Job Description

Senior Power BI Developer in City of London, London

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Location

City of London, London

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Senior Power BI Developer

Full Time

Permanent

Hybrid (1-2 days per week in London or Portsmouth offices)

£50 - 65K basic + benefits

Reporting to:

Head of Data and Analytics

Are you an experienced Senior Power BI Developer looking for a new challenge?

Do you have a background in Power BI development and reporting over the last 5yrs, along with SQL, DAX + Power Query experience and ETL/ELT tools inc SSIS or Azure Data Factory in an MSP environment?

Here at ARM we are recruiting for a full time permanent Senior Power BI Developer for a global IT services and consultancy client of ours.

Our client:

They're a leading business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and they undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Their advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.

Responsible for:

Designing, developing, and optimising Power BI dashboards and reports to provide business insights. Working closely with stakeholders to understand data needs, integrate data sources, and build robust BI solutions that support decision-making

Scope:

The focus of this role is to work with key business stakeholders within IT, and across the business to implement Power BI solutions and a CoE (Community of Excellence). This role will initially be focused on the processes within Finance, Lead to Cash and Hire to Retire.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain interactive Power BI reports and dashboards.
Implement DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) for complex calculations and measures.
Create visually appealing, user-friendly data visualizations for business users
Develop data models in Power BI using Power Query (M language).
Optimise data transformations, relationships, and performance tuning
Connect Power BI with Azure Synapse, and APIs.
Write advanced SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and aggregation.
Work with Stored Procedures, Views, and Query Optimisation
Optimize Power BI report performance (reducing load times, improving DAX efficiency).
Ensure data governance, compliance, and security best practices are followed
Work closely with business analysts, data engineers, and stakeholders to define reporting needs.
Present insights and recommendations based on Power BI dashboards.
Provide Power BI training and best practices to business users and junior developers
Work with Power Automate and Power Apps for process automation.

Qualifications:

Essential-

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field
5yrs+ of experience in Power BI development and BI reporting
Practical experience of leading the set up a Centre/Community of Excellence and promoting localised self-serve reporting with Power BI
Strong expertise in DAX, Power Query, and SQL
Experience with ETL/ELT tools, Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory or SSIS
Experience in building complex dashboards and performance tuning
Good understanding of data modelling, governance, and security
Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail and the ability to troubleshoot complex data issues.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work across teams to deliver solutions that meet business needs.

Desirable:

Experience of working within an international IT Managed Services company
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203)

Some of the benefits include:

Healthcare and dental insurance
Company pension is matched up to 5%
25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays and the option to purchase 5 extra days
Life assurance - 4 x annual salary
Cycle to work scheme
Client prioritises internal development opportunities and offer access to our Udemy training platform with over 5000 training courses

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.