Senior BI Developer / Senior Data Analyst £60,000-£70,000 Wolverhampton - Hybrid (3 days per week onsite)

I'm hiring a Senior BI Developer / Senior Data Analyst for one of the UK's largest automotive parts businesses, currently investing heavily in data, analytics, and modern reporting capabilities.
This is a brilliant opportunity to join a business going through significant transformation, helping move the organisation from manual reporting and legacy processes towards automated reporting, self-service analytics, and ultimately more advanced analytical capabilities.

The company
A major UK retail and distribution business operating hundreds of branches nationwide and generating hundreds of millions in annual revenue.
Following significant investment and ambitious growth plans, the business is modernising its technology and analytics landscape, having recently migrated to Azure and begun investing heavily in data and reporting capability.
The goal is simple: use data to help become the market-leading provider in the sector.

The role
This is a hybrid role sitting between Business Intelligence Development and Commercial Analytics .

You'll spend time

Building and improving Power BI dashboards
Developing scalable semantic models and reporting datasets
Working with stakeholders to understand business challenges
Delivering actionable insights, not just reports
Helping define reporting standards and best practice
Mentoring more junior members of the team
This is not a pure dashboard-building role. They're looking for someone who can turn data into recommendations and influence business decisions.

What you'll be doing
Business Intelligence & Reporting
Design, develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions.
Build scalable semantic models and reusable datasets.
Improve and automate existing reporting processes.

Data Modelling & Analytics
Develop dimensional models and reporting structures.
Create DAX measures, Power Query transformations, and KPI frameworks.
Analyse commercial and operational performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

Stakeholder Engagement
Work closely with Finance, Sales, Marketing, Commercial, and Operations teams.
Gather requirements and proactively identify reporting gaps.
Present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Help drive adoption of self-service analytics across the business.

Data Platform & Fabric
Support development of the Microsoft Fabric platform.
Contribute to Lakehouse, Warehouse and semantic model design.
Support ETL / ELT processes and data integration improvements.

What they're looking for
Must-haves
5+ years' experience in BI, Data Analytics, or BI Development.
Strong Power BI experience including: DAX, Power Query, Data modelling, Performance optimisation
Strong SQL skills.
Experience designing dimensional data models and semantic layers.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable reporting solutions.

Nice to have
Microsoft Fabric experience.
Azure data platform experience.
Retail, wholesale, distribution, or supply-chain experience.
Experience mentoring or supporting junior analysts.

Why join?
Major investment in analytics and data transformation
Opportunity to shape reporting standards and self-service analytics
Exposure to Microsoft Fabric and modern data platforms
High visibility across the organisation
Significant autonomy and influence
Business-wide appetite for data-led decision-making

Package
£60,000-£70,000
Hybrid working (3 days onsite)
Career progression opportunities
Exposure to enterprise-scale analytics transformation

Interview Process
Initial interview (45 minutes)
SQL assessment
Final face-to-face analytics and stakeholder-focused interview