Lead Power BI Developer

Lead Power BI Developer Location:: Lancashire (3-4 days onsite) 3-6 Months Rate: £400-450 per day (Outside IR35) Start Date: ASAP

We are looking for an experienced Lead Power BI Developer for a 6-month interim contract to support a fast-paced retail business in transforming financial data into actionable insights. This role will focus on designing and building finance-focused Power BI dashboards and reports, utilising data extracted from Microsoft Dynamics 365, processed through Azure, and visualised in Power BI.

Key Responsibilities include:

- Designing, developing, and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports tailored to finance and retail business needs.

- Extracting and transforming financial and transactional data from Dynamics 365 via Azure Data Lake, Synapse, or Data Factory as applicable.

- Collaborating with finance and IT teams to understand data requirements and reporting goals.

- Ensuring data models are optimized for performance and scalability.

- Implementing best practices in report design, data governance, and version control.

- Supporting the integration and automation of data pipelines from source systems to Power BI.

- Documenting report logic, data models, and transformations.

Key Skills & Experience Required:

- Proven experience delivering Power BI solutions, ideally within a retail or finance environment.

- Strong understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations data structures.

- Experience with Azure tools such as Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Data Lake, or SQL Databases.

- Solid knowledge of data warehousing concepts and financial reporting.

- Ability to work independently in a contract capacity with minimal supervision.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Applicants for Lead Power BI developer must be UK based and have a samples/portfolio of work in Power BI they can demo during a Teams interview.

No sponsorship will be offered and we can’t work with 3^rd parties/offshore companies.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates