Jai Damodare

Data Analyst with 4+ years' experience delivering Power BI dashboards, KPI scorecards and executive reporting solutions that enable data-driven decision-making. I have hands-on experience building ServiceNow reports, dashboards, homepages and Performance Analytics-based KPIs, including Incident, Change and SLA metrics, and I designed indicators that reduced manual calculations and errors by 70%. I combine strong SQL and advanced Excel skills for data extraction, validation and reconciliation with practical experience automating recurring reporting processes using Power Automate.

I hold an MSc in Data Science & Analytics and have a consistent track record of gathering requirements from business and IT stakeholders and translating them into governed, trusted reporting solutions.

Market Research & Insight Analyst - University of Warwick, UK - United Kingdom

(2026-01)

• Design and develop Power BI dashboards and semantic models tracking recruitment pipelines and campaign conversion, used daily by senior leadership.
• Write DAX measures supporting trend, variance and exception analysis, directly informing decision-making.
• Implement data quality validation frameworks across all BI outputs, ensuring consistency and governance.
• Gather reporting requirements directly from senior stakeholders, including the Director of Marketing, translating them into decision-ready analytics solutions.

Business Analyst – Reporting & BI - Tech Mahindra

(2025-04 - 2025-05)

Led reporting strategy for a Service Management Operations function.

• Led design and delivery of business performance dashboards and KPI tracking frameworks used by SMO leadership.
• Identified reporting inefficiencies and proposed process improvements, translating stakeholder needs into structured reporting solutions.

Software Engineer – Data & Reporting - Tech Mahindra

(2023-09 - 2025-03)

Delivered Power BI and ServiceNow reporting solutions across 8+ enterprise clients.

• Created ServiceNow reports, dashboards and homepages using Performance Analytics; designed Indicators and KPIs which reduced manual calculations and errors by 70%.
• Built Power BI dashboards and semantic models to monitor KPIs and business performance across multiple enterprise clients simultaneously.
• Developed advanced DAX measures, calculated columns and complex filter logic to meet demanding operational reporting requirements.
• Built Power Automate flows to automate recurring reporting processes, improving efficiency and data accuracy.
• Used SQL to validate source data, investigate integrity issues and reconcile discrepancies between source systems and reporting outputs.
• Delivered Power BI training sessions to business users, improving self-service analytics capability and dashboard adoption.
• Collaborated with data engineers and IT teams to optimise report performance and ensure solutions adhered to best practices.

Associate Software Engineer - Tech Mahindra

(2021-10 - 2023-08)

First hands-on BI role, combining dashboard development with team leadership.

• Built interactive Power BI dashboards giving business teams clear visibility of sales, inventory and operational performance.
• Analysed sales and inventory datasets using SQL and Power BI to surface trends and identify improvement opportunities.
• Led a team of five analysts to deliver end-to-end analytics solutions across 8+ clients.

MSc - Data Science & Analytics - Royal Holloway, University of London

BSc/BE - Computer Science - Savitribai Phule Pune University