Lead Power BI Developer
Posted 7 days ago by Robert Walters
£450 Per day
Outside
Onsite
Lancashire, UK
Summary: The Lead Power BI Developer role involves designing and building finance-focused Power BI dashboards and reports for a retail business, utilizing data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Azure. This is a 3-6 month interim contract requiring on-site presence for 3-4 days a week. The position demands collaboration with finance and IT teams to optimize data models and implement best practices in report design. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in delivering Power BI solutions, particularly in a retail or finance context.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing, developing, and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports tailored to finance and retail business needs.
- Extracting and transforming financial and transactional data from Dynamics 365 via Azure Data Lake, Synapse, or Data Factory as applicable.
- Collaborating with finance and IT teams to understand data requirements and reporting goals.
- Ensuring data models are optimized for performance and scalability.
- Implementing best practices in report design, data governance, and version control.
- Supporting the integration and automation of data pipelines from source systems to Power BI.
- Documenting 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): £450 per day
City: Lancashire
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Lead Power BI Developer
Location: Lancashire (3-4 days onsite)
3-6 Months
Rate: £400-450 per day (Outside IR35)
Start Date: ASAP
We are looking for an experienced Lead Power BI Developer for a 6-month interim contract to support a fast-paced retail business in transforming financial data into actionable insights. This role will focus on designing and building finance-focused Power BI dashboards and reports, utilising data extracted from Microsoft Dynamics 365, processed through Azure, and visualised in Power BI.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Designing, developing, and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports tailored to finance and retail business needs.
- Extracting and transforming financial and transactional data from Dynamics 365 via Azure Data Lake, Synapse, or Data Factory as applicable.
- Collaborating with finance and IT teams to understand data requirements and reporting goals.
- Ensuring data models are optimized for performance and scalability.
- Implementing best practices in report design, data governance, and version control.
- Supporting the integration and automation of data pipelines from source systems to Power BI.
- Documenting report logic, data models, and transformations.
Key Skills & Experience Required:
- 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.
Applicants for Lead Power BI developer must be UK based and have a samples/portfolio of work in Power BI they can demo during a Teams interview.
No sponsorship will be offered and we can't work with 3rd parties/offshore companies.
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