Senior/Lead BI Analyst - 12 Month FTC

Harnham; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham is recruiting a Business Intelligence & Visualisation Lead in London on a 12-month maternity cover. You will own reporting and visualisation, delivering accurate insights for senior stakeholders and guiding data-driven decisions.

Design, develop and maintain Power BI dashboards, write DAX and SQL, and work with Azure Databricks in an Agile environment. This hands-on role requires strong BI, data analytics experience and effective stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Power BI development experience.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Experience with Azure Databricks.
• Ability to translate business requirements into reporting solutions.
• Experience in Agile / sprint-based delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports.
• Build and support self-service analytics.
• Write DAX and SQL to develop reporting, views and semantic layers.
• Work with Azure Databricks to support BI workloads.
• Maintain data quality, accuracy and consistency across reporting.
• Present insights clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support data governance and GDPR compliance.
• Exploring AI-assisted analytics opportunities to embed into reporting workflows.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

Azure Databricks

Data governance

GDPR

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile delivery

Tools

Jira

Job description

Business Intelligence & Visualisation Lead

Contract: 12-month maternity cover

Location: London / Hybrid Working - 1/2x a month in office

Salary: Up to £60,000 + benefits

I'm currently representing a leading UK organisation that is looking for a Business Intelligence & Visualisation Lead to join its Data & Analytics function on a 12-month maternity cover contract.

This is a hands-on BI role where you'll take ownership of the organisation's reporting and visualisation capability, working closely with senior stakeholders to deliver accurate, user-friendly insights that support business decision-making.

The Role

You'll be responsible for:

• Designing, developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports
• Building and supporting self-service analytics capabilities
• Writing strong DAX and SQL to develop reporting, views and semantic layers
• Working with Azure Databricks to support BI and reporting workloads
• Maintaining and stabilising existing analytical assets
• Ensuring data quality, accuracy and consistency across reporting
• Working within an Agile / sprint-based environment, managing your own workload against a prioritised roadmap
• Working closely with Business Analysts and stakeholders to translate requirements into effective reporting solutions
• Presenting insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Supporting data governance, GDPR compliance and documentation standards
• Exploring opportunities to embed AI-assisted analytics into reporting workflows

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong professional experience within BI, data analytics or reporting
• Hands-on Power BI development experience
• Strong SQL skills
• Experience working with Azure Databricks
• Experience building views and/or semantic layers to support BI reporting
• Experience translating business requirements into clear reporting solutions
• Experience working in an Agile / sprint-based delivery environment
• Understanding of data governance, data quality and GDPR
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of BI delivery

Desirable

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric
• An interest in using AI tools such as Power BI Copilot or Databricks Genie
• Python experience within Databricks
• Experience using Jira
• Public sector, tourism or destination marketing experience