Manager, Data & BI Practice; m​/f​/d

Position: Manager, Data & BI Practice (m/f/d)
## Manager, Data & BI Practice (m/f/d)
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Posted 17 Days Agojob requisition :
JR100310

The Data & BI team sits within the IT Practice of AURELIUS Water Rise and works across the entire AURELIUS portfolio — industrials, technology & business services, consumer goods — across the UK, Continental Europe, and North America.

This is not a back-office reporting role. You will be embedded directly into portfolio companies during critical transformation phases: post-acquisition carve-outs, ERP migrations, operational turnarounds. You will often be the first analytics hire these businesses have ever had. You’ll build from scratch, work with messy real-world data, and deliver insights that shape Board-level decisions and value creation plans.

The role requires someone who can operate independently, switch contexts fast, and communicate as comfortably with a plant manager as with a PE investment director.
** What you'll do
*** Build operational dashboards and executive reporting from the ground up at newly acquired portfolio companies
* Design scalable data models that connect fragmented source systems (ERP, CRM, production, finance) into coherent analytical views
* Identify KPIs, surface non-obvious patterns, and translate data into actionable insights for leadership
* Develop financial and operational analyses including P&L deep-dives, margin bridges, run-rate models, and forecasting support
* Navigate competing priorities across C-suite, operational teams, and AURELIUS investment professionals
* Frame findings for Board presentations and investor reporting — not just charts, but narrative and recommendation
* Push back professionally when requests are unrealistic, poorly scoped, or misaligned with strategic priorities
* Train and enable local teams to sustain reporting independently after your engagement ends
* Assess and improve data maturity at portfolio companies — from Excel-based reporting to modern BI platforms
* Build ETL/ELT pipelines, clean and reconcile messy post-carve-out data, and establish data quality standards
* Advise on platform and tooling decisions (Power BI, Azure/Fabric, cloud data platforms) appropriate to each company’s scale and maturity
* Use AI tools (LLMs, coding assistants, copilots) to accelerate data exploration, prototyping, and documentation
* Identify and implement automation opportunities — recurring reports, data validation, extract pipelines — that reduce manual effort
* Stay current on emerging AI/ML capabilities relevant to analytics and bring a pragmatic view on where they add genuine value vs. hype
** What you'll need
*** 5+ years in BI/analytics roles with meaningful Power BI experience (data modelling, DAX, Power Query)
* SQL proficiency — comfortable writing queries against relational databases, not just drag-and-drop
* Strong financial literacy — you can read a P&L, understand margin structures, and spot when numbers don’t reconcile
* Experience working with ERP data (SAP, Dynamics, Oracle, or similar) and understanding how transactional systems map to analytical models
* Proven ability to work autonomously in ambiguous environments — you don’t wait for a requirements document; you figure out what matters
* Excellent communication skills — you can present to a Board, write a concise stakeholder email, and explain a data model to a non-technical audience
* Willingness to travel to portfolio company sites across Europe (and occasionally North America) for on-site engagements
** Nice to have
*** Python for data analysis, automation, or pipeline development
* Experience with cloud data platforms (Azure, Fabric, Databricks, or similar)
* Background in PE, consulting, or transformation environments where you’ve had to build analytics capability from zero
* Exposure to manufacturing, industrial, or retail operational data
* Active use of AI/LLM tools in your analytical workflow — not as a gimmick, but as a genuine productivity multiplier
* German language skills (many portfolio companies are DACH-based)### Why work here?

If you're ready to take responsibility, challenge the status quo, and grow within a supportive yet high-performing culture — AURELIUS is the place for you.### Get In Touch Do you have further questions? Submit your request here and we'll get in touch with you.### About UsAt AURELIUS, you'll find more than just a job — you'll become part of a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment where your ideas and impact truly matter.

Our culture is built on a hands-on, pragmatic mindset that values initiative, ownership and teamwork. We look for individuals who think like entrepreneurs and thrive as part of a dynamic team.
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