Power BI Developer - F&O

JR United Kingdom; Chester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the testing and certification sector seeks a proactive Power BI Developer. This role involves creating meaningful financial reports, optimizing data visualizations, and collaborating with finance teams to deliver insights while ensuring the integrity of financial data across platforms.

Qualifications

• Several years delivering Power BI solutions with D365 data sources.
• Strong understanding of financial principles and reporting needs.
• Excellent verbal communication skills for collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Collaborate with finance stakeholders to transform requirements into data models.
• Ensure data accuracy and document BI solutions.

Skills

Power BI

DAX

Power Query

data modeling

financial principles

communication

Azure Data Lake

Job description

Element has an exciting opportunity for a proactive and detail-oriented Power BI Developer. You will need strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of finance processes, and a passion for transforming complex data into clear insights using Power BI.

This role involves working within the Enterprise Integration and Reporting team, alongside the Finance team and other business areas. The primary goal is to deliver accurate, timely, and insightful financial reports through Power BI, mainly using Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards that meet finance needs.
• Collaborate with finance stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and translate them into data models and visualizations.
• Connect to, transform, and model data from D365 Finance and Operations and other systems.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across reports.
• Assist in governing and documenting BI solutions, including data dictionaries and report inventories.
• Support the deployment of new Power BI features and train users as needed.
• Work with IT Systems and Finance teams on data improvement and performance optimization initiatives.

Skills / Qualifications

Required knowledge and skills:

• Strong understanding of Power BI, DAX, Power Query, and data modeling best practices.
• Experience with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, especially its finance modules and data structures.
• Good grasp of financial principles, terminology, and reporting needs.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration.
• Familiarity with Azure Data Lake, Synapse, or similar tools (preferred but not essential).

Experience needed:

• Several years of delivering Power BI solutions, with hands-on experience with D365 Finance and Operations data sources.
• Proven ability to create impactful, user-friendly reports for non-technical audiences.

Company Overview

Element is a rapidly growing testing, inspection, and certification business with over 9,000 employees across 270 sites in 30 countries. Our purpose is to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

We support customers in ensuring their products, materials, and services are safe, compliant, and fit for purpose, from R&D to production. Our global network of scientists, engineers, and technologists helps achieve quality assurance, sustainability, and market access.

Despite our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower career growth and reward excellence and integrity.

Our work impacts industries worldwide, playing a vital role in creating a safer world.