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Ascension LLC is seeking a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst / Team Lead to support a federal data analytics and application support services requirement for the Department of War Office of Inspector General’s Analytics Team within Mission Support. This role is designed for an experienced BI professional who can lead dashboard development, reporting architecture, KPI design, visualization standards, and user-focused analytics solutions that help federal oversight stakeholders turn complex data into actionable insight.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong blend of technical BI development, data storytelling, stakeholder engagement, reporting governance, and team leadership experience. This individual must be comfortable working in a mission-driven federal environment where dashboards, reports, visualizations, and analytics products support audits, evaluations, investigations, operational decisions, and the identification of patterns, trends, and anomalies. The PWS requires business intelligence solutions that communicate findings clearly to audiences with varying technical literacy levels and support data-driven decision-making across the Agency.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Business Intelligence Analyst / Team Lead will lead the design, development, sustainment, and continuous improvement of BI dashboards, reports, and data visualization products. This role will serve as a bridge between technical data teams, data scientists, data engineers, project managers, and Government stakeholders. The candidate will gather requirements, define KPIs, design visualization approaches, create dashboards and reports, support adoption through sharing sessions, and develop reusable standards that improve consistency, accessibility, and quality across BI products.

The successful candidate should be detail-oriented, highly organized, self-driven, and capable of working with limited direction in a complex federal mission environment. This person must be able to translate ambiguous business questions into structured reporting solutions, anticipate stakeholder needs, identify data quality or usability issues, and develop intuitive products that support oversight, performance monitoring, and executive decision-making.

Expected tools and platforms may include Power BI, Tableau, Excel, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Azure DevOps or similar tracking tools, SQL, data visualization standards, dashboard style guides, reporting repositories, and data governance processes. The PWS also encourages use of dashboards to surface key information and metrics for project performance and monthly reporting.

Position’s Day-to-Day Activities

The Senior Business Intelligence Analyst / Team Lead will be expected to:

• Lead the planning, design, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment of BI dashboards, reports, scorecards, and visualizations.
• Gather and translate stakeholder requirements into BI use cases, reporting specifications, dashboard wireframes, and measurable KPIs.
• Develop dashboards and reports that communicate complex data findings in clear, intuitive, and actionable formats.
• Design user-focused reporting solutions that support stakeholders with varying levels of technical literacy.
• Build and maintain BI products using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Excel, SharePoint, SQL, and related reporting technologies.
• Establish standardized visualization approaches, naming conventions, reusable components, and dashboard design patterns.
• Develop and maintain a BI style guide addressing visual design, naming conventions, procedures, governance protocols, and reporting standards.
• Collaborate with data engineers to confirm that data pipelines, data structures, and source systems support reporting, dashboarding, and analytics requirements.
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to translate statistical, geospatial, and advanced analytics outputs into decision-ready visual narratives.
• Validate data accuracy, dashboard logic, calculations, filters, and reporting outputs prior to release.
• Monitor BI solution performance, usage trends, adoption, and stakeholder feedback.
• Prepare monthly BI performance and usage reports, including optimization recommendations aligned to Agency priorities.
• Conduct demonstrations, working sessions, and knowledge transfer sessions to promote adoption of BI tools and reporting products.
• Develop role-tailored training materials, quick reference guides, user documentation, and sustainment instructions.
• Support incremental development cycles by delivering phased dashboard capabilities, incorporating stakeholder feedback, and improving products over time.
• Maintain BI documentation in designated repositories such as SharePoint or other Government-approved platforms.
• Identify reporting inefficiencies, process gaps, data quality issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Support dashboard accessibility, Section 508 considerations, and clear visual communication standards.
• Coordinate with project managers to track BI task progress, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and stakeholder decisions.
• Support transition planning by documenting BI assets, refresh procedures, data sources, user guides, and maintenance requirements.
• Provide technical guidance to BI analysts and contribute to peer reviews, quality control, and continuous improvement activities.