Metrics & Reporting Designer/Analyst

Unison Systems is seeking a Metrics & Reporting Designer/Analyst to join our client's team in Denver, CO. This is a 12-month hybrid contract position based in the Denver Tech Center, requiring 3 days per week in office. The pay rate is $90-$100 per hour, with an anticipated start in September 2026. Responsibilities: • Conduct discovery sessions with business stakeholders to understand measurement needs, pain points, and decision-making gaps • Define KPIs, metrics, and dimensions that align with business performance and strategic objectives • Design metric hierarchies, taxonomies, and balanced measurement frameworks ensuring consistency across the organization • Establish clear metric definitions including calculation logic, data sources, refresh cadence, and ownership • Write and execute SQL queries to explore data, validate metric logic, and confirm data availability and quality • Design intuitive dashboards and reports that communicate insights to target audiences, selecting appropriate visualization types based on data and audience • Create wireframes and mockups to align stakeholders on design before development begins • Author Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) and Technical Requirements Documents (TRDs) that clearly specify stakeholder needs and technical specifications • Maintain a metrics catalog documenting definitions, owners, lineage, and business context • Serve as the primary point of contact for development teams, clarifying requirements and providing feedback throughout the delivery lifecycle • Validate completed work through user acceptance testing, confirming delivered metrics meet business requirements • Present metric designs and dashboard concepts to stakeholders at all levels and support adoption through training Requirements: • 3+ years of experience in business analysis, data analysis, or BI/reporting • Intermediate to advanced SQL proficiency, including complex queries with joins, aggregations, window functions, and CTEs • Demonstrated experience gathering requirements from non-technical stakeholders and translating them into documented specifications • Experience designing dashboards or reports in a BI tool such as Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or Qlik • Strong analytical thinking with ability to frame ambiguous business problems as measurable outcomes • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to tailor messaging to both executive and technical audiences • Ability to create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes using tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, or equivalent • Familiarity with data warehouse concepts and dimensional modeling (star/snowflake schemas, facts, dimensions) • Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments • Proven attention to detail, curiosity, and commitment to continuous learning Unison Systems is Colorado's leading IT staffing and engineering consulting firm - apply today and let us put our 27 years of expertise to work for you.