Power BI & Analytics Team Lead

Dentons; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentons in London seeks a Business Intelligence Team Manager to lead the BI team and modernise reporting and analytics. You will steer technical direction, governance, and delivery of trusted financial and operational reporting on a governance-focused Fabric/Power BI platform.

The role combines people leadership, business analysis and service ownership, directing efforts after the new Practice Management System implementation to maximise its value and ensure timely, accurate information for

Qualifications

• Significant experience within Finance, IT or professional‑services BI environments.
• Strong hands‑on Power BI expertise, including data modelling, DAX and Power Query.
• Practical experience with Microsoft Fabric or a comparable modern Microsoft data platform, with the ability to provide credible technical leadership.
• Experience leading, mentoring or providing technical direction to BI/reporting professionals.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing, ETL/ELT, semantic modelling and enterprise reporting concepts.
• Proven experience delivering and supporting business‑critical, enterprise‑level reporting solutions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, translate business requirements into effective solutions and work with senior stakeholders and vendors.
• Strong analytical, organisational, documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Power BI developers and reporting analysts, creating clear accountability for delivery and quality.
• Manage team workload, priorities and resources across project delivery, continuous improvement and business‑critical reporting support.
• Provide technical leadership and act as the senior escalation point for Power BI, reporting and analytics issues.
• Build strong relationships with Finance, HR, Risk, Practice Groups and other business stakeholders, translating requirements into practical BI solutions.
• Work effectively with data architects, technology teams, vendors and other specialists across the firm.
• Own and maintain the BI delivery roadmap, prioritising initiatives with stakeholders to shape the BI architecture.
• Provide technical direction for scalable Fabric/SQL‑based data models and integration of data from Elite 3E, global EDB and other applications.
• Promote robust development lifecycle practices across Development, UAT and Production environments.
• Improve monitoring, performance and reliability across the BI platform and reporting estate.
• Identify opportunities for automation, self‑service analytics and AI‑assisted analytics.

Skills

Power BI

Data modeling

Leadership

DAX

SQL

Analytics

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

SSRS

Power BI Desktop

Job description

Dentons in London seeks a Business Intelligence Team Manager to lead the BI team and modernise reporting and analytics. You will steer technical direction, governance, and delivery of trusted financial and operational reporting on a governance-focused Fabric/Power BI platform.

The role combines people leadership, business analysis and service ownership, directing efforts after the new Practice Management System implementation to maximise its value and ensure timely, accurate information for