Business Intelligence / Power BI Analyst (Finance Function)

This leading Retail organization is seeking a Business Intelligence / Power BI Analyst to support the finance function by developing dashboards and Power BI reports for senior management decision-making and automating processes. The primary focus will be turning data from multiple sources into clear, actionable insights for the business using Power BI.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborating with stakeholders to gather and understand business requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals
• Ensuring deliverables are completed to specification and within agreed timelines
• Implementing best practices for data visualisation and report design to enhance user experience and data comprehension
• Create and maintain data models to ensure efficient performance and accurate data representation
• Transform raw data from multiple sources (databases, APIs, Excel, etc.) into meaningful and visually appealing reports
• Optimise Power BI reports and dashboards for performance, ensuring fast load times and responsiveness
• Monitoring and maintaining data quality and integrity across all reports and dashboards
• Conducting regular reviews and updates of Power BI reports and dashboards to ensure they meet evolving business needs
• Support the business with automation and developing workflows through suitable automation platforms
• Work closely with Finance teams to identify reporting, control and process automation opportunities
• Training and supporting end‑users to effectively utilise Power BI and other tools/reports
• Staying updated with the latest Power BI features and automation trends to continuously improve automation and reporting capabilities

Profile

• Proven experience as a BI Developer, Power BI Developer, automation specialist or similar role
• Strong proficiency in Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, and Power Query
• Solid understanding of data modelling concepts, including star schema, relationships, and normalisation
• Experience with DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) for creating complex measures and calculations
• Familiarity with Power BI best practices, security, and sharing capabilities
• Proficient in SQL and experience querying databases (SQL Server, Oracle, etc.)
• Knowledge of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and tools
• Analytical thinker / problem solver
• Keen to learn and understand available tools to support the business with automation
• Proactive in flagging new tools and automation opportunities and willingness to explore opportunities for the business
• Ability to manage time and prioritise workloads based on urgency and importance with minimal supervision
• Willingness to see through complicated issues to resolution
• Structured and detail‑oriented, with a strong focus on data accuracy, reconciliation and auditability
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working with finance teams
• Finance background or prior experience supporting Finance reporting/processes is required; experience in multi‑department environments is a plus
• Experience building and supporting automation solutions is a plus. Keen to develop skills in this area and support the business in moving towards process automation

Job Offer

• Opportunity to work in a newly created role
• Opportunity to lead on reporting capability enhancement with career progression

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