Power BI consultant for Dubai and the UAE: fixed-price reporting that runs itself.
For finance and operations leaders who still assemble the month-end pack, the sales report and the board deck by hand. You get one governed data model, dashboards leadership can rely on, and a team trained to run them.
✓ Reporting diagnostic AED 4,950, builds from AED 15,500 See how a quote is built
✓ Quoted before work starts ✓ Remote delivery, 7am–7pm GST, seven days ✓ Or ask a question first
Every engagement is scoped in writing and quoted as a fixed price before any build starts. The reports connect to your finance system, spreadsheets and operational tools, refresh on a schedule, and live in your own Microsoft tenant.
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What we do
Four services, each with its own page. Most engagements start with one and add a second later.
Power BI consulting
Scoping, data modelling and reporting design for finance and operations teams, from the first review to handover.
Read moreDashboard development
Report pages built on a governed model, with KPI definitions written down so two people reading the same number agree on it.
Read moreExcel to Power BI migration
Workbooks that have become the reporting system, moved into a model that refreshes on its own and reconciles to the ledger.
Read moreManaged services
Refresh monitoring, small changes and a named contact after handover, on a monthly arrangement you can stop.
Read moreAlso: Power BI training, Excel reporting automation where the workbook has to stay, Power BI performance optimisation for reports that are slow or no longer believed, and a Power BI developer for Dubai teams who need build capacity rather than a project. Still working out what to ask for? Read CFO dashboard in Power BI or automating board reporting in Power BI.
How an engagement runs
Five steps, in this order, on every engagement. Each one ends with something in writing that you keep whether or not the next step goes ahead.
Review
A short call, no charge, then a look at the reports you assemble today, the systems they come from and who reads them.
Deliverable: a one-page summary of sources, reports and readers, in writing.
Scope and fixed quote
The written scope names the sources, the data model, the report pages and visuals, the users, the security rules, the training and the handover. The quote is set against that scope, and the quote is the price.
Deliverable: scope document and fixed quote, before any build starts.
Build
Model first, visuals second. The data model is reconciled to your source figures before a chart is drawn, so every page is built on numbers that already agree with the ledger. A weekly check-in shows progress in your own workspace.
Deliverable: a reconciled model, then report pages, reviewed weekly.
Handover and training
The workspace is yours from the start; at handover the documentation, the KPI definitions and the refresh schedule are yours as well. Training is run on your reports, not on sample files.
Deliverable: documentation, workspace ownership, recorded training sessions.
Support
Optional. A managed service covers refresh monitoring, small changes and questions, on a monthly arrangement you can end without penalty.
Deliverable: a monthly support arrangement, if you want one.
Cost, timelines and how to choose a Power BI consultant in Dubai
Fixed-price, always: how the number is built, then straight answers to what buyers ask before they hire. There are no day rates and no open-ended invoices.
A short discovery call, no charge
On Teams, with a look at your current reports and systems. No proposal is written on the call.
A written scope
Sources, model, pages and visuals, users, security, training and handover, each listed so there is no argument later about what was included.
A fixed quote against that scope
One number in writing. The quote is the price; there is no hourly or day rate underneath it to drift.
Surprises are handled one way
If we find something worse than expected inside the scope, that is our cost. If you want something outside the scope, we quote it separately before doing it.
Payment stages, written into the scope
The stages and the amount due at each one are set out in the scope document before you sign, so the payment plan is agreed at the same time as the price.
What Oakwood Group charges, in AED
| Option | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| First call | No charge | Which systems the numbers come from, which reports are assembled by hand, and whether Power BI is the right next step. There is no proposal on the call. |
| Reporting diagnostic | AED 4,950, fixed. That is the whole amount. Nothing is added at checkout. | A review of the reports and systems you run today, ending in a written action plan: what is slowing reporting down and what to fix first. |
| Build | From AED 15,500; most in the range AED 15,500 to AED 62,000 | Quoted as a fixed price against a written scope before any work starts. The quote is the price. |
| Power BI licences | Paid to Microsoft | At Microsoft's published rates. We are a reporting practice, not a software reseller. |
| Training | Included in a build | Training that follows one of our builds is included in that build. Standalone workshops are quoted. |
| Managed service | Fixed monthly fee, quoted | Optional, and never a condition of the build. |
How much does a Power BI consultant cost in Dubai?
Oakwood Group's reporting diagnostic is AED 4,950, and a build starts at AED 15,500, with most in the range AED 15,500 to AED 62,000. Where yours lands depends on how many systems the reporting pulls from, how much cleaning the data needs and how many report pages you want, so a build is quoted as a fixed price against a written scope before any work starts, and the quote is the price. Power BI licences are paid to Microsoft directly, at their published rates.
Do you charge an hourly or day rate?
No. Oakwood Group doesn't bill by the hour or the day, and there are no open-ended invoices. The reporting diagnostic is a fixed AED 4,950, and a build starts at AED 15,500, with most in the range AED 15,500 to AED 62,000, quoted as a fixed price against a written scope before any work starts. If we find something worse than expected inside the scope, that is our cost. If you want something outside it, we quote that separately before doing it.
How long does a Power BI project take?
Oakwood Group sets the timeline in the written scope rather than promising one in advance. A single-source build for one department is measured in weeks; a multi-entity finance model is typically a matter of months rather than weeks, and a group build that adds operational systems is phased, finance first and then one system at a time. The phases that most often stretch are access to the source systems and agreeing the KPI definitions, both of which are in your hands rather than ours.
What does the reporting diagnostic include?
Oakwood Group's reporting diagnostic (AED 4,950) is a review of the reports you have now and the systems behind them, ending in a written action plan: what is slowing the reporting down, where the definitions disagree, and what to fix first. You can act on it with or without us. Card payment in AED is not switched on yet, so the diagnostic is booked by enquiry rather than paid for on the site. The fee is unchanged; we confirm a time and how to pay in writing.
What is included in a Power BI build?
Each part of an Oakwood Group build ends in something you keep: a written scope and fixed quote, before any build starts; a KPI dictionary that fixes the definitions; a documented data model reconciled to your source systems; reports published in your own tenant with row-level security tested; and training on your own reports with a handover pack. The Power BI consulting services Dubai page sets out each phase, its inputs and its sign-off.
Who owns the reports?
You do. Everything Oakwood Group builds is in your tenant, your workspaces and your capacity. We do not copy data out of your tenant into systems of our own, and access is through accounts you create and can remove.
Who does the work?
Oakwood Group scopes and manages every engagement. Hands-on build and delivery is carried out with our delivery partner: engagements are delivered in partnership with Roar Data, an Australian Power BI consultancy.
How do I choose a Power BI consultant in Dubai?
Five questions to ask any consultant before you sign:
- Will they give you a fixed price against a written scope before any work starts, rather than a day rate?
- Will the reports be built in your own Microsoft tenant, so you own them if you part ways?
- Will they agree the KPI definitions in writing before they build the dashboards?
- Who exactly builds the reports?
- What do you keep if you stop after the first stage?
You will not find client logos, star ratings or a partner badge on this site: Oakwood Group is a new practice in the UAE.
Built for the systems UAE businesses actually run
The finance system is rarely the only source. Most reporting in the Emirates also has to pull from a warehouse or property system, a payroll file and a set of workbooks.
The standard reporting problem is a group with a mainland LLC and one or more free-zone entities, each on its own ledger with its own chart of accounts, consolidated in Excel at month-end. One governed model maps each entity to a shared account structure, so leadership sees the group, an entity or a branch from the same pages. The model can also reconcile to the VAT return and keep free-zone income separate, covered on the Excel to Power BI migration Dubai page; we are not tax agents, and the reporting is explanatory, not advice.
| System | Where we see it | How it connects |
|---|---|---|
| Tally (TallyPrime) | Trading, contracting and family-owned groups | ODBC or XML export, scheduled refresh |
| Zoho Books | Service businesses and smaller free-zone entities | REST API connector |
| Odoo | Growing SMEs running finance, inventory and sales in one place | PostgreSQL or API |
| SAP Business One | Distribution, manufacturing and multi-branch trading | SQL Server or HANA views |
| Dynamics 365 Business Central | Mid-sized groups on Microsoft 365 | Native connector and OData |
| Oracle NetSuite | Multi-entity and multi-currency groups | SuiteAnalytics or saved-search export |
| Excel and SharePoint | Everyone, for budgets, mappings and the workbooks in between | SharePoint folder connector, refreshed on schedule |
| SQL Server | Custom TMS, WMS and line-of-business databases | Direct query or import, gateway on your network |
And the industry systems: Opera and other hotel PMS, Yardi and MRI for property, WMS and TMS platforms for logistics, and point-of-sale systems for retail. The full list, with the connectors used for each, is on the Power BI in Dubai page.
See a demo dashboard
Two demos you can open now, built the way a client report would be: a model underneath, KPI definitions written down.
Logistics demo
Look for the on-time delivery trend against its target line, shipment volume by lane, and how selecting a period filters every other visual.
Open the logistics demoReal estate demo
Look for occupancy and collections side by side, the drill from portfolio to building to unit, and the period comparison that keeps a Ramadan month honest.
Open the real estate demoIndustries
Four sectors that anchor the Gulf economy, and the first KPI each one usually asks for.
Logistics and supply chain
On-time delivery by lane and customer, with cost per shipment beside it, from your TMS, WMS and customs data.
Read moreReal estate
Occupancy and rent collected against rent due, by building and unit, from Yardi, MRI or the property ledger.
Read moreHospitality
RevPAR and food cost percentage by outlet, from Opera or your PMS and the point-of-sale system.
Read moreRetail and trade
Gross margin and weeks of stock cover by SKU and branch, from your POS, ERP and marketplace seller reports.
Read moreWhat we don't claim
You will not find client logos, star ratings or a partner badge on this site. Oakwood Group is a new practice in the UAE and we would rather show you how we work than borrow proof. What we can show you: our process, our pricing method, demo dashboards built on synthetic data that you can open right now, and the partnership under which the work is delivered.
Delivered in partnership with Roar Data, an Australian Power BI consultancy.
Serving Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and across the Emirates
Dubai is the focus market, and the same engagement runs for businesses in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, Umm Al Quwain and Al Ain. Delivery is remote, with working hours 7am–7pm Gulf Standard Time, seven days.
Questions people ask before booking
Do you work with our existing Power BI licences?
Do you serve Abu Dhabi and Sharjah?
Is the work done remotely?
What does the first call cover?
Quoted before work starts. The quote is the price.
Scoped in writing, quoted as a fixed price against that scope. Anything worse than expected inside the scope is our cost; anything outside it is quoted before it is done.
Start with four questions, not a sales call.
Tell us which systems hold the numbers and which reports are built by hand. A short call, no charge, follows; the written scope and fixed quote follow that.
Or send a question through the contact form →
No proposal on the first call. The scope and quote come in writing afterwards.