BI Reporting Analyst at Softwire, London Area, £450-£500 per day

BI/MI Reporting Analyst - Outside IR35 - Contract

Softwire are seeking a contract BI/MI Reporting Analyst with experience of Power BI and Qlik to join a client project with the Energy & Utilities industry.

This role is primarily focused on understanding, organising and documenting the existing reporting estate rather than developing a new reporting platform.

What you'll do:

• Deliver a full catalogue of a client's existing Power BI and Qlik reports/dashboards, with clearer guidance for managers on which reports suit their roles
• Identify current and potential user groups for management information and reporting
• Review the existing Power BI and Qlik report estate, working with report owners and users to map available reports and dashboards
• Build a structured reporting catalogue covering description, purpose, intended users, ownership and access information for each report
• Spot gaps, overlaps, duplication and inactive/unused reports
• Create curated report lists per user group to help managers identify what's relevant to their responsibilities
• Validate catalogue and curated lists with stakeholders, incorporating feedback
• Produce clear, maintainable documentation, including a recommended approach for keeping the catalogue current post-engagement
• Support the wider delivery team through ceremonies, reviews and stakeholder sessions
• Some travel to the Scotland office (2–3 days at agreed points, expenses covered) preferred

We are looking for experience in the following:

• Power BI and Qlik reporting environments
• Reviewing and cataloguing reports, dashboards and management information
• Working with business stakeholders to understand reporting use, ownership and decision-making needs
• Identifying reporting gaps, duplication, overlap and obsolete content
• Defining user groups and mapping reports to roles or business functions
• Facilitating review and validation sessions with managers and report owners
• Git or other version-control tooling

Experience in the following would also be beneficial:

• SQL Server
• Report governance and lifecycle management
• Data lineage, data cataloguing or metadata management

£450 - £500 per day, outside IR35

Start date ASAP