Job Title: Power BI Developer
Closing Date: 31 August 2026
About us
At Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, our employees are at the heart of our business. Our colleagues provide a range of financial solutions designed around the changing needs of our diverse customers. It doesn’t matter the colour of your skin, the beliefs you value, the people you love or the tattoos you wear, we support you for being you.
Through the doors of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, you will find a passionate team working to support our customers and our colleagues. We ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to learn and develop.
We want to celebrate your individuality, embrace your personality and welcome you into our culture. It’s the differences of our colleagues that enable us to thrive. We believe our backgrounds, skills and cultures contribute to our shared culture and help us deliver outstanding Customer Experience. Inclusion is the driving force behind our ethos.
At MBFS, we are proud to be a Menopause Friendly Accredited Employer, reflecting our ongoing commitment to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace. We offer wellbeing support options and resources for colleagues experiencing menopause and to those who are supporting someone through it.
How you’ll play your part
In this role, you will work directly with finance stakeholders to understand reporting needs, shape requirements, build robust data models and deliver Power BI dashboards that are adopted by the business. Using data from multiple sources, you will create and enhance Power BI reports, semantic models and reusable reporting structures, ensuring outputs are accurate, trusted and well documented. You will also support the migration of legacy Cognos reporting into Power BI, drive user adoption through training and support, and mentor a Data Apprentice while sharing BI development knowledge across the Finance & Management Information community. The role combines technical depth with strong stakeholder engagement, so success will be measured not only by dashboard quality, but also by business value, usability and pace of delivery.
Main Accountabilities
Finance dashboard development and stakeholder delivery:
Partner with Finance & Controlling stakeholders to understand reporting needs and agree clear requirements, definitions and acceptance criteria.
Prioritise dashboard development based on business value, user impact and delivery feasibility.
Design, build, test and deploy Power BI dashboards, reports and semantic models.
Create DAX measures, calculations, KPIs and common data elements that are accurate, reusable and well governed.
Identify and connect to appropriate data sources, including Databricks, SQL, data lake, data warehouse and Excel.
Apply data validation, reconciliation, unit testing and troubleshooting before release.
Create documentation covering data sources, model logic, measures, definitions and usage guidance.
Work with the wider Data & MI team to ensure reporting standards, governance and best practice are followed.
Head Office dashboard adoption and reporting alignment:
Identify existing Head Office Power BI dashboards, data models and schemas that can support UK reporting requirements.
Promote adoption of relevant Head Office solutions to avoid duplication and support consistency across reporting outputs.
Adapt, deploy and explain Head Office reporting where appropriate for UK users.
Provide training, guidance and support to improve dashboard adoption and user confidence.
Cognos migration and legacy report modernisation:
Support the decommissioning of legacy Cognos Data Warehouse reports by identifying reporting needs that should migrate to Power BI.
Rebuild, improve and optimise priority legacy reports using Power BI, modern data sources and improved reporting design.
Work with users to test migrated reports, confirm accuracy and support transition from legacy reporting.
Help reduce manual reporting effort and improve the consistency, reliability and usability of Finance MI.
Mentoring and knowledge sharing:
Mentor and support one Data Apprentice, helping them build confidence in data, reporting and BI development.
Share Power BI knowledge and good practice with analysts and business users across the Finance & MI community.
Act as a trusted point of contact for Power BI dashboard questions, issue resolution and user guidance.
About you
Essential technical skills:
Strong hands-on experience developing Power BI dashboards, reports and semantic models.
Advanced DAX capability, including measures, calculations, KPIs, filter context and performance-aware design.
Experience creating robust data models, relationships, reusable reporting structures and business-friendly reporting layers.
Strong SQL skills for querying, validating and preparing data.
Working knowledge of Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure data lake or similar modern data platform technologies.
Advanced Excel capability, including use of Excel as a reporting input where structured data feeds are not yet available.
Understanding of data quality, reconciliation, testing, documentation and reporting governance.
Awareness of BI best practice, including performance optimisation, dashboard usability and controlled deployment.
Desirable technical skills:
Experience with Power BI Service, workspaces, scheduled refresh, access management and deployment processes.
Knowledge of Power Query, Power Automate, Power Pivot, SharePoint, Teams and OneDrive.
Understanding of data warehouse concepts, dimensional modelling and ETL or ELT frameworks.
Experience with legacy Cognos reporting is beneficial but not essential.
Experience working with finance, performance management, KPI reporting or management information is highly desirable.
Business and behavioural skills:
Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate business questions into reporting requirements.
Ability to explain technical concepts and data insights clearly to non-technical users.
Customer-focused mindset, with a commitment to building dashboards that are useful, trusted and adopted.
Analytical, curious and comfortable challenging unclear requirements or inconsistent data.
Organised and delivery focused, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in an agile environment.
Strong attention to detail and a practical approach to solving reporting and data issues.
Collaborative style, with a willingness to coach colleagues and support wider BI capability.
What’s in it for you?
We’ll offer you a competitive salary and discretionary bonus structure. We also hope you’ll love our products as much as we do, with access to our colleague car schemes. On top of that, you’ll be able to join our pension scheme and you’ll get a flexible benefit pot that can be used to find the benefits that are right for you.
We’re here to support you – we offer access to colleague wellbeing resources, including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and the Inclusion Advocates as well as flexible opportunities to support work life balance. We’ll also encourage your development, with the training and knowledge you need to reach your potential.
Through the doors of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, you’ll find a passionate team working to put our customers first. We know that to keep this team motivated, we need to ensure that everyone has equal opportunity to learn and develop. We celebrate a culture of appreciation and respect, where everyone is valued for who they are. We believe our backgrounds, experiences and cultures contribute to our shared experience and shape who we are and what we do. The diversity of our colleagues reflects the diversity of our customers. This diversity is the driving force behind our ideas.
What’s next?
When you apply, you’ll be asked to complete a short online application where we’ll ask that you include your current CV. You’ll also be asked some application questions, including your current salary information. The Mercedes-Benz recruitment process reflects our obligations under relevant UK legislation. Whilst all applications are carefully considered, we are only able to progress applications from candidates who have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
Please be assured that we’re here to support you throughout the recruitment process and beyond, and reasonable adjustments are available to any candidates who need them. We’re also open to working flexibly and are happy to discuss flexible working options.
As applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date. Early applications are encouraged.
Managing your data
We care about your personal data. The General Data Protection Regulation provides you with more control and by submitting an application to us, we consider this to be an agreement to process your personal data in support of our recruitment and selection process.
Data categories that we process in relation to your application are the ones that you provided as part of the application process. We process your personal data in relation to the application, in accordance with the legal requirements. Recipients of your personal data within our company are the managers of the specialist unit in charge of filling the position and the responsible colleagues from HR.
Your application data is held within our secure application tracking system called Taleo – you’ll be given access to a candidate zone in this system where you can monitor and manage your application and see status updates. We will communicate with you, by email or phone throughout the recruitment process so that we can keep you updated and inform you of your progress through the recruitment process. You can also seek ‘job alerts’ once you are registered in Taleo and it’s possible your details may be returned in searches we conduct for new positions and we may contact you by email to let you know about them. We limit the storage of your data to the necessary period. Contact us at careers@mercedes-benz.com for further information.
If you have any questions about any matter relating to data protection or the personal data that we process about you for the purpose of personnel recruiting, please contact the Chief Officer of Corporate Data Protection for the Mercedes-Benz Group AG at the following address: Mercedes-Benz Group AG, HPC E600, 70546 Stuttgart, data.protection@mercedes-benz.com.
