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Mahdi Souilem

Mahdi Souilem

Summary

Consultant and Business Intelligence Developer with advanced expertise in BI solutions and data management. With over 6 years of experience in large companies, I specialize in designing, optimizing, and automating data processing workflows. My proficiency with Azure tools and data visualization and integration technologies enables me to deliver high-quality analyses that support strategic decision-making. Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and results-driven, I bring a structured and creative approach to addressing complex data management challenges.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

BI Developer Consultant

Bombardier Recreational Products
05.2024 - Current
  • Design and implementation of customized business intelligence solutions
  • Creation of complex data models for in-depth analysis
  • Extraction and transformation of data from various sources
  • Development of interactive reports and dashboards using Microsoft Power BI
  • Maintenance of the BI environment and resolution of technical issues
  • Presentation of results and recommendations to clients for decision-making
  • Management of data governance: quality assurance, security, and confidentiality


Projects:

  • Design and deployment of an efficient dashboard: provided a Power BI tool tailored for department heads to effectively monitor financial performance and budget execution
  • Optimization of datasets: successfully reduced refresh time by 50% for existing datasets used in Power BI reports and dashboards. This goal was achieved by improving data models and refining table joins

BI Developer

National Bank of Canada
03.2022 - 05.2024
  • Development and maintenance of data pipelines with Azure Data Factory
  • Data exploration, transformation, and analysis of large datasets via Azure Databricks
  • Documentation of ETL processes and pipelines in Confluence
  • Design, development, and maintenance of reports and dashboards in Microsoft Power BI
  • Automation of Power BI alerts using Power Automate
  • Automation of .csv file delivery from our database to clients via Azure Logic App
  • Monitoring and cost optimization by ensuring budget compliance and analyzing cost-reduction scenarios in Azure


Project:

  • Analysis and streamlining of Microsoft E5 licenses: achieved cost savings of over $1M through this project. The objective was to support managers by developing essential Power BI reports and visuals to aid in their decision-making

Data Analyst

Bombardier Aviation
10.2021 - 03.2022
  • Create reports and dashboards that meet client needs and support business decisions
  • Maintain and monitor existing Power BI reports
  • Develop new KPIs to facilitate decision-making for managers
  • Clean and correct data before integrating it into the model
  • Collaborate with the industrial engineering team to identify business challenges

Financial Service Manager

Bank of Montreal
11.2016 - 05.2020
  • Developed comprehensive Power BI reports to display the branch’s weekly performance metrics
  • Transformed and cleansed data to ensure accuracy and consistency in reporting
  • Performed weekly comparisons of figures against branch objectives to evaluate goal attainment and performance trends
  • Presented reports and in-depth analysis findings to team members, fostering informed discussions and collaborative decision-making

Education

Master of Science - Business Intelligence Strategy

University of Sherbrooke
Montreal, QC
01-2021

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration -

University of Moncton
Moncton, NB
01-2015

Skills

  • Visualization (Power BI)
  • ETL (Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks)
  • Power Automate
  • CI/CD (Jenkins)
  • DAX
  • Pyspark
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Azure SQL BD
  • Star schema
  • Snowflake

Languages

English
French

Certification

Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300), 2024

Timeline

BI Developer Consultant

Bombardier Recreational Products
05.2024 - Current

BI Developer

National Bank of Canada
03.2022 - 05.2024

Data Analyst

Bombardier Aviation
10.2021 - 03.2022

Financial Service Manager

Bank of Montreal
11.2016 - 05.2020

Master of Science - Business Intelligence Strategy

University of Sherbrooke

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration -

University of Moncton
Mahdi Souilem