BI Developer (Tableau)

As a BI Developer, you'll be a key member of our Data & Analytics team, shaping how data drives decisions across the business. Your focus will be on building scalable reporting frameworks and ensuring data is used effectively to boost performance, efficiency, and customer value.

A major part of your role will be leading the rollout of Tableau as our primary reporting platform-designing impactful dashboards, championing best-practice visualisation, and embedding a consistent approach to reporting. You'll also have opportunities to work on data modelling, transformation, and maintaining curated datasets in Azure (Data Lake/Synapse), ensuring reliable, well-structured data for analytics.

This is a pivotal role in strengthening our analytical capability and fostering a data-driven culture. You'll act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, driving adoption of Tableau while ensuring data integrity, automation, and innovation remain at the heart of everything we do.

What You'll Be Doing:

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Design and maintain impactful dashboards and reports in Tableau that deliver actionable insights.
• Analyse performance data to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Turn complex datasets into clear, compelling stories for senior stakeholders.
• Govern Tableau content by managing certified data sources, design standards, and permissions.
• Champion best practices in data visualisation and storytelling using Tableau and Power BI.

Data Quality & Governance

• Help design and maintain semantic models and curated datasets used across the business.
• Promote data governance standards and ensure compliance within the data team.
• Proactively identify and resolve data quality issues to maintain trust in reporting.

Process Improvement & Innovation

• Recommend and implement improvements to analytical workflows and processes.
• Automate recurring reports to free up time for deeper insights.
• Stay ahead of emerging trends in analytics, BI platforms, and data technologies.
• Support business users in adopting Tableau through coaching and workshops.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with cross-functional teams to meet data needs and improve data literacy.
• Present findings clearly and persuasively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Act as a trusted advisor, enabling evidence-based decision-making across the organisation.

We're looking for a data-driven problem solver with strong technical skills and a passion for turning insights into impact. Here's what will make you successful in this role:Essential Experience

• 2+ years in a data analyst or similar analytical role.
• Proven ability to build dashboards, visualisations, and reports using Tableau or Power BI.
• Skilled at interpreting complex datasets and presenting insights to non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with relational databases and writing advanced SQL queries.

Desirable Experience

• Exposure to cloud-based data environments (Azure Synapse, Data Lake, AWS, BigQuery).
• Experience automating reporting or analytics workflows (Power Automate, Python, etc.).
• Familiarity with embedded analytics is a plus., * Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Tableau Certified Data Analyst (required).
• Bonus: Microsoft certifications such as PL-300 (Power BI) or DP-900 (Azure Data Fundamentals).

Skills & Knowledge

• Advanced SQL and strong understanding of data modelling concepts.
• Expertise in data visualisation and storytelling for business audiences.
• Solid grasp of data quality, governance, and reporting best practices.
• Bonus: Knowledge of Python, R, or DAX; ETL processes; Dynamics 365; Git or Azure DevOps.

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated and able to work independently with ownership of outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills to engage and influence senior stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with curiosity and a passion for leveraging data to drive change.
• Proactive in identifying opportunities for innovation and efficiency.

• We offer you discounts on everything from groceries and shopping through to holidays, insurance, days out, restaurants and more
• 24/7 employee assistance programme with an easily accessible app!
• Family and friends' discounts on our services & products
• Pension Scheme, up to 4% Company matched
• Free on-site parking

This is an exciting time at the Appello group - we are a company on the move and now is a perfect time to join our team. You'll gain exceptional career opportunities and will be part of a company that is continuing to expand.