About Niklas
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Experience
- Freelance (Self employed)Business Intelligence & Data Anayltics ConsultantJuly 2022 - Today (4 years)Cologne, NW, Germany🔍 Helping businesses optimize decision-making, automate reporting, and unlock data-driven growth through scalable Business Intelligence solutions.I specialize in Power BI, SQL, AI-enhanced analytics, and cloud automation, enabling clients to move from manual, Excel-heavy workflows to real-time, self-service dashboards that improve speed, accuracy, and insight.🔑 Key Focus Areas📊 BI Strategy & Self-Service AnalyticsEnabling organizations to leverage their data for real-time decision-making through intuitive dashboards and KPI modeling.🧠 AI-Driven BI & ForecastingImplementing predictive analytics, AutoML, and AI-enhanced forecasting to identify trends, outliers, and future opportunities.🛠️ Power BI, SQL & Cloud AnalyticsDesigning robust BI architectures and automated reporting systems using Power BI, SQL, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure.⚙️ Process OptimizationAutomating financial and operational reporting, reducing manual effort by 100+ hours monthly, and ensuring scalable, error-free insights.🧩 Technology StackPower BI | SQL | Microsoft Fabric | Azure Synapse | Dataflows | Spark SQL | AutoML | DAX | Databricks | KQL | SharePoint | Excel
- LearnshipTeam Head Business Intelligence and Data AnalyticsJanuary 2018 - May 2022 (4 years and 4 months)Cologne, Germany💼 Team Head Business Intelligence and Data Analytics📍 Full-time Position – BI Strategy, Cloud Migration & Team Leadership🔧 Role Overview:Led the transformation of the company’s BI & analytics strategy, transitioning from manual Excel-based reporting to automated Power BI and scalable cloud-based solutions.👥 Team Leadership:Managed a cross-functional team and collaborated with finance, operations, and executive stakeholders to implement a modern, self-service analytics ecosystem.📊 Key Achievements:✔ Reduced manual reporting workload by 60% through automation and cloud BI✔ Developed C-level KPI dashboards, enabling faster and more strategic decisions✔ Led & trained the internal BI team to increase adoption of AI-powered insights✔ Migrated mission-critical data to Snowflake and Databricks, improving processing speed and scalability🛠️ Tools & Technologies:Power BI ⚙ SQL ⚙ Snowflake ⚙ Databricks ☁ Microsoft Azure ☁ Excel ⚙ DAX
- LearnshipBusiness Intelligence SpecialistMarch 2017 - December 2017 (9 months)Cologne, Germany💼 BI Developer / Analyst📍 Financial & Operational Reporting | SQL Automation | Power BI Dashboards🔧 Role Overview:Built and optimized financial and operational reporting solutions, integrating SQL-based automation with Power BI dashboards to scale company-wide data accessibility and analytics adoption.📊 Key Achievements:✔ Automated financial reporting workflows, reducing manual effort by 40%✔ Designed interactive dashboards for finance & operations, improving transparency and decision-making✔ Optimized complex SQL queries, increasing report performance by 30%🛠️ Tools & Technologies:Power BI ⚙ SQL ⚙ DAX ⚙ Excel ⚙ Azure Dataflows
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Education
- MSc FinanceMaastricht University2015
Certifications
- Power BI Data Analyst AssociateMicrosoft
- Advanced SQL & Data ModelingDataCamp