Power BI Specialist

Michael Page (UK); City Of London; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in London seeks a Power BI Specialist for a temporary contract of up to 6 months. The role involves designing and refining dashboards focused on financial metrics, collaborating with stakeholders, and requires strong skills in Power BI and DAX. The position offers a competitive daily rate and a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Competitive daily rate

Collaborative working environment

Temporary contract flexibility

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in finance-focused dashboards using Power BI.
• Advanced proficiency with DAX and Power Query.
• Solid understanding of financial reporting concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and refine dashboards focusing on financial metrics.
• Manage full dashboard development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with finance leads to gather requirements.

Skills

DAX

Power BI

Power Query

Financial Reporting

Tools

Unit4

Tagetik

Microsoft Data Links

Job description

• Great opportunity for a Power BI Specialist.
• Contract up to 6 months with a competitive day rate.

About Our Client

A £100million turnover company.

Job Description

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  Design, build, and refine dashboards focusing on profit and loss, margin analysis, cost control, and operational KPIs across the Group.
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  Enhance existing dashboards to integrate with the new Microsoft Data Links repository, replacing scheduled refreshes with live data feeds.
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  Use Power Query (M language) for data ingestion and transformation.
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  Develop advanced DAX measures, including time intelligence calculations, dynamic reporting layers, and calculated tables.
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  Manage the full dashboard development lifecycle, from stakeholder engagement and data modelling to prototyping, visualisation, and deployment.
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  Collaborate with the incoming FP&A Manager, Group Financial Controller, and finance leads across business units to gather requirements and shape outputs.
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  Ensure dashboards are user-friendly, commercially relevant, and actionable for both finance and non-finance users.
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  Work alongside internal ERP and data teams (who manage SQL and connectors) to maintain data consistency with Unit4 and Tagetik systems.
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  Provide ad-hoc support for wider reporting and transformation projects, including benchmarking and Group-level insights.

The Successful Applicant

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  Demonstrated experience in designing finance-focused dashboards using Power BI, preferably in a group or multi-entity setting.
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  Advanced proficiency with Power BI Desktop and Service, including strong skills in DAX (with a focus on time intelligence and business rule modeling) and Power Query / M language.
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  Solid understanding of financial reporting concepts, including profit and loss statements, working capital, margins, KPIs, cost centers, and consolidated reporting.
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  Self-motivated with the ability to take ownership of tasks, manage competing priorities, and deliver results in a dynamic, fast-paced project environment.
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  Familiarity with ERP or financial systems such as Unit4, Tagetik, or Microsoft Data Links is a plus.

What's on Offer

• Competitive daily rate £400-500 per day
• Collaborative and supportive working environment in London.
• Temporary contract offering flexibility