ParentPay
ParentPay
ParentPay is a UK fintech company serving the education sector with digital payment and administration tools for schools. Its platform enables parents and guardians to pay for meals, trips, clubs and other school activities without cash, while helping schools manage meals, strengthen parental engagement and improve financial reporting. Founded in 2002, ParentPay supports more than 11,000 schools and 4 million parents across the UK, combining payments technology with practical software for school operations.

Senior Business Intelligence Developer at ParentPay (Onsite, United Kingdom)

Build Power BI reports, semantic models, and SQL solutions for ParentPay. Provide decision-ready insight for operational, commercial, and strategic priorities.

Description

  • Create and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, and semantic models that support operational, commercial, and strategic decisions.
  • Build data models, relationships, and DAX measures while keeping reporting solutions reliable, secure, scalable, and efficient.
  • Use SQL to explore, diagnose, troubleshoot, and improve complex or poorly documented data environments.
  • Partner with stakeholders to identify business questions, refine requirements, and deliver practical business intelligence solutions.
  • Use visualisation and data storytelling techniques to surface trends, exceptions, context, and priority areas.
  • Independently plan and deliver BI projects or substantial work packages, coordinating priorities, dependencies, testing, risks, and communication.
  • Take ownership of complex issues from investigation to resolution, evaluating practical approaches and escalating when necessary.
  • Help strengthen BI standards, documentation, peer review, knowledge sharing, and team mentoring.

Requirements

  • Advanced Power BI expertise, covering report development, data modelling, DAX, relationships, optimisation, and production reporting support.
  • Strong SQL capability, including writing, debugging, and optimising complex queries.
  • Experience examining data quality, structures, and business logic in unfamiliar or complex environments.
  • Ability to convert complex data into clear, accessible, decision-oriented insight for varied audiences.
  • Demonstrated ability to plan and complete BI, analytics, or data initiatives within agreed timelines.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, including interpreting, clarifying, and constructively challenging requirements.
  • Sound judgement, ownership, and problem-solving skills, with the independence to move work forward confidently.
  • A consistent focus on rigorous testing, clear documentation, knowledge sharing, and ongoing improvement.

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