Analytics Developer

Metsä Board Sverige Ab; Espoo; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Metsä Group is recruiting an Analytics Developer to design, develop and maintain Power BI solutions that drive data-driven decision making across our organization. The role emphasizes semantic modelling, DAX calculations and high-quality data visualizations.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders and IT professionals to deliver governed analytics assets, optimize performance, and align with Metsä's security and governance standards. This is a permanent, on-site role in Espoo, Finland.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Power BI development, including data models, measures and visuals.
• Experience with semantic modelling, data warehousing concepts and star/snowflake schemas.
• Proficient in writing DAX calculations and creating optimized reports.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain secure, scalable Power BI solutions across the organization.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and IT to transform requirements into governed analytics assets.
• Ensure solutions meet architecture, security, governance and performance standards.

Skills

Power BI

Semantic modelling

DAX

Data visualization

SQL

Azure

Databricks

SAP data sources

Job description

Group Services

Metsä Group is a successful forest industry group with roots in the Finnish forest - Our parent company is a cooperative of over 90,000 forest owners. Metsä Group's Group Services employ some 1,000 professionals in finance, IT, sourcing and logistics, HR, technology, business process development, communications, law, and many other fields. Their task is to support Metsä Group and its Business Areas in implementing their strategy. Our specialists' independent work is supported by a strongly networked workplace community.

We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and different stages of life. Metsä has space and opportunities for many kinds of talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability or other characteristics - Metsä is for all. Read more: metsagroup.com/metsaforall.

This recruitment is carried out anonymously.

Metsä Group is looking for an

ANALYTICS DEVELOPER

to join our Digital & AI function in Espoo, Finland.

What is the job that awaits you?

As an Analytics Developer, you will design, develop and maintain secure, user-friendly and high-performing Power BI solutions that support data-driven decision-making across the organization. You will transform business and analytical requirements into governed and reusable semantic models, reports and dashboards in close cooperation with business stakeholders and IT professionals. You will also play a key role in renewing the way we lead with data and insights by developing key components of AI-driven business intelligence capabilities that make analytics more proactive, conversational and accessible to users.

In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing and maintaining Power BI solutions, including semantic models, DAX calculations, and visualization. You will ensure that the solutions comply with Metsä's architecture, security, governance, user experience and development practices.

You will optimize the performance of semantic models, DAX calculations, reports and data refreshes to ensure high-performing, maintainable and user-friendly analytics solutions. You will also solve technically challenging analytics problems, influence solution design decisions, recommend best-practice implementation approaches and contribute to the development of enterprise-wide Power BI practices. Your responsibilities will also include implementing approved data-access controls, maintaining technical documentation and supporting testing, deployment, release management and the transition of solutions to continuous services.

You will collaborate with Solution Owners, Solution Designers, Data Architects, Data Engineers, business stakeholders, development partners and other Power BI developers. You will also resolve complex Power BI issues, guide, review and approve solutions developed by external partners and contribute to the continuous improvement of our Power BI development practices.

This is a permanent position and you will report to Development Manager, Analytics.

What are we expecting of you?

We are looking for an experienced analytics professional with strong expertise in Power BI development, semantic modelling, DAX and data visualization. You have experience in developing business-critical reporting and analytics solutions and can translate business needs into clear, effective and maintainable analytical solutions.

To succeed in this role, we expect you to have:

• Strong expertise in Power BI development, semantic modelling, DAX and data visualization including dimensional modelling and star schema design
• Good understanding of data preparation, data architecture, information security and analytical requirements.
• Ability to critically evaluate what parts of the solution should be implemented in which layer of the data architecture based on best practices
• Experience in controlled development, testing, deployment and solution lifecycle practices.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and modern productivity solutions to accelerate analytics development, improve code quality, and automate routine tasks.
• Understanding of emerging AI-enabled analytics and business intelligence capabilities, such as conversational analytics, natural-language interaction, automated insight generation or similar intelligent user experiences, is considered an advantage.
• The ability to balance business value, user experience, technical quality, security and performance.
• Good collaboration and communication skills for working with business stakeholders, technical experts and development partners.
• Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of SQL, Azure, Databricks and SAP data sources is considered an advantage.

Most importantly, you are a collaborative and development-oriented professional who is motivated by creating high-quality analytics solutions and continuously improving the way data is used to support business decision-making.

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