Company Description
Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Dai-ichi Life, we’re driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services.
Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities.
Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we’re reimagining insurance.
So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer.
Job Description
As a Business Intelligence (BI) Developer within the Group Data & Analytics team, you will play a key role in transforming data into actionable insights that support strategic decision-making across the organisation. This role combines technical leadership with product stewardship, focusing on the development, enhancement, and ownership of the Group Reporting Product Suite.
You will design and deliver scalable BI solutions, including dashboards, data models, and reporting frameworks, primarily using Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. Working closely with stakeholders, you will translate business needs into technical specifications, guide development standards, and ensure the reliability and performance of reporting products.
In addition to hands-on development, you will contribute to the strategic direction of the reporting suite, manage release cycles, and support continuous improvement initiatives. You will provide support and guidance to the broader team, helping to drive excellence in data delivery and stakeholder engagement.

In this role you will:

• Lead the design and architecture of the Group Reporting Product Suite, ensuring scalability, performance, and adherence to best practices.
• Deliver advanced BI solutions through complex data modelling, visualisation, and analytics, contributing directly to product development.
• Own the short-term technical roadmap and guide strategic direction in collaboration with the Group Data & Analytics Business Partner.
• Manage monthly development cycles, coordinate releases, and drive ongoing product optimization and quality assurance.
• Act as a technical liaison between business and development teams, translating requirements into solutions and mentoring junior developers.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of hands-on experience building scalable, user-friendly dashboards and reports tailored to business needs.
• Expert-level proficiency in SQL and DAX, with a strong track record in solving complex analytical problems and deep data investigations.
• Extensive experience in semantic layer design and data modelling within Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse architecture and Direct Lake mode.
• Strong understanding of data warehouse design and ETL processes using Fabric Dataflows Gen2, Pipelines, and integration with Azure Synapse or similar cloud services.
• Proficient in CI/CD pipelines and version control for Power BI and Fabric artefacts using Azure DevOps and Git.
  Additional Information

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you.

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.
As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.
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• Lead the design and architecture of the Group Reporting Product Suite, ensuring scalability, performance, and adherence to best practices.
• Deliver advanced BI solutions through complex data modelling, visualisation, and analytics, contributing directly to product development.
• Own the short-term technical roadmap and guide strategic direction in collaboration with the Group Data & Analytics Business Partner.
• Manage monthly development cycles, coordinate releases, and drive ongoing product optimization and quality assurance.
• Act as a technical liaison between business and development teams, translating requirements into solutions and mentoring junior developers