SoHo Dragon represents an investment bank with offices in Midtown Manhattan that needs to hire a Power BI Developer for long term project based work. This is a hybrid role with 3 - 4 days a week required in the midtown office. 

Summary & Background

Exciting opportunity for a skilled Power BI developer to work alongside the business to improve their reporting capabilities and skills. The client is the Banking Americas division of an investment bank. The candidate will be part of a small Power BI team supporting Banking Americas and will be responsible for the design and development of reports, dashboards and ad-hoc queries. The position calls for someone with business analyst expertise who is enthusiastic about working with business users in a fast-paced environment.

• We are on the hunt for a highly-skilled Power BI developer with strong business sensibilities to help accelerate the pace of business reporting transformation via Power BI
  • During the initial 4-8 months the role would be heavily focused on ad hoc reporting – ensuring that the right data exists in the data warehouse, creating the corresponding data sets in Power BI, developing ad hoc reports based on what the business needs, coaching people to develop their own ad hoc reports
  • Once the internal business team is proficient using the ad hoc tool, emphasis may shift to dashboards and paginated reports
• The successful candidate will be somebody who can work shoulder-to-shoulder with the business (COO team) and leverage Power BI to deliver the kinds of dashboards and ad hoc analytics and work products they need (e.g., using Power BI to package templated business summaries sourced from the data warehouse, CRM)
• In addition to being a strong and experienced developer who can help architect solutions and execute, the successful candidate will be a solutions and action-oriented person who is ready to step-up to accomplish what’s needed in the most efficient way
• Role is hybrid arrangement, with 3-4 days a week required in the midtown Manhattan office

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on Power BI experience, including dashboards, paginated reports and PRBS
• Minimum 3 years of relational and multi-dimensional (OLAP) data modeling Proficiency in the use of SQL, including relational and dimensional database structures, query optimization, specifically with SQL Server
• Strong ability to analyze user requirements, make recommendations and implement solutions
• Minimum of 1 year working directly with business users to address their ad hoc reporting needs via Power BI
• Self-driven and should be able to troubleshoot and provide quick resolutions to issues.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, presentation skills, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritize and execute in a high-pressured environment
• University bachelor degree (Computer Science, Information Systems or Computer Engineering)
• Strong references