Manager BI & Reporting Applications

Federal Signal Openings•Downers Grove, IL

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About The Position

The Manager BI & Reporting Applications leads a blended team of employees and contractors and oversees business intelligence, reporting applications, and related services. The role provides strategic and operational leadership for Microsoft Power BI, including reporting, dashboards, semantic models, workspaces, security, data refresh, deployment, support, and governance. It also owns Power BI, Cetova, Spreadsheet Server, and other assigned reporting or business applications, ensuring they are supported, maintained, and aligned with business needs. The manager establishes reporting standards and governance, promotes governed self-service reporting, and works with ERP, database, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure reliable, appropriately governed access to enterprise data. The role partners with business functions to translate analytical requirements into solutions; prioritizes demand and projects; monitors platform performance and reliability; and coordinates application support, troubleshooting, vendors, consultants, and external service providers. The position also identifies opportunities to automate manual reporting, consolidate solutions, and modernize the application portfolio. It ensures appropriate security, access control, change management, and documentation, while continuously improving reporting processes, technology, architecture, and the organization's ability to make timely, data-driven decisions. Other duties, assignments, and special projects may be assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
10 or more years of progressive experience in enterprise systems, data management, business intelligence, analytics, or information technology.
At least 2 years of leadership experience managing teams, projects, vendors, and enterprise initiatives.
Experience supporting enterprise business functions.
Experience designing, implementing, or supporting Power BI.
Knowledge of ERP systems.
Experience managing enterprise data platforms, reporting architectures, and data integration processes.
Experience working directly with senior business leaders to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
Technical skills in Power BI, DAX, semantic models, and enterprise reporting solutions.
Knowledge of enterprise data architecture and data modeling; business intelligence and analytics platforms; data integration, ETL/ELT, and data warehouse concepts; ERP systems; SQL and relational database technologies; system integration and enterprise application support; and business continuity and disaster recovery concepts.
Leadership and business skills in strategic planning and prioritization, enterprise stakeholder management, cross-functional leadership and influence, budget planning and financial management, vendor and partner management, risk assessment and mitigation, program and portfolio governance, executive communication and presentation, decision-making in complex environments, and change management and organizational alignment.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
Relevant professional certification in Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, data management, project management, or ERP technologies.
Experience with JD Edwards.
Experience leading enterprise reporting, analytics, or data governance programs.
Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or multi-business-unit environments.
Experience overseeing disaster recovery, business continuity, or operational risk initiatives.
Experience managing consulting partners and external service providers.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a blended team of internal employees and external contractors; set priorities, allocate resources, manage workloads, promote cross-training, and ensure knowledge transfer.
Provide strategic and operational leadership for Microsoft Power BI, including reporting, dashboards, semantic models, workspaces, security, data refresh, deployment, support, and governance.
Own Power BI, Cetova, Spreadsheet Server, and other assigned reporting or business applications, ensuring they are supported, maintained, and aligned with business requirements.
Establish standards and best practices for report development, data definitions, access, security, testing, documentation, deployment, and lifecycle management.
Promote governed self-service reporting and reduce redundant and manually maintained reports.
Partner with ERP, database, infrastructure, and other IT teams to provide reliable, governed access to enterprise data.
Partner with Finance, Operations, Manufacturing, Sales, Supply Chain, and other business functions to understand analytical requirements, identify improvements, and recommend reporting solutions.
Manage and prioritize requests for dashboards, reports, data sources, integrations, and application enhancements according to business value, strategic alignment, complexity, and available resources.
Monitor reporting platform performance, data refresh processes, and application availability; coordinate troubleshooting and resolution across application, database, infrastructure, and vendor teams.
Establish support and escalation processes for reporting platforms, including responsibilities for application support, access privileges, onboarding, monitoring, prioritization, implementation, testing, and maintenance.
Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting, consolidate solutions, and transition appropriate requirements toward standardized enterprise platforms.
Manage external consultants, software vendors, and support providers; oversee deliverables, escalations, roadmaps, upgrades, licensing considerations, and knowledge transfer.
Ensure reporting applications follow security, access-control, change-management, and documentation standards in coordination with IT Security and business data owners.
Evaluate reporting processes, technologies, and architecture to improve performance, reliability, usability, and timely, data-driven decisions.
Perform other duties, assignments, and special projects as assigned.