PowerBI Specialist

A global financial services organisation based in Dublin is seeking an experienced Contract Power BI Developer to join a high-profile project starting immediately. This role will play a key part in reviewing, optimising and enhancing a centralised Power BI semantic model used across the organisation.

The successful candidate will bring strong Power BI architecture expertise, with the ability to work independently, provide clear technical recommendations, and follow through with hands-on implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct a detailed review of the centralised Power BI semantic model and provide prioritised recommendations (High / Medium / Low)

• Improve dataset refresh automation, including orchestration with Snowflake workloads

• Analyse and reduce current refresh times (approximately 50 minutes) to improve scalability and performance

• Recommend best practices for CI/CD, deployment, parameterisation and model maintenance

• Optimise data model size and structure while maintaining business logic and usability

• Support the design of a controlled and repeatable release and change management process

• Contribute to Power BI standards, templates, wireframing and overall reporting quality

• Support knowledge sharing and training where required

Required Experience

• Strong experience with Power BI enterprise architecture and semantic models

• Advanced DAX, data modelling and report development skills

• Proven understanding of Kimball star schema design

• Experience delivering user-focused reports with strong data storytelling

• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, regulated environment

Desirable Experience

• Snowflake experience

• Financial services or enterprise-scale environment background

This is a high-impact contract role within a global organisation, suited to a senior Power BI professional who can add value from day one.