Lead Power BI Consultant (D365 f&o)
Posted Today by Robert Walters
£500 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Blackburn
Summary: The Lead Power BI Consultant (D365 f&o) role involves designing and building finance-focused Power BI dashboards and reports for a retail business. This interim position requires expertise in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Azure tools to transform financial data into actionable insights. The consultant will collaborate with finance and IT teams to optimize data models and ensure effective reporting. The contract is for 6 months with a focus on delivering high-quality Power BI solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports tailored to finance and retail business needs.
- Extract and transform financial and transactional data from Dynamics 365 via Azure Data Lake / Synapse / Data Factory (as applicable).
- Collaborate with finance and IT teams to understand data requirements and reporting goals.
- Ensure data models are optimised for performance and scalability.
- Implement best practices in report design, data governance, and version control.
- Support the integration and automation of data pipelines from source systems to Power BI.
- Document report logic, data models, and transformations.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering Power BI solutions, ideally within a retail or finance environment.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations data structures.
- Experience with Azure tools such as Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Data Lake, or SQL Databases.
- Solid knowledge of data warehousing concepts and financial reporting.
- Ability to work independently in a contract capacity with minimal supervision.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Salary (Rate): 500
City: Blackburn
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT