Senior Power BI Developer- London

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Power BI Developer to work for our client within the global consultancy sector. This is initially a 6-12 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in London.

Our client is seeking a a consultant to be responsible for working with stakeholders to identify and define self-service analytics solutions, dashboards and best practice, actionable BI reports. Key to this role is enterprise BI design and collaboration with the client team to ensure design is repeatable, lean, and maintainable across a large organization. The Senior BI Consultant must have a strong fundamental understanding of data warehousing, data modeling and data engineering best practice.

Responsibilities: 

Technical Leadership and Development:

• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of Power BI reports, dashboards, and analytical solutions.
• Build and maintain complex data models, including data warehousing, DAX calculations, and optimized Power BI solutions to support scalable insights.
• Design and implement role-based security models and user access within Power BI to protect sensitive data.
• Maintain and optimize Power BI datasets, reports, and workspace structures for efficient access and management.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams using Databricks to source, clean, and load data, ensuring high data quality and alignment with Power BI requirements.

Data Governance and Quality:

• Collaborate with data governance teams to implement consistent data definitions, naming conventions, and standards across Power BI reports and models.
• Ensure data accuracy and reliability by implementing data validation, error handling, and troubleshooting methodologies.
• Create and maintain documentation on data sources, transformations, and business logic in Power BI to support data literacy and transparency across teams.

Stakeholder Engagement and Support:

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand their data needs, translating business requirements into actionable Power BI solutions.
• Act as the main point of contact for Power BI-related projects, leading workshops, demonstrations, and training sessions to upskill business users.
• Provide end-user support, troubleshooting Power BI-related issues, and continuously seek user feedback to enhance reporting solutions.

Project Management and Team Leadership:

• Oversee and manage a team of Power BI developers and analysts, providing guidance, setting standards, and promoting best practices.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (e.g., data engineering, IT, and business departments) to align Power BI solutions with broader data initiatives.
• Utilize agile methodologies to manage project workflows, ensuring efficient, iterative development cycles, quick issue resolution, and alignment with evolving business needs.

• 5+ years of experience in Power BI development, including data modelling, DAX, and Power Query.
• Strong background in data analysis, SQL, and experience with data warehousing and ETL processes.
• Familiarity with Databricks for data storage, cleansing, and warehousing to support Power BI integration.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale Power BI projects in a corporate or enterprise environment.

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index. 

Diversity and Inclusion  

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.