Power Query Experts in Hamburg
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Sascha Mondon
Last position:
Senior Director Lab Transformation (CEO Office) at Amedes Group
- Leading the group's transformation program task force on behalf of the CEO and representing the CEO at the sites on operational and transformation executive managerial matters
- Operational & (digital) transformation advisor to the CEO
- Operational stabilisation of the group during a group-wide Operational Excellence and Lean transformation program consisting of process improvement, digitalisation and sourcing consolidation
- Increasing efficiency through automation and AI application in close collaboration with the CIO
- Improvement of the central IT, Finance and HR departments
- Management of the OpEx Teams and advisor to the VP Operational Excellence
- Stakeholder management of shareholders, business entities and employee representatives
Sven Claussen
Last position:
Interim Head of Controlling – Technology Management & Service Engineering at Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG
Controlling business partner for the central department managing complex quality projects in plant operations
Bridging vacancy: Operational leadership of the controlling team in Germany, Spain and India, knowledge transfer and onboarding of the new Head of Controlling
Year-end closing: Calculation and audit-ready documentation of various scenarios for provisions for impending losses and performance obligations
Process improvements: Increasing transparency of the monthly quality cost forecasts, partial automation of provision calculation with PowerQuery/PowerPivot
Gabriele Schilling
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at RS-Analytics GmbH
Ines Venzke
Last position:
Responsible for Sales, Marketing and Financial Controlling at Company for project management, project development and structural engineering consulting
- Responsible for sales, including marketing, and financial controlling.
- Gathered almost six years of experience in project management, project development and structural engineering consulting.
- Applied expertise to support business development and administrative management.
Runhua Peng
Last position:
Lecturer at University of Europe
- Developed and delivered IT/Tech courses, integrating data visualization and analytics tools.
- Enhanced student competencies in data processing and visualization through hands-on projects.
Sadia Khalid
Last position:
Working Student - Data Engineering at Varengold Bank
- Automated manual regulatory reporting processes using Python, streamlining data workflows and reducing overhead.
- Extracted and cleaned unstructured and structured data (including JSON) using Python (pandas), enhancing data accessibility and audit readiness.
- Supported ad-hoc data requests by building custom SQL queries and transforming data using PowerQuery.
Julius Kiwitt
Last position:
Management-Reporting Consultant at FinCrafts GmbH
- Budgeting, planning and forecasting/predictive analytics
- BU, project, sales, production and plant controlling
- Management reporting
- Conducting stakeholder analyses
- Determining provisions for year-end closing
- Conducting internal SAP, SAP BW and Office trainings
- Setting up accounts payable reporting
- ICP management for international subsidiaries
- Site restructuring and closure
- Supporting monthly and annual closing under HGB and IFRS
- Setting up new income statement structures
- Redesigning cost center structure including supporting the required adjustments and trainings
- Documenting and digitizing VAT advance return
- Calculating cash runway and burn rate
- Preparing and processing cash forecasting
- Controlling costs and investments via valued goods receipt and purchase liabilities
- Contributing to the implementation of SAP R/3
- Introducing SAP EC-PCA
- Redesigning an inventor compensation process
- Preparing the implementation of Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Setting up cost object accounting in MS Navision
- Maintaining and cleaning master data in various ERP systems including preparing for export/import
- Supporting due diligence in the context of capital increase
Kai Pohl
Last position:
Microsoft Azure Synapse and Power BI Developer at Consulting company / International insurance brokerage group
- Built a Microsoft Azure Synapse Data Warehouse solution and developed ETL structures for an international insurance brokerage company
- Created tables, views, and pipelines in Azure Synapse
- Developed Power BI reports for controlling and tax reporting (BAB, IER)
- Technology stack: Microsoft Azure Synapse (Synapse SQL, Synapse Pipelines), Microsoft Power BI (semantic data model, reports), Azure DevOps (Boards, Repos)
- Development languages: DAX, M, SQL
Anil Uyanik
Last position:
SAP Basis Consultant (Training) at Igrow Technologies
- SAP Netweaver
- SAP landscape and transport management
- Data migration
- User administration
- Performance monitoring
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Statistics of experts using Power Query
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years (Germany: 15 years)
Position duration
4.4 years (Germany: 3 years)
Positions per freelancer
8 (Germany: 10)
Top business areas
Business Intelligence, Information Technology, Finance
Top industries
Professional Services, Information Technology, Education
Certification focus areas
Accounting, Business Intelligence, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 94%)
Master's degree or higher
57% (Germany: 74%)
Doctorate
14% (Germany: 7%)
Certifications per freelancer
1 (Germany: 2)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
78% (Germany: 95%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Hamburg using Power Query
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Data prep
Power Query is Microsoft’s data preparation layer for Excel, Power BI, and other Microsoft tools. It is used to connect to files, databases, web sources, and cloud services, then clean and reshape data before reporting or analysis.
Common work
- Import and combine CSV, Excel, and folder-based data
- Clean columns, split fields, and standardize formats
- Merge and append tables from multiple sources
- Build refreshable queries for dashboards and reports
Tooling
It sits inside Excel and Power BI, and it uses the M language behind the scenes. Strong specialists know query steps, parameters, custom functions, and how to keep refresh logic stable when source data changes.
When to bring help
Companies bring in freelance expertise when reports break, data sources multiply, or manual cleanup becomes too slow. In Hamburg, this often matters for teams in logistics, trade, finance, and operations that need dependable reporting across local and international data.
Good specialists
A strong Power Query professional writes clear steps, keeps transformations simple, and avoids fragile logic. They understand source schemas, data types, error handling, and how Power Query fits with Power BI, Excel Power Pivot, and downstream models.
What it delivers
Power Query is a fit for repeatable reporting, finance close support, operational tracking, and self-service data shaping. It is also useful when teams need to document data rules and hand work over to business users without manual rework.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Power Query.
Power Query is used to connect to data sources, clean the data, and turn it into a format that reporting tools can use. Teams rely on it for repeatable imports, joins, filtering, reshaping, and refreshable data prep in Excel and Power BI.
Power Query is the transformation layer, not the full reporting tool. It is built into Excel and Power BI, and the steps you create are stored as M code behind the scenes. Power BI focuses on modeling and visualisation, while Power Query focuses on shaping the data first.
A company should bring in Power Query help when data cleaning takes too long, refreshes fail, or multiple source files need to be combined in a stable way. It is also a good idea when business users need reusable queries instead of manual spreadsheet work.
A strong Power Query expert usually knows Excel, Power BI, data modeling basics, and some M language. SQL is often important too, because many projects move between source systems, queries, and reporting layers.
Power Query is often faster for self-service transformation and reporting prep than writing everything in SQL. It is less about heavy server-side pipelines and more about practical data shaping inside Microsoft tools. For larger data engineering work, it often sits alongside SQL and dedicated ETL tooling.
A Power Query specialist can start with a clear list of data sources, sample files, refresh rules, and the final output format. The cleaner the source examples and business rules, the faster the freelancer can build queries that hold up when data changes.
Yes. Power Query work is often done remotely because the main tasks are file review, query design, and testing refresh logic. For Hamburg teams, remote collaboration works well if source access, sample data, and feedback are easy to share.
Look for Power Query specialists who write clear, readable steps and can explain why each transformation exists. Good work is easy to maintain, refreshes reliably, and does not depend on fragile manual fixes. Asking for a short walkthrough of an existing query is a good test.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Power Query in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 886 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Power Query in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 57% hold at least a Master's degree, and 14% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Power Query in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 4.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Power Query in their recent projects are German (100%), English (78%), and French (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Power Query in their recent projects are Professional Services (78%), Information Technology (67%), and Education (56%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Power Query in their recent projects are Business Intelligence (78%), Information Technology (78%), and Finance (67%).
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