Data Visualisation & BI Reporting Engineer

Join Barclays as a Data Visualisation & BI Reporting Engineer, where you'll support the delivery of data-driven insights through the development and maintenance of dashboards, reports, and visualisations. Working as part of a wider data and reporting team, you'll help transform complex data into clear and meaningful information, enabling stakeholders to make informed business decisions. You will contribute to the creation of reporting solutions using Tableau and Power BI, ensuring data is accurate, reliable, and presented in a user-friendly way. You'll work closely with colleagues across data, technology, and business teams to understand reporting requirements and support continuous improvements in reporting and visualisation capabilities.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Experience developing and maintaining dashboards and reports using Tableau or Power BI, leveraging data from platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, or other enterprise data sources.
• A good understanding of data structures, relationships, and data modelling concepts, including joins, relationships, and data blending.
• Experience supporting Tableau Server or Power BI environments, including data refreshes, scheduling, subscriptions, and monitoring report performance.
• The ability to interpret business requirements and translate them into clear and effective reporting solutions.
• Experience working collaboratively with business stakeholders, analysts, engineers, and product teams to deliver reporting and visualisation outputs.

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Working knowledge of SQL and experience querying relational databases.
• Exposure to Python, PySpark, or data analytics techniques.
• Experience using SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO) or other reporting tools.
• Good communication skills with the ability to explain data and reporting insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing within the team.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The successful candidate can be based in Northampton (Pavilion Drive) or Knutsford (Radbroke Hall).

Purpose of the role

To support the bank's decision-making processes by providing timely, accurate, and insightful information through designing, developing, and maintaining management reports, compelling visualisations and dashboards that effectively communicate key performance indicators (KPIs), data insights and trends across various business units. 

Accountabilities

• Design and development of comprehensive reports and dashboards utilisng best practices in data visualisation principles and design aesthetics to ensure clarity, accuracy, and accessibility.
• Design, development and implementation of automated report generation processes and visualisation methodologies for improved efficiency and timeliness. 
• Identification and analysis of business requirements to define report content and format.
• Maintenance and updating of existing reports and dashboards to reflect changing business needs, including co-ordination of reporting template releases and related administrative tasks.
• Development of robust processes & controls for collating input data, performing exploratory data analysis & data cleansing and seeking signoffs as required. 
• Engagement with stakeholders as needed to ensure up to date data is incorporated into reporting and visualisations. 

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise.
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies/procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex/sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.