Power BI Developer

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients.  We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications.  We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals. 

About the role: 

As a Power BI Developer, you will work closely with stakeholders to transform reporting requirements into meaningful insights that support business decision-making. You'll take ownership of Power BI solutions from requirements gathering through to development, deployment and ongoing enhancement, ensuring dashboards are accurate, intuitive and deliver real value.

This role combines data modelling, transformation and visualisation, requiring someone who can work confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You'll play an important role in helping organisations make better use of their data by creating scalable, enterprise-grade reporting solutions that are reliable, secure and user-friendly.

As a Power BI Developer, you will:

• Work with stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions
• Advise on dashboard design, KPI development and data visualisation best practice
• Connect Power BI to a variety of data sources and transform data using Power Query
• Design, develop and maintain analytical data models, including star and snowflake schemas
• Develop DAX measures, calculations and business logic to support complex reporting requirements
• Create visually engaging, user-friendly and enterprise-grade dashboards in Power BI
• Manage Power BI workspaces, datasets, permissions and security controls
• Support data governance standards, ensuring reporting solutions are accurate, consistent and compliant with organisational requirements
• Monitor and resolve production issues, including dataset refresh failures, performance concerns and report defects
• Enhance and optimise existing dashboards based on user feedback and evolving business needs
• Collaborate with technical and business teams to identify opportunities for improved reporting and analytics

Requirements

• Proven experience developing and supporting Power BI dashboards within a production environment
• Strong experience using Power Query for data transformation, cleansing and preparation
• Experience developing DAX measures and calculations to support analytical reporting
• Solid understanding of data modelling concepts, including star and snowflake schemas
• Experience managing datasets, workspaces, security and access controls within Power BI Service
• Strong understanding of data visualisation best practice and dashboard usability principles
• Experience working directly with stakeholders to gather requirements and define KPIs
• Understanding of data governance, data quality and reporting standards
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail

Desirable

• Experience working with multiple data sources and data integration processes
• Exposure to data engineering concepts, ETL processes or cloud-based data platforms
• Experience working within large-scale enterprise or regulated environments

Benefits

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.

We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package: 

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth. 
• Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can. 
• A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more…. 

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us. 

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments. 

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