Data Reporting Analytics Contractors

OverviewWe’re seeking a contractor to enhance our cloud cost reporting and forecasting to give portfolio and application leaders timely, actionable visibility into spend. Today, leaders lack near real-time insight into application costs, limiting their ability to make fast adjustments and avoid budget run-out.Key Responsibilities Build and enhance Power BI dashboards for:Month-to-date (MTD) cost viewsCost trends and key drivers by portfolio/applicationForecasting (run-rate and forward-looking projections)Drill-downs for application, owner, subscription/resource group, and other relevant dimensions Ingest and model cost data from Azure Data Explorer (Kusto/KQL) and design a performant semantic model for reporting. Lead requirements elicitation with portfolio and application leaders:Facilitate working sessions to understand “what they want to see”Translate needs into report mockups, user stories, and an iterative delivery plan Define and document business rules (allocation/tagging logic, cost categories, definitions of MTD/forecast, etc.). Implement report governance basics: refresh approach, access/security, and lightweight documentation for handoff.Required Skills & Experience Strong Power BI experience (data modeling, DAX, performance tuning, and dashboard design). Hands-on experience with Azure Data Explorer and KQL (querying and shaping data for analytics). Proven ability in stakeholder interviews/workshops and turning ambiguous asks into clear reporting requirements. Strong communication skills; able to present insights to leaders and iterate quickly.Preferred Familiarity with FinOps practices (unit economics, showback/chargeback concepts, cost allocation, optimization signals). Experience building cost transparency reporting for cloud