
- Experience working with Finance data, preferred
Software:
- Strong SQL skills, required
- Strong ETL/ELT processes, required
- Microsoft Power Automate Experience, preferred
- Oracle Database Experience, preferred
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels and communicate complex concepts to senior and non-technical audiences
- Capacity to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and client personnel
- Solid organizational and excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of data design, data modeling, data management, and data visualization
- Strong analytical and research skills related to the retrieval and organization of high volumes of information
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment, and handle multiple projects simultaneously
- A team player who can lead and initiate
- Ability to work after hours and weekends as needed
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
Keywords: Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Power BI, Azure, DAX, API, RLS, Row Level Security, Application Programming Interface, Data Analysis Expression, Power Automate, Python
Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
National Range: $100,000 - $110,000
Maryland Range: $100,000 - $110,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $100,000 - $110,000
Join us at BDO, where you will find more than a career, you’ll find a place where your work is impactful, and you are valued for your individuality. We offer flexibility and opportunities for advancement. Our culture is centered around making meaningful connections, approaching interactions with curiosity, and being true to yourself, all while making a positive difference in the world.
At BDO, our purpose of helping people thrive every day is at the heart of everything we do. Together, we are focused on delivering exceptional and sustainable outcomes and value for our people, our clients, and our communities. BDO is proud to be an ESOP company, reflecting a culture that puts people first, by sharing financially in our growth in value with our U.S. team. BDO professionals provide assurance, tax and advisory services for a diverse range of clients across the U.S. and in over 160 countries through our global organization.
BDO is the first large accounting and advisory organization to implement an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). A qualified retirement plan, the ESOP offers participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. The ESOP stands as a compelling addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits offerings. The annual allocation to the ESOP is fully funded by BDO through investments in company stock and grants employees the chance to grow their wealth over time as their shares vest and grow in value with the firm’s success, with no employee contributions.
We are committed to delivering exceptional experiences to middle market leaders by sharing insight-driven perspectives, helping companies take business as usual to better than usual. With industry knowledge and experience, a breadth and depth of resources, and unwavering commitment to quality, we pride ourselves on:
- Welcoming diverse perspectives and understanding the experience of our professionals and clients
- Empowering team members to explore their full potential
- Our talented team who brings varying skills, knowledge and experience to proactively help our clients navigate an expanding array of complex challenges and opportunities
- Celebrating ingenuity and innovation to transform our business and help our clients transform theirs
- Focus on resilience and sustainability to positively impact our people, clients, and communities
- BDO Total Rewards that encompass so much more than traditional “benefits.” Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets
Job Summary:
The Power BI Lead Developer is a role within the Finance department where hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying Power BI solutions is required. A successful candidate has a passion for consulting with our internal stakeholders to understand their needs, visual storytelling, and modeling data to deliver Power BI based solutions. This position brings and maintains in-depth knowledge on visual design and data modeling best practices within Power BI, performance tuning, deployment, and architecture planning, as well as being an expert in SQL.
Job Duties:
- Leads the design, development, and implementation of the company’s BI architecture and strategy
- Collaborates with data governance team in developing data modeling standards, standardized datasets, and governance frameworks
- Serves as the technical authority for Power BI development
- Creates reusable components and templates for Power BI development
- Understands business requirements and designs data models to transform raw data into meaningful insights and compelling stories
- Creates effective and compelling “art of the possible” presentations to help highlight solutions
- Builds visualizations that take complex information and make it more accessible, understandable, and usable to derive insights and enable better business decisions
- Takes branding standards and creates intentional design choices, color palette, and report design standards, choosing appropriate locations for objects with intention, and utilizing fonts and colors to design easily consumable reports
- Explores large data sets and relational databases, performs analyses and identifies unique storytelling opportunities
- Implements modern data visualization methodologies and maintains an up-to-date knowledge of data visualization approaches
- Imports, cleans, and analyzes large data sets from disparate data sources
- Creates relationships between data and develops tabular data models
- Creates complex Data Analysis Expression (DAX) measures to support the data analysis needs of visualizations
- Maps data models to source systems and tracks entire data lineage
- Configures incremental refresh logic for reports and understands how to design a model which supports incremental refresh, including writing and deploying the XML for Analysis (XMLA) commands to customize incremental refresh
- Creates data model documentation explaining algorithms, parameters, models, and relations
- Develops training documentation for Power BI reports
- Collaborates with data engineers in ingesting and warehousing data to support data models
- Serves as a leader to other team members, reviewing proposed solution designs, conducting code reviews, and troubleshooting advanced technical issues
- Manages workspaces, user permissions, and deploys Power BI apps
- Designs and supports complex Row Level Security (RLS) within Power BI
- Maintains a broad and current understanding of advancements and best practices in the design and development of data analytics solutions
- Stays up-to-date on Power BI monthly updates
- Trains and mentors team members on Power BI best practices
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree, required; degree in Computer Science, Accounting, or Finance, preferred
Experience:
- Five (5) or more years of experience within Data Analytics, Business Intelligence or Application Development, required
- Five (5) or more years of experience with Power BI, required
- One (1) or more years of experience with Data Modeling, Semantic Model Definition or Star Schema Construction, required
- Experience working with Finance data, preferred
Software:
- Strong SQL skills, required
- Strong ETL/ELT processes, required
- Microsoft Power Automate Experience, preferred
- Oracle Database Experience, preferred
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels and communicate complex concepts to senior and non-technical audiences
- Capacity to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and client personnel
- Solid organizational and excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of data design, data modeling, data management, and data visualization
- Strong analytical and research skills related to the retrieval and organization of high volumes of information
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment, and handle multiple projects simultaneously
- A team player who can lead and initiate
- Ability to work after hours and weekends as needed
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
Keywords: Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Power BI, Azure, DAX, API, RLS, Row Level Security, Application Programming Interface, Data Analysis Expression, Power Automate, Python
Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
National Range: $100,000 - $110,000
Maryland Range: $100,000 - $110,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $100,000 - $110,000
Join us at BDO, where you will find more than a career, you’ll find a place where your work is impactful, and you are valued for your individuality. We offer flexibility and opportunities for advancement. Our culture is centered around making meaningful connections, approaching interactions with curiosity, and being true to yourself, all while making a positive difference in the world.
At BDO, our purpose of helping people thrive every day is at the heart of everything we do. Together, we are focused on delivering exceptional and sustainable outcomes and value for our people, our clients, and our communities. BDO is proud to be an ESOP company, reflecting a culture that puts people first, by sharing financially in our growth in value with our U.S. team. BDO professionals provide assurance, tax and advisory services for a diverse range of clients across the U.S. and in over 160 countries through our global organization.
BDO is the first large accounting and advisory organization to implement an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). A qualified retirement plan, the ESOP offers participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. The ESOP stands as a compelling addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits offerings. The annual allocation to the ESOP is fully funded by BDO through investments in company stock and grants employees the chance to grow their wealth over time as their shares vest and grow in value with the firm’s success, with no employee contributions.
We are committed to delivering exceptional experiences to middle market leaders by sharing insight-driven perspectives, helping companies take business as usual to better than usual. With industry knowledge and experience, a breadth and depth of resources, and unwavering commitment to quality, we pride ourselves on:
- Welcoming diverse perspectives and understanding the experience of our professionals and clients
- Empowering team members to explore their full potential
- Our talented team who brings varying skills, knowledge and experience to proactively help our clients navigate an expanding array of complex challenges and opportunities
- Celebrating ingenuity and innovation to transform our business and help our clients transform theirs
- Focus on resilience and sustainability to positively impact our people, clients, and communities
- BDO Total Rewards that encompass so much more than traditional “benefits.” Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Business Intelligence Lead
Document your BI credentials before interviewing
Gather degree transcripts, professional certifications like AWS or Tableau, and performance reviews showing cross-functional leadership. PERM requires your employer to verify your qualifications meet the job's minimum requirements, so gaps in your credential record can delay certification.
Use O*NET to validate specialty occupation standing
Look up the Business Intelligence Lead occupation profile in O*NET and confirm the role maps to a recognized specialty requiring a specific degree field. This documentation strengthens the PERM job description and reduces the risk of a DOL audit.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search Migrate Mate to filter Business Intelligence Lead openings by employers who have sponsored green cards before. Companies with an established PERM workflow move faster and are less likely to abandon a petition mid-process when timelines extend.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 placement before accepting an offer
Ask the hiring team which category they plan to file under. EB-2 applies if the role genuinely requires an advanced degree; EB-3 covers bachelor's-level positions. Your priority date and wait time differ significantly depending on your country of birth.
Negotiate who covers PERM recruitment costs
DOL requires employers to run recruitment before filing PERM, and those advertising costs fall entirely on the employer. Confirm this in writing before you sign an offer, since some smaller companies mistakenly try to share or defer these expenses.
Check OFLC Wage Search before your salary conversation
PERM locks your employer into paying at least the prevailing wage determined by DOL for your specific job title and location. Reviewing the OFLC Wage Search yourself lets you enter the offer conversation knowing the floor your employer must meet.
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Does a Business Intelligence Lead role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Business Intelligence Lead positions qualify for EB-2 sponsorship when the employer's job description genuinely requires a master's degree or a bachelor's degree plus at least five years of progressive experience in data analysis or BI architecture. If the stated minimum is a bachelor's degree alone, the role typically falls under EB-3. Your employer determines the category based on the actual requirements they can document and defend during PERM.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B is a temporary work status capped at 85,000 new visas annually, with selection by lottery. Green card sponsorship through PERM and an I-140 petition leads to permanent residency and carries no annual cap at the EB-3 level for many nationalities. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone can take six to eighteen months before USCIS even begins reviewing the I-140, making the overall process longer than a typical H-1B extension.
What does the PERM process look like for a Business Intelligence Lead position?
Your employer starts by obtaining a prevailing wage determination from DOL, then runs a mandatory recruitment campaign to demonstrate no qualified U.S. worker is available for the role. If recruitment fails to produce a minimally qualified applicant, the employer files Form 9089 with DOL. After certification, they file an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. You file for adjustment of status or an immigrant visa once a visa number becomes available for your preference category and country.
How do I find employers who will sponsor a green card for this role?
Start by searching Migrate Mate, which lets you filter Business Intelligence Lead openings by employers with documented green card sponsorship history. Beyond the search itself, look for mid-to-large companies in finance, healthcare, and technology, since those industries file the highest volumes of PERM applications for data and analytics roles and typically have in-house immigration counsel already familiar with the process.
Can my employer start PERM while I am on H-1B status?
Yes, and starting early is advisable. USCIS allows you to extend H-1B status beyond the standard six-year cap in one-year increments once your I-140 has been approved or your PERM application has been pending for 365 days. Filing PERM while you still have several years of H-1B time remaining gives you a buffer if DOL issues an audit or if your employer needs to redo recruitment before resubmitting.
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