Your current situation and next steps

You came from “canva”. Confirm in the interview whether it relates to this goal.

Career situation analysis · Chris

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

You want to prepare for a target role. Compare specific requirements with your contribution, separating available material, unconfirmed items and actual practice needs. A role name alone cannot establish gaps. [9] · [10]

Business Intelligence Analyst · Flight Centre Travel Group

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.

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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