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Ria Lal

@rialal

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I’m a senior Power BI Developer delivering enterprise BI solutions.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where I can build secure, high-performance Power BI and cloud analytics solutions—driving business decisions with scalable models, strong data governance, and collaboration in Agile environments.

I’m a results-driven Power BI Developer with 8+ years of experience delivering enterprise data analytics and BI solutions. I design scalable Power BI dashboards and semantic models that align to business KPIs, metrics, and dimensional modeling standards.

I build advanced DAX measures, calculated columns, and time-intelligence functions, and I use Power Query (M) to integrate and transform data from SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, and multiple cloud data platforms. I also strengthen reporting performance and reliability through optimized SQL queries, query tuning, and secure enterprise BI practices.

In recent roles, I’ve implemented Row-Level Security (RLS) and object-level controls, managed Power BI Gateways and workspaces, and supported hybrid/on-premises refresh. I’ve delivered end-to-end analytics with SSIS, SSAS (Tabular/Multidimensional), SSRS, and modern Azure tooling like Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse, collaborating with cross-functional teams in Agile environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Sr. Power BI Developer

Current

StoneX Group Inc.

Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 11 months)

Designed and developed interactive Power BI dashboards and semantic models aligned with business KPIs, building DAX measures and time-intelligence calculations. Implemented RLS/OLS, managed Power BI governance and gateways, built paginated SSRS reports, and supported cloud analytics using Azure services and Microsoft Fabric.

Power BI DAX Semantic Modelling On Premises Data Gateway Embedded Analytics Power Automate Data Modeling Data Marts SSIS T SQL Stored Procedures Azure Data Factory Azure Databricks Azure SQL Database Microsoft Fabric

Sr. Power BI Developer

Allstate

Jul 2022 - Aug 2024 (2 years 1 month)

Built scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and developed Power BI semantic models with advanced DAX measures, KPIs, and interactive dashboards for operational analytics. Delivered secure, governed BI solutions using Azure DevOps CI/CD, SSAS Tabular models, SCD Type 1/2, and performance-optimized SQL and reporting.

Power BI Developer

Discover Financial Services

Mar 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 4 months)

Translated business requirements into Power BI and Tableau reporting solutions across the SDLC, developing DAX-driven dashboards for financial and operational analytics. Built SSIS ETL packages, developed SQL transformations and reconciliations, created SSRS paginated reports, and managed publishing and access through Power BI Service and Tableau Server.

Power BI/SQL Developer

Cognizant

Aug 2017 - Dec 2019 (2 years 4 months)

Collaborated with business and technical teams to deliver Power BI reporting solutions using Power BI Desktop, DAX measures, and Power Query transformations. Implemented secure access with RLS and Power BI Gateways, created operational/paginated reports, and optimized SQL Server queries and reporting performance.