Finance Power BI Manager

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General Description:

The Finance Power BI Manager will lead the build-out, governance, and strategic expansion of the firm’s Finance Power BI capability. This role owns Power BI end-to-end—platform strategy, standards, delivery, and adoption—while managing a team of Power BI analysts and partnering closely with internal stakeholders and external vendors. The role is accountable for transitioning the organization from Excel- and table-based reporting to scalable, governed Power BI solutions that support leadership decision-making.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:

Power BI Ownership & Strategy

• Own the Power BI platform end-to-end, including architecture, data modeling approach, performance, security, and governance.
• Define and enforce Power BI standards, best practices, and development patterns (modeling, DAX, visuals, documentation, deployment).
• Serve as the firm’s Power BI subject-matter expert, capable of answering advanced technical and conceptual Power BI questions.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Expand, lead, and develop a team of Power BI analysts.
• Set expectations for technical excellence and guide the team toward mastery of Power BI (DAX, data modeling, performance tuning, calculation groups, deployment pipelines).
• Review and coach on complex models and dashboards to ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability.

Dashboard Delivery & Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner with business stakeholders to translate business questions into effective Power BI solutions.
• Work with an external partner/vendor to co-develop dashboards, ensuring alignment with internal standards and stakeholder needs.

Vendor & Cross-Functional Management

• Manage Power BI-related vendor relationships, including delivery oversight, prioritization, and quality assurance.
• Coordinate with IT, Financial Systems, Finance, and other teams to align data sources, refresh processes, and security models.

Reporting Transformation & Process Design

• Lead the transition from Excel- and table-based reporting to Power BI dashboards and semantic models.
• Establish repeatable processes for intake, prioritization, development, deployment, and ongoing support of Power BI assets.
• Drive adoption by improving usability, consistency, and trust in Power BI reporting.
• Expected to maintain a regular and predictable work schedule and full attention to and engagement in work activities on behalf of the firm during business hours unless otherwise approved or required by applicable law.
• Special projects and duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Proven experience managing and developing Power BI analysts or BI developers.
• Strong understanding of semantic model design, performance optimization, and governance.
• Ability to clearly explain complex Power BI concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to connect business requirements to scalable Power BI solutions.
• Experience managing stakeholders and delivering in a matrixed environment.
• Actively keeps current with Power BI features, releases, and evolving best practices (“lives and breathes Power BI”).
• Experience leading enterprise-scale Power BI implementations.
• Hands-on expertise with Microsoft Fabric and Azure, including how Power BI integrates with modern cloud data architectures.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, or Microsoft 365.

Required Qualifications & Education:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7 years of hands-on Power BI experience, with deep expertise in data modeling, DAX, and enterprise dashboard delivery.
• PL‑300 (Power BI Data Analyst) certification – strongly preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
• Moderate or advanced keyboard usage.

Benefits: Our goal is to promote a work environment in which individuals have access to the resources they need to be their best both professionally and personally, which includes resources that encourage individuals to focus on their health and well-being.

Below are the benefits we offer: comprehensive medical (PPO and HDHPs), dental and vision plans including coverage for domestic partners; life and AD&D insurance; short and long term disability insurance; tax-advantaged accounts for health care expenses, including FSAs and HSAs; FSAs for dependent care; health advocacy services; behavioral health and counseling resources for all family members; 401(k); profit sharing; backup dependent care; senior care planning support; resources for individuals with development disabilities and their caregivers; and paid holidays and other paid time off, including paid leave for new parents.

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