Interim Power BI Finance Manager

Sharp Consultancy; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A finance recruitment specialist is seeking a skilled project accountant for a 12-month project in Harrogate. The role involves enhancing financial reporting and management dashboards using Excel and Power BI. Candidates must be fully qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a track record in financial reporting and experience with D365. This position is hybrid, requiring in-office work 2 days a week starting January 2026. Excellent opportunity to join a successful team.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of improving reporting dashboards using Power BI.
• Experience in financial reporting systems and data governance.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance financial and operational reporting.
• Create management information and dashboards using Power BI.
• Validate the integrity of the Finance Data Lake.
• Coordinate fixes for D365 system issues with IT.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes.

Skills

Financial reporting

Power BI

D365

Excel

Data governance

Technical communication

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

Power BI

D365

Excel

Job description

A hugely successful business in Harrogate seeks a highly skilled project accountant to support them on an interesting 12 month project.

Sitting in the Commercial Finance team, this role is to own the financial reporting system and act as a link between finance and IT……overseeing the design, governance and continuous improvement of the reporting tools, D365 outputs and dashboards.

Some of the key tasks include:

• Develop, maintain and enhance financial and operational reporting across the business (e.g., revenue, margins, utilisation, recurring costs, contract profitability) using Excel or Power BI.
• Own the creation and distribution of management information (MI), dashboards, and KPIs using Power BI tools focusing on both YTD performance but also the full year targets.
• Translate business requirements into technical reporting specification in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Validate the integrity of the Finance Data Lake and reconcile to reported actuals.
• Maintain data governance, user access controls, and process documentation.
• Troubleshoot D365 system issues and coordinate fixes with internal IT teams or external vendors.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and streamline reporting workflows.
• Drive continuous improvement of data flows between operational and finance systems.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, and financial governance standards.

To be considered for this particularly interesting role, you must be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) and be able to demonstrate a successful track record for improving reporting dashboards using Power BI. An understanding of D365 would also be advantageous, as would the ability to explain technical concepts to stakeholders in the wider business.

The client expects someone to work in their fabulous Harrogate office 2 days per week and to be available to start in January 2026. Brilliant opportunity to join a particularly well run business.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e‑mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.