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Power BI Report Writer
Advert Reference Number: 709
Job Location: Milton Keynes
Closing Date: 6 May 2025
Weekly Working Hours: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
About the Role
The Finance and Business Services function is looking to recruit a Power BI Report Writer to support the Open University’s Finance and Business Services team.
The Power BI Report Writer plays a pivotal role within the Financial Accounting and Systems team, responsible for designing data models to convert raw data to meaningful insights. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with stakeholders across the university to understand their reporting needs and transform finance data into automated reports with the help of Power BI and other reporting tools. The key responsibilities are to develop Power BI reports to provide insights to improve self-service, efficiency and decision making.
This is an exciting and dynamic role that is perfect for someone who is passionate about leveraging Power BI to drive financial insights and contribute to the success of a leading educational institution.
Skills and Experience:
Have knowledge of database fundamentals such as multidimensional database design, relational database design, and more
Be able to:
* quickly shape data into reporting and analytics solutions
* ability to produce professional dashboards and visual interactive reports using Power BI
* analyse data and present it through reports that can help in decision-making
* perform DAX queries and functions in Power BI
* create charts and document data with algorithms, parameters, models, and relations explanations
* use filters and graphs for a better understanding of the data
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
* Collaborate closely with stakeholders across the university to gather requirements and understand reporting needs.
* Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, Finance, CDO and other departments, to align reporting initiatives with organisational objectives.
* Financial analysis skills to gather and interpret requirements from various stakeholders with the ability to bring user reporting requirements to life.
Design and develop interactive and visually appealing reports using Power BI, ensuring data accuracy and relevance.
* Create and maintain data models that support various reporting requirements and integrate data from multiple sources into Power BI.
* Develop clear and meaningful data visualisations that facilitate effective analysis and decision-making.
* Apply best practices in data visualisation to present data in an understandable and insightful manner.
* Ability to carry out data reconciliation activities with ease and accuracy
Ensure data integrity and quality in the reports by validating and verifying data sources, transformations, and calculations.
* Adhere to data governance standards and guidelines to maintain consistent and accurate reporting.
Ability to be flexible and work analytically in a problem-solving environment, address user queries and troubleshoot issues related to reports and dashboards.
* Ability to optimise and troubleshoot the performance of Power BI.
Familiarity with Power BI releases and features roadmap.
* Familiarity with financial reporting processes and standards.
* An experienced Power BI Advocate, with a strong technical understanding of Power BI reporting and planning tools best practices.
* Evidence of writing Power BI reports within a higher education context.
* Relevant certifications in Power BI or related areas are advantageous
* Good Understanding of Power BI data structures, End-to-end dataflow, Power BI predictive capabilities, augmented analytics, forecasting, etc.
* Understanding of SAP Finance Products including S4 Hana, BPC and Payroll as these are core systems within Finance and Business Services function including some knowledge of SAP analytics cloud.
What you get in return
We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.
We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus 8 Bank Holidays and 3 extra Christmas closure days.
How to apply
If you are interested in applying for this position, please click the 'Apply' link above where you will be directed to our Careers webpage.
We may close this job advert earlier than the published closing date where a satisfactory number of applications are received. We would therefore encourage early applications.
The Open University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion which is reflected in our mission to be open to people, places, methods and ideas. We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive environment so that all in our OU community can reach their potential. We recognise that different people bring different perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and culture, and that this difference brings great strength. We strive to recruit, retain and develop the careers of a diverse pool of students and staff, and particularly encourage applications from all underrepresented groups. We also aspire to make The Open University a supportive workplace for all through our policies, services and staff networks.
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