Career situation analysis · Chris
My current situation and next steps
What I bring
- Transform, model and validate data from multiple sources · In a course project, I joined store orders and returns in Power Query, reconciled order IDs, and delivered a field map and an exception log. [6]
What I need to develop
Flight Centre Travel Group · Business Intelligence Analyst · South Bank, QLD · 2026-11-11 · Read the employer’s posting
Selected requirements. Experience is self-reported.
- Use SQL and Power BI for business reporting · You reported a gap
- Maintain automated reporting and confirm requirements with finance stakeholders · Needs verification
- At least two years in analytics, reporting or automation · Needs verification
What to do next
Practise first · Use SQL and Power BI for business reporting
Deliver a one-page Power BI finance dashboard and its SQL.
Trace at least two metrics to SQL and reconcile dashboard totals.
Allocated time: 2 hours
Follow-up and timing
Produce one checkable result before deciding what comes next. This stage takes 4 hours, including checks and reflection. Reduce scope or extend the period when needed.
Public data, two-week trial, no immediate course purchase [11]
Hours per week (optional): 8. [12]
Compare one key result with its input. Record what you can explain, difficulties and feedback needed. Reduce scope or extend the period if unfinished.
A one-page check and reflection record, with the next decision and its reasons.
Trace observations to inputs and outputs. Do not pre-fill efficiency gains, pass rates or proficiency claims.
Allocated time: 2 hours
Your goal
Support you may need
Use existing material and permitted tools for the first action. Find learning material or feedback for the specific difficulty you encounter; purchasing a course depends on an actual need.
When to reconsider
Revisit the report when new material, requirements or trial feedback arrives. Keep conflicting descriptions with their sources until resolved. Reduce scope when time decreases; an unfinished task is not proof of inability.
View original evidence
Your description · Material not yet reviewed
- Current work or study
- Final semester accounting master’s, two-month placement
- One recent task
- Organised reconciliation and sales data, joined a team course presentation
- Your contribution
- Excel cleaning and six SQL exercises, including two joins; accountant reviewed exceptions
- Work and review
- Completed a part, reviewed by someone else
- Available evidence
- Material exists and can be reviewed
- Work or feedback (optional)
- In a course project, I joined store orders and returns in Power Query, reconciled order IDs, and delivered a field map and an exception log.
- Your priority
- Work exists but needs a checkable presentation
- A specific difficulty
- I can reconcile data in Power Query and still need practice delivering a finance dashboard using SQL and Power BI.
- Your goal
- Prepare for a target role
- The role or direction you want to investigate
- Business Intelligence Analyst · Flight Centre Travel Group
- Other constraints (optional)
- Public data, two-week trial, no immediate course purchase
- Hours per week (optional)
- 8