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# Senior BI Analyst

- **Company:** Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- **Location:** Barnsley, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £42,839.0 - £46,142.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Microsoft Visual Studio, Power BI, SQL Server Reporting Services
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840627787-senior-bi-analyst

## About the Role

* Proactive and analytical with a passion for using data to drive improvement.
 * Substantial experience with data visualisation tools and specialist BI solutions to provide information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 * Significant experience conducting data quality assessment, cleansing and profiling from multiple sources, integrating and transforming data.
 * Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to tailor messages and deliver to diverse audiences.
 * Experience presenting information verbally at meetings, undertaking formal presentations and using modern technologies and digital tools to enhance performance.
 * Strong interpersonal skills, able to build effective relationships across the organisation.
 * A Level 6 qualification (or equivalent experience) in a relevant field., * Basic Criminal Record Check required.
 * Applicants who have lived abroad for 6 months or more in the past 3 years must provide a reasonable account.
 * Applicants must have valid visa or other legal documents; Barnsley Council does not sponsor visas.

## Description

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst - 12-month maternity cover contract. The role will commence 7 September 2026. The position is based in Barnsley Council and involves shaping data-led decision making, leading BI projects, developing visualisations and supporting strategic and operational performance management., * Lead projects with data developers and analysts to extract, integrate and analyse complex data from multiple systems using advanced SQL.

 * Provide advice to senior leaders on strategic and operational performance management, identifying performance insights to inform business decisions and drive improvement.
 * Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements, deliver complex work, gather insights and support new mechanisms to assess impact and measure performance.
 * Develop and present data visualisations and dashboards using Power BI, SSRS, Visual Studio and Excel.
 * Produce high-quality, user-friendly reports and dashboards that display complex information, statutory data and actionable recommendations.
 * Ensure performance management information is timely, robust and used to improve data quality, share insights and strengthen accountability.
 * Enable self-serve capabilities for staff to access data.


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