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Lyazat Myrzabayeva

@LyazatM

Senior BI Analyst / Team Lead building macroeconomic analytics platforms in Power BI and Qlik Sense

Senior BI Analyst at Halyk Finance, building macroeconomic analytics platforms in Power BI and Qlik Sense.

About

Background in economics, now focused on SQL, data automation, and turning messy business requirements into working data products. Interested in connecting with the DS/ML community in Kazakhstan.

Career

Experience: 4 years

Experience

Power BI Team Lead

Halyk Finance

Kazakhstan-based investment bank and subsidiary of Halyk Bank.

May 2025 — Present

Leads BI work for executives and regulators, owns dashboard metrics, and automated reporting to reduce manual workload by 40x.

• Led BI initiatives for executive-level decision making (C-level, shareholders, regulators) • Owned metric definitions and data logic for Business Activity Index dashboards • Reviewed dashboard logic and DAX measures, ensuring performance and consistency • Reduced manual reporting workload by 40x through automation and optimized data models (Qlik Sense) • Translated macroeconomic and transactional data into clear business insights

BI Data Analyst

Bureau of National Statistics QazStat

Kazakhstan's national statistics agency.

Built Power BI and Qlik Sense dashboards, wrote DAX measures, and worked with stakeholders on dashboard requirements and indicators.

• Developed interactive Power BI and Qlik Sense dashboards to provide actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making processes • Implemented DAX measures to create calculated columns, measures, and calculated tables for complex data analysis and reporting needs • Crafted compelling data visualizations and engaging storytelling to communicate insights effectively to stakeholders and facilitate data-driven decision-making • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify project requirements, agree on indicators and diagrams to make it easier for the user to work on the dashboard

Data Analyst

JSC Workforce Center

Apr 2022

Researched labor market digitalization for a national report and analyzed wages and incomes for a published article.

• Conducted research and wrote a chapter in a national report on the digitalization of the labor market • Conducted a monthly analysis of wages and incomes of the population with the subsequent publication of an article

Senior Award Manager

Nazarbayev University

A research university in Kazakhstan.

Jul 2021 — Oct 2021

Coordinated and monitored scientific grants.

• Coordinator of scientific grants • Grants monitoring

Senior Expert

JSC Center of Trade Policy Development

Jun 2016 — Jun 2021

Conducted research on domestic trade development.

• Conducting researches on the issues of domestic trade development

Education

MSc, Economics

University of Sussex

2014 — 2015

Aspirantura, Economy and public administration

Academy of Public Administration under the President of RK

2006 — 2010

MSc, Economics

East Kazakhstan State University

2002 — 2004

Achievements

Microsoft Vertified: BI Data Analyst

Microsoft · 2022

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Skills

Power BISQLQlik SenseExcelPython