Power BI Analyst - Fixed Term Appointment

QinetiQ; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence technology company in Farnborough seeks an MI Analyst to support the Management Information Services function by creating bespoke reports and dashboards using PowerBI. The ideal candidate will have strong numerical and analytical skills, attention to detail, and extensive experience in data modeling. With hybrid working patterns available, this role offers a competitive salary and a dynamic work environment focused on innovation and collaboration.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discount portal

Qualifications

• Proven industry application of numerical and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated experience delivering management information.
• Hands-on experience with developing data models, reports, and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Create bespoke reports and dashboards using PowerBI.
• Ensure accuracy of data supplied through reports.
• Engage with stakeholders to deliver outputs.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

PowerBI expertise

Data lineage understanding

Tools

PowerBI

MS Fabric

Job description

Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID: SF19200

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a MI Analyst at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role

As an MI Analyst, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary providing support to our Management Information Services function delivering planned or requested activities, creating bespoke reports and dashboards to meet defined requirements.

Day-to-day, you will be part of the core Reporting and Analytics Team, creating reports and dashboards using PowerBI and MS Fabric. You will assemble data models from multiple sources and enrich data for external report users and stakeholders.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Create bespoke reports and dashboards using PowerBI, delivering a high quality and timely output
• Ensure reporting governance and accuracy of all data supplied through bespoke reports
• Engage with a range of stakeholders across multiple disciplines within the business enabling delivery of your own output or in support of team deliverables
• Maintain ownership of several reports and be responsible for the management of reports developed and owned by others in the team
• Give business units and functions an overview of performance and forecasts through single or multiple queries as an aid to management

Essential experience of the MI Analyst:

• Excellent numerical and analytical skills with proven industry application and experience
• Strong attention to detail with a good understanding of data lineage
• Extensive experience using PowerBI (especially within an MS Fabric environment) with experience delivering management information
• Hand on experience with the development and optimisation of data models, reports and dashboards
• Extensive experience using PowerBI (especially within an MS Fabric environment) with experience delivering management information

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 per week based at Farnborough.

• Hybrid working patterns are available.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Farnborough

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.