Business / Data Analyst in Walsall, West Midlands

Your new role We are looking for an experienced FInance Business / Data Analyst to support a focused piece of work improving visibility across key financial and operational performance measures. This is a short term opportunitty for an initial 4 - 6 weeks.

The role will work closely with Finance and operational stakeholders to define the right KPIs, understand the underlying data, identify data quality issues and translate requirements into a prioritised Power BI delivery backlog.
This is a hands-on role, taking requirements from initial definition through to dashboard development, validation and business handover.
Key Responsibilities
Define and prioritise key metrics across billing, cash collection, debt, revenue leakage and financial impact.
Establish clear KPI definitions, ownership, calculation methodologies and performance targets.
Map KPIs back to the appropriate source systems and underlying data.
Identify and document data gaps, quality issues, inconsistencies and manual dependencies that could impact reporting.
Work with Finance and operational stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and translate these into clear technical deliverables.
Create and manage a prioritised Power BI development backlog, including user requirements and acceptance criteria.
Build and deliver the highest-priority Power BI dashboards and reports.
Validate dashboard outputs with Finance and operational owners to ensure accuracy and stakeholder confidence.
Ensure reporting provides a trusted view of both operational performance and financial value.
Document the solution, KPI definitions and reporting processes.


Skills & ExperienceThe successful candidate will ideally have:Strong hands-on Power BI development experience.
Experience developing dashboards and MI within a Finance, commercial or operational environment.
Good understanding of financial and operational KPIs, particularly around billing, cash collection, debt or revenue.
Experience taking ambiguous business requirements and translating them into clearly defined KPIs and reporting solutions.
Strong data analysis and data mapping skills.
Experience identifying and resolving data quality and reporting issues.
Ability to define requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria for BI development.
Strong stakeholder management skills, particularly when working with Finance and senior operational stakeholders.
Ability to challenge existing metrics and reporting processes where appropriate.
Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of delivery from discovery through to implementation and handover.

This would suit someone who sits between Finance, Business Analysis and Power BI development rather than a pure dashboard developer. They need to be comfortable challenging stakeholders on what they actually need to measure, understanding where the data comes from, and then getting hands-on to build the reporting solution.


What you'll get in return
c£300 per day (Inside IR35)
What you need to do now


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