Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
Coherent
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- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Nov 2
- 1 day ago
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About the company
Coherent
Semiconductors · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Engage with business users to understand objectives, key measures, and success criteria.
- Translate requirements into clear analytical briefs for the BI Developer and Analytics Engineer.
- Work collaboratively across teams to ensure data models and structures meet reporting needs.
- Challenge and refine requests to focus on value, relevance, and clarity of insight.
- Design intuitive dashboards and visualizations that communicate insights clearly and effectively.
- Apply data storytelling, UX, and accessibility principles to enhance user understanding.
- Develop consistent layouts, navigation, and interaction design aligned with BI design standards.
- Prototype and iterate with business users to validate design and functionality.
- Conduct ad-hoc analysis to explore trends, patterns, and drivers of performance.
- Translate analytical findings into actionable insights, narratives, and recommendations.
- Support business reviews and decision-making with timely, relevant analysis.
- Own and maintain the Business Insights Catalogue, documenting report lineage, ownership, and purpose.
- Promote data literacy and effective BI use across business teams.
- Deliver demonstrations, user support, and best-practice guidance for BI dashboards.
- Gather user feedback to guide iterative improvements and enhance adoption.
- Bachelor’s degree in business Analytics, Data Science, Economics, or related discipline.
- 2–4 years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, or a related reporting role.
- Strong proficiency in Power BI, particularly in visual design, data exploration, and interactivity.
- Experience engaging with stakeholders to define and deliver reporting and insight solutions.
- Understanding of business processes in areas such as operations and supply chain.
- Experience defining KPIs and designing reporting that supports strategic decision-making.
- Familiarity with data concepts such as relationships, hierarchies, and data quality.
- Working knowledge of DAX and data modelling to collaborate effectively with developers.
- Excellent communication, visual design, and presentation skills.
- Proven ability to turn data into actionable insight through storytelling.
- Experience promoting BI adoption and user engagement.
- Interest in emerging technologies such as AI-assisted analytics and natural-language querying.
What you need
- A deep understanding of business processes
- Strong storytelling, UX, and communication skills
Key skills
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The BI Analyst is responsible for translating business needs into insightful, well-designed reporting solutions. Sitting at the point where data meets the business, this role partners closely with stakeholders to define requirements, shape analytical questions, and design the visual and interactive layer of BI reports and dashboards.
The BI Analyst combines a deep understanding of business processes with strong storytelling, UX, and communication skills to create reporting experiences that drive informed decision-making and adoption. They work alongside BI Developers and Analytics Engineers to ensure solutions are accurate, efficient, and aligned with business goals.
This role also owns the Business Insights Catalogue, maintaining visibility, consistency, and usability of published reports across the organization.