Report Writer

Posted Mar 30

Job Description

To support the ongoing deployment of its Business Intelligence capability Dentons is looking for an Interim Power BI Report Writer. The PowerBi report writer will join a small team focused on extending the geographic coverage of the current tool, Elite Data Insights, developing new visuals and analysis to support the additional geographies and enhancing the existing suite of dashboards and reports.

This role is a global role and will report to the Global Client Reporting & Analytics Director.

This is a pivotal moment to join the team at Dentons as it delivers on this strategically imperative project to support the provision of global services to our clients and to enable the key Dentons stakeholders to collaborate to ensure our clients get the unique experience they come to Dentons for.

Why Dentons is Different

The legal profession is changing rapidly and Dentons is leading the way in advancing change for the benefit of clients. We are driven to challenge the status quo, delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value to our clients in new and innovative ways. With over 17,000 individuals in more than 179 offices the opportunity is huge.

Dentons continues to receive external awards and recognition, including for our continued international expansion over the last 12 months; for ground-breaking innovation through the development of Nextlaw Labs and Nextlaw Global Referral Network; and for success in advising clients across multiple regions. Dentons is also a leader on the Acritas Global Elite Brand Index and a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner.

Against such rapid growth and change, this role offers the successful individual the chance to play a lead role and make their mark in driving the successful implementation of this global program.

Key Deliverables

  • Delivery of robust, reconciled and performant global and regional dashboards/reports, meeting the specifications provided, and following best practice in terms of using the capabilities of PowerBi.
  • Delivery of self guided analytics to support effective user interaction with the data
  • The provision of ad hoc support to users, facilitating Dentons to become a data driven organisation through having access to timely data that is both reliable and able to be interpreted by senior stakeholders
  • To create insightful, performant, robust and reconciled management dashboards/reports based on existing data from the Azure tabular models and other data sources as required, applying best practice in report design and leveraging the capabilities of PowerBi
  • To create and deploy dashboards/reporting within the global Business Insight architecture, supporting global and regional team members as required
  • To understand and work with the global team to deliver an efficient Business Insight solution
  • To embrace ongoing change and improve both process and quality of deliverables, providing clear explanations as changes are rolled out
  • To work with the technical reporting team to provide reports for data reconciliation through the data transformation process, to ensure that regional and global teams have complete transparency of the data back to source systems
  • To produce formats and templates to support regional teams creating standardised and consistent quality reports for a global audience
  • To contribute reports to a global Marketplace to support the sharing of report templates across the regions
  • To provide ad hoc support for other PowerBi report writers

Key Responsibilities

  • To create insightful, performant, robust and reconciled management dashboards/reports based on existing data from the Azure tabular models and other data sources as required, applying best practice in report design and leveraging the capabilities of PowerBi
  • To create and deploy dashboards/reporting within the global Business Insight architecture, supporting global and regional team members as required
  • To understand and work with the global team to deliver an efficient Business Insight solution
  • To embrace ongoing change and improve both process and quality of deliverables, providing clear explanations as changes are rolled out
  • To work with the technical reporting team to provide reports for data reconciliation through the data transformation process, to ensure that regional and global teams have complete transparency of the data back to source systems
  • To produce formats and templates to support regional teams creating standardised and consistent quality reports for a global audience
  • To contribute reports to a global Marketplace to support the sharing of report templates across the regions
  • To provide ad hoc support for other PowerBi report writers
  • To support the data stewards and wider finance transformation data team with reports and analysis as required for them to ensure that data clean up activity delivers business benefit to support better decision making To create and update such documentation and online tool support text as necessary

About You

Significant experience and a proven track record in/as:

  • The creation of PowerBi dashboards/reports, from a specification of requirements, to include initial QA to ensure dashboards/reports work, reconcile to appropriate data sources and deliver to the statement of requirements.
  • The ability to interpret the business requirements and present data to users to influence the action taken
  • Strong communication skills and the demonstrable ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications
  • Be able to identify and understand multiple stakeholder perspectives and "truths" and bring an open mind to understanding and build on the views of others
  • Working within a global organisation with multiple reporting entities, currencies and languages
  • Creating technical documentation
  • Working with enterprise wide databases, observing global access and security protocols and assisting in the effective management of global master data
  • Working with large reporting data volumes
  • Working with live data connections
  • Strong situational analysis and ability to elicit requirements
  • A team player able to work effectively at all levels of an organization with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus

You will possess:

  • A fastidiousness for accurate, reconciled analysis with the personality to not rest until imbalances are found.
  • Demonstrable and progressive experience in developing visual reports for a variety of audiences for senior management, clients and other business users.
  • A strong sense of effective visual presentations.
  • The ability to visualize how to turn data into insightful graphical based analysis and reports.
  • A strong creative streak o Confidence linking reports to a variety of underlying data source types.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to work with stringent timelines. Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Problem solving skills, supported by high quality data analysis
  • The ability to address problems by gathering relevant information and formulating alternatives which are solutions orientated
  • The ability to be a good team player, able to coordinate tasks and work well with the other team members
  • Strong intellectual rigor and commercial awareness
  • Experience of influencing and engaging stakeholders, including building and managing relationships within a diverse global firm.

Technical Expertise

  • Over 5 years experience in practical PowerBi report development and support
  • Advanced skillset with the Microsoft and associated platforms/tools, including:
  • Working on global projects , accommodating different time zones, building relationships with a diverse range of people
  • Working in a legal/professional services firm
  • Understanding of key finance terminology and reporting requirements
  • Translating business requirements into insightful reports
  • Creating technical documentation
  • Adhering to agreed report presentation standards
  • Business international level of English – both written and oral
  • Highly collaborative. Only team players with a track record of effective collaboration will be considered
  • Strong written communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Self-starter and able to take initiative when/where required
  • Power BI
  • DAX
  • SSRS
  • Other reporting software
  • Understanding of Azure tabular models and Analysis Services
  • Microsoft O365
  • Microsoft DevOps
  • Github

Knowledge of API capabilities

Non-Technical Expertise

Strong experience:

  • Working on global projects , accommodating different time zones, building relationships with a diverse range of people
  • Working in a legal/professional services firm
  • Understanding of key finance terminology and reporting requirements
  • Translating business requirements into insightful reports
  • Creating technical documentation
  • Adhering to agreed report presentation standards
  • Business international level of English – both written and oral
  • Highly collaborative. Only team players with a track record of effective collaboration will be considered
  • Strong written communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Self-starter and able to take initiative when/where required

Applications from current residents in the following countries will be considered: South Africa, Poland

Disclaimer: Please ensure when applying for this role you are legally eligible to work/live in your location. Visa sponsorship or relocation costs will not be provided.

Diversity & Inclusion

Essential to our success as a global law firm is our ability to attract and retain the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Equal Opportunities

Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all.

Reward and Recognition Remuneration and befits package will reflect the successful candidates experience and country where hired.

Applications from individuals directly, should be sent to Global Recruitment Team: bianca.moodley@dentons.com