MI Development Manager

  • Datatech
  • Jul 29, 2025
Full time Accounting

Job Description

Business Intelligence Development Manager
Salary: 60,000- 70,000 DoE
Location: UK Remote working, with occasional travel to the Nottingham or London office
Reference: J12984

Please note - Full unrestricted UK working rights is required. Sponsorship now or in the future is not available

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Intelligence Development Manager to join a leading Financial Services organisation. In this role, you will lead a small team of developers in designing, building, and maintaining both operational and regulatory reporting solutions across the business. This position offers a unique blend of technical expertise, people leadership, and stakeholder engagement, playing a key role in ensuring the delivery of high quality management information in a complex and fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align MI initiatives with business goals.
Align closely to the Business roadmap, in particular Data and Technology, to align strategic goals.
Support and drive the development, maintenance, and delivery of regular reports and dashboards to support strategic decision-making.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Coach and mentor team members on Agile principles, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.
Partner with Product Owners to maintain a well-groomed and prioritized backlog.
Identify and remove impediments to ensure smooth delivery and team productivity.
Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress to stakeholders, including utilisation of governed sign off process.
Take ownership of the team's JIRA board, ensuring accurate and up-to-date tracking of work.
Manage work allocation and ensure balanced team workloads.
Design and implement automated solutions to replace manual reporting processes, improving efficiency and reducing risk.
Ensure alignment with data governance, architecture, and security standards.
Act as a point of escalation for complex MI challenges, data issues, and cross-functional dependencies.
Work closely with the MI Business Partner

Requirements

Strong technical background in MI/reporting development, including advanced SQL and experience with BI tools such as Power BI.
Understanding of data architecture, relational databases, and reporting optimisation techniques.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical solutions into clear business outcomes.
Experience with agile delivery and development methodologies is desirable.
Familiarity with cloud-based data environments is an advantage.

If this role sounds like a great fit for you, don't hesitate, apply today and take the next exciting step in your career!

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