Enterprise Data Owner, Team Lead & Senior Business Intelligence (BI) Developer

Enterprise Data Owner, Team Lead & Senior Business Intelligence (BI) Developer

In this role, you will lead the Data & MI team and support Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK’s data transformation from a legacy data warehouse to a modern Microsoft Azure-based data lake architecture. You will combine people leadership, hands-on BI expertise, data ownership and business partnering to improve data governance, reporting and decision-making.

Main Accountabilities

• Lead and develop the Data & MI team across data governance, quality assurance, analysis, Cognos reporting and Power BI development.
• Manage MI team resources, including data quality assurance, data governance, report modelling and development, report development and Cognos reporting.
• Own and continuously improve the data warehouse and data lake environment, including Cognos, SQL-based data warehouse, Power BI, Databricks and the new Microsoft Azure cloud data lake.
• Deliver BI analytics, dashboards and reports for Finance insight, regulatory and risk reporting, and business decision-making.
• Lead migration of reports from the legacy data warehouse to the new data lake and create a suite of Finance dashboards.
• Act as Lead Data Steward by embedding governance standards, improving data quality, supporting user certification and escalating data issues.
• Act as Enterprise Data Owner by shaping the MBFS data vision, tracking data business benefits and influencing future tooling and capability decisions.

Technical Skills and Experience

• Strong Power BI experience, including dashboard design, report development and Power BI Report Builder.
• Strong DAX and SQL capabilities, with knowledge of data models, schemas, reporting structures, stored procedures and integration processes.
• Working knowledge of Databricks, Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Azure data lakes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with Power Automate, Power Pivot, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive.
• Understanding of database management systems, ETL frameworks, BI concepts, reporting governance and data quality principles.
• Cognos experience is advantageous but not essential.

Business Skills and Behaviours

• Customer-focused approach with strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to translate technical data concepts into clear business insight for non-technical audiences.
• Experience in business process improvement, quality assurance or continuous improvement.
• Collaborative working style and the ability to build cooperation across stakeholders, analysts and technical teams.

What’s in it for you?

Benefits include a competitive salary and discretionary bonus structure, colleague car schemes, a pension scheme, a flexible benefit pot, wellbeing resources, flexible working opportunities, and training and development support.

What’s next?

Applications require a current CV and application questions, including current salary information. Applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis and the vacancy may close before the advertised closing date.

Contact

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK Limited
Delaware Drive
MK15 8BA Milton Keynes
Email: Careers@Mercedes-Benz.com