Job Description
POWER BI DEVELOPER
Up to £50,000 | Leicester (Hybrid) | Finance Team
THE COMPANY
A leading UK organisation investing heavily in modern analytics and building gold standard data infrastructure. Operating at scale with sophisticated finance operations, moving toward self-service reporting and exploring AI/data science initiatives.
THE ROLE
Join the finance team as Power BI Developer, building interactive dashboards for stakeholders across accounts payable, cash accounting, commercial services, and operations. Bridge between technical capabilities and business needs, gathering requirements and creating visual analytics.
The team is adopting modern medallion architecture and exploring data science/AI, offering growth opportunities.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
* Work directly with finance teams to understand reporting needs
* Build interactive, self-service Power BI dashboards
* Design robust data models and write complex DAX measures
* Drive adoption of self-service analytics (currently 60-70% of team handles queries)
* Contribute to gold standard medallion architecture implementation
* Collaborate with SQL engineers and analytics team
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
Essential:
* 1+ years hands-on Power BI experience
* Strong DAX skills (measures, calculated columns, complex calculations)
* SQL knowledge for querying and data structures
* ETL experience and data pipeline understanding
* Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
* Requirements gathering with non-technical stakeholders
* Data storytelling ability
* Self-starter with proactive approach
* Strong interpersonal skills
Desirable:
* PL-300 certification or equivalent
* Finance or retail experience
* Self-service analytics background
* Modern data architecture knowledge
* Mathematics or quantitative degree
TECH STACK
Power BI Desktop & Service, DAX, SQL, ETL tools, modern data architecture (medallion architecture)
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
You're a communicator who loves working with business stakeholders. You're comfortable being the face of analytics to finance teams, translating requirements into Power BI solutions people use.
You bring energy and ideas, technically strong but pragmatic. You're excited about the team's evolution toward new architectures and AI/ML.
WORKING ARRANGEMENT
Location: Leicester
Initial 3 months: 5 days/week onsite for training
Ongoing: 3 days/week office, 2 days remote
WHAT'S ON OFFER
* Salary: Up to £50,000
* Comprehensive benefits
* Career progression as analytics grows
* Exposure to modern data architecture and AI/data science
* Direct business impact
* Collaborative, innovative team
INTERVIEW PROCESS
* Initial conversation (30-45 minutes)
* Technical assessment (onsite, 3 hours) - 2-hour Power BI dashboard build
* Competency interview
* Possible final discussion
Timeline: 2-3 weeks
HOW TO APPLY
Send CV to Mohammed Buhariwala at Harnham
mohammedbuhariwala@harnham.com
+44 20 3854 4777
Keywords: Power BI Developer, BI Developer, DAX, SQL, ETL, Data Visualisation, Finance, Leicester, Hybrid