Business Intelligence Analyst Services
Experienced business intelligence analysts matched to your business in around 7 days. Houston & Ko sources freelance and remote BI talent globally, all under one Swiss contract, with hourly rates or packages built to flex with your needs.
Find the right business intelligence analyst for your data and reporting needs
Dashboard and reporting builds
Power BI, Tableau and Looker dashboards built from your actual data sources, so leadership sees the numbers without waiting for someone to assemble them.
Data modelling and warehousing
Clean, structured data models that turn scattered systems into one reliable source. The groundwork every other report depends on.
SQL and database analysis
Query writing, data extraction and performance tuning across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, BigQuery and Snowflake.
Financial and commercial reporting
Revenue analysis, margin tracking, cost breakdowns and board-ready management reporting, prepared to a finance standard.
KPI definition and tracking
Working out what actually needs measuring, then building the reporting that keeps it visible month after month.
Forecasting and scenario modelling
Demand, revenue and cash flow models that let you test decisions before you commit to them.
Systems and process integration
Connecting ERP, CRM and finance systems so reporting pulls automatically instead of by hand every month.
Urgent and ASAP roles
Pre-vetted BI analysts for board deadlines, investor reporting or unexpected cover. Placement in days, not weeks.
Temporary and project roles
Cover a system migration, a reporting overhaul or a specific project. BI support that scales up and back on demand.
What is a business intelligence analyst?
A business intelligence analyst turns raw company data into information people can act on. They pull data from the systems a business already runs, structure it so it can be trusted, and build the reports and dashboards that show what is actually happening across sales, costs, operations and cash.
The role sits between the data and the decision. An analyst is not there to keep records or close the books, but to explain what those records mean: which products carry the margin, where costs are drifting, which customers are worth keeping, and what next quarter is likely to look like.
Businesses of every size need this. Smaller companies often bring in a freelance BI analyst to build reporting properly once, rather than living in spreadsheets. Larger organisations outsource analyst capacity to cover projects, migrations and reporting cycles without adding permanent headcount.
At a glance
Experienced freelancers, from operational reporting analysts to senior BI specialists
Experienced across Power BI, Tableau, Looker and SQL
Hourly rates or packages, scales with your workload
Turns raw data into dashboards, reports and decisions your team can act on
Why hire a business intelligence analyst?
Most businesses already have the data they need. What they lack is anyone with the time or the skill to turn it into something useful. Reports get built by hand, numbers disagree between departments, and decisions get made on instinct because the analysis would take a week nobody has.
A BI analyst fixes that at the root. They build reporting once, properly, so it runs without manual effort afterwards. They find the discrepancies that quietly distort your numbers. And they answer the questions that never get asked because answering them was too hard.
The benefits of outsourcing business intelligence
Outsourcing BI work to an experienced freelancer gives you senior analytical capability at a fraction of the cost of hiring in-house, on exactly the scale you need it.
Access experienced BI analysts from a global talent pool
Bring in senior expertise for a project without a permanent hire
Scale up for reporting cycles, scale back the rest of the time
Free your finance and ops teams from manual report building
One simple Swiss contract covers all your support
Hourly rates or packages, no permanent contract needed
Businesses Houston & Ko helps to match business intelligence talent
From a single scaling startup to a multi-site enterprise, we match analytical talent to the specific data and reporting demands of your sector. Every analyst we place already understands the way your industry measures itself.
Small and medium businesses
Reporting built once and built properly, so monthly numbers arrive without a scramble. Our analysts replace the spreadsheet routine with dashboards your team actually trusts.
Enterprise and corporations
Project-based analyst capacity for system migrations, reporting overhauls and board reporting cycles, without adding permanent headcount to the finance function.
Startups and scaling businesses
Investor reporting, cohort analysis and unit economics, prepared properly. When you're fundraising, the quality of your numbers is part of the pitch.
Retail, sales and ecommerce
Multi-channel sales analysis, inventory and margin reporting, and platform data pulled into one view. From Shopify to physical POS, we match analysts who know the tools.
Insurance and finance
Reporting for regulated environments where the numbers get scrutinised. Analysts who understand accuracy, auditability and the reporting standards the sector expects.
Transportation and logistics
Route, fleet and fuel cost analysis, delivery performance tracking and the operational reporting that keeps margins visible in a high-volume business.
Hospitality
Covers, occupancy, spend per head and seasonal demand patterns. Analysts who understand the weekly rhythm and the thin margins behind it.
Technology and SaaS
Subscription metrics, churn, burn rate and cohort reporting, handled by analysts who understand how tech businesses are measured.
Consulting firms
Utilisation, project profitability and pipeline reporting, so partners can see which work is actually worth doing.
Marketing, PR and recruitment agencies
Campaign performance, client profitability and resource allocation reporting across retained and project work.
Charities and non-profits
Grant reporting, restricted fund analysis and impact measurement, prepared to the standards funders and trustees expect.
Health and beauty
Treatment revenue, stock movement and staff performance reporting for salons, clinics and independent practitioners.
Law firms and solicitors
Matter profitability, fee earner utilisation and billing analysis for practices where the numbers rarely get looked at properly.
Sole traders and freelancers
Straightforward reporting on income, costs and profitability for individuals who want to understand their own numbers without building it themselves.
Household and personal finance
Spending analysis, budget tracking and portfolio reporting for high-net-worth individuals and busy professionals.
Tell us what you need and we’ll match you with a pre-vetted freelance business intelligence analyst, ready to start in around 7 days.
How hiring works
From the first conversation with us to your assistant starting – in about a week.
1. Tell us what you need
Share the role, the tasks, and the hours. A quick call is all it takes to get started.
2. We match you with talent
We shortlist pre-vetted BI analysts, the top 14% who pass our screening, and present the best fits for you to choose from.
3. Start in around 7 days
Choose your analyst and start working, under one simple Swiss contract with us.
Businesses we supported with expert remote talent
*A 30-min, no-obligation consultation call.
Ready to find your business intelligence analyst?
Tell us what you need and we’ll match you with a pre-vetted freelance business intelligence analyst, ready to start in around 7 days.
Business intelligence analyst FAQs
The clearest sign is when someone in your team spends days each month assembling reports by hand, or when two departments quote different numbers for the same thing. If decisions are being delayed because nobody can answer a question quickly, or made without the answer at all, that is when an analyst pays for itself. You do not need to be a large business for this to apply. Most companies are sitting on data they have never properly used.
Our business intelligence analysts work on an hourly basis, from CHF 60 to CHF 100 per hour, depending on experience and specialism.
What you spend each month depends entirely on your scope. A one-off dashboard build is a very different brief to ongoing monthly reporting across multiple systems. No recruitment fees, no upfront costs, one rate, one Swiss invoice. See the full pricing guide on our Pricing page.
Our BI analysts cover the full spread of data and reporting work including:
- Building dashboards in Power BI, Tableau and Looker
- Writing SQL queries and extracting data from source systems
- Data modelling, cleaning and warehouse structuring
- Financial, commercial and operational reporting
- KPI definition and performance tracking
- Forecasting and scenario modelling
- Connecting ERP, CRM and finance systems for automated reporting
- Board and investor reporting packs
- Ad hoc analysis to answer specific business questions
Need something specific to your industry or tools? Tell us at briefing and we’ll source for it.
Our analysts are freelance professionals, but your commercial contract is with Houston & Ko, an established Swiss GmbH, so all of your BI support sits under a single, robust Swiss agreement. You deal with us; we handle the legal setup, compliance and invoicing.
As much or as little as you need, from a short project to build a dashboard through to ongoing analyst capacity for an enterprise finance team. Common setups include:
- A one-off project to build reporting properly from scratch
- A few days a month to maintain and extend existing dashboards
- Full-time support during a system migration or reporting overhaul
- Short-term cover for board deadlines, investor reporting or leave gaps
Hourly rates or packages scale up or down at any time, with none of the constraints of a permanent contract.
Our founders work with you directly to define the role, then match you with candidates from our pre-vetted pool, only the 14% who pass full screening. To find the best fit, be clear on:
- The tools you use or want to use (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, SQL, Excel)
- Where your data currently lives (ERP, CRM, accounting software, spreadsheets)
- Whether you need a one-off build or ongoing reporting support
- Any industry-specific requirements, such as regulated reporting or non-profit funder standards
See how our process works → Process page.
Focus on real situations rather than hypotheticals. Good examples include:
- “Walk me through a dashboard you built and what decision it changed.”
- “Tell me about a time the data you were given turned out to be wrong.”
- “How do you decide what belongs on a dashboard and what doesn’t?”
- “How would you approach reporting for a business whose data sits in four different systems?”
- “How do you explain a finding to someone who isn’t technical?”
A short paid trial task, such as building a simple dashboard from a sample dataset, tells you more about their judgement and communication than any CV.
Finding an analyst who fits your business and delivers something useful is trickier than it sounds. Here’s what to look for:
1. Define the question before you define the role. Be specific about what you actually need to know and where the data lives. An analyst who is excellent at commercial reporting may not be the right fit for an operational data engineering problem, and vice versa.
2. Check tool experience against your stack. Practical capability matters more than certifications. Ask which platforms they use daily, how many years on each, and whether they have worked with your source systems.
3. Trial with real work. Give shortlisted candidates a small paid task using genuine data. How they handle messy real-world data reveals far more than an interview.
4. Work with a specialist recruitment partner. If you want to skip the sourcing, screening and trialling process, working with Houston & Ko gives you access to pre-vetted freelance BI talent, placed within 7 days, under a single Swiss contract with no minimum commitment. Contact us today.