Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TalentFish is seeking a Power BI Report Writer - Finance for a six-month contract supporting the finance leadership of a philanthropic foundation. The role will build accurate, executive-ready reports covering budgets, grant payments, forecasts, and financial performance, while managing data integration, validation, security, documentation, and user training.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the CFO and finance team to define reporting needs and priorities
- Build and enhance Power BI reports covering budgets, actuals, forecasts, grant payments, and variance analysis
- Connect and model data from Workday, the grants management system, and other finance sources
- Reconcile report outputs to source systems and the general ledger to confirm accuracy
- Publish and manage reports in Power BI Service, including scheduled refreshes, row-level security, and access permissions
- Produce clean, executive-level views suitable for leadership and board materials
- Document report logic, data sources, definitions, and refresh schedules
- Train finance users and deliver a complete knowledge transfer before the contract ends
Skills
- 5+ years building reports and dashboards in Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service
- Strong DAX and Power Query (M) skills, with solid data modeling experience (star schema, relationships, time intelligence measures)
- Experience building financial reports such as budget vs. actuals, general ledger analysis, forecasts, and variance reporting
- Hands-on experience reporting from Workday Financials or a comparable ERP
- Working SQL skills for querying, validating, and reconciling data
- Experience delivering reports to CFOs, finance leaders, or boards, with a high bar for accuracy and presentation
- Discretion handling confidential financial data
- This role requires authorization to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship
- Nonprofit, foundation, or grant accounting experience is a strong plus
- Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) is preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits such as health insurance and paid time off
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