Senior BI Analyst

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

The BI Analyst is responsible for turning data into information, information into insight and insight into business decisions. Responsibilities include conducting full life-cycle activities to include requirements analysis and design, database development and reporting capabilities, and continuously monitoring performance and quality control plans to identify improvements.

Required Qualifications:

Tertiary degree, diploma or certificate in a related field (BSc Computer Science, B.IT or Informatics related degrees).

Experience and Knowledge:

· 7 + years’ working experience as a BI Reporting Analyst, Database Developer and/or Software Consultant.

· Working Knowledge of Database design and Data analytics (specifically Power BI).

· The ideal candidate must have at least 5 + years’ experience in the following technologies, tools and disciplines:

· Tableau and/or Power BI

· MS SQL

· SSRS, SSIS and SSAS

· Big data: Hive, Pig, Flume, Sqoop, Uzi and Spark.

· Predictive Analytics: Alteryx, Python and R.

· Database Warehousing, data consolidation and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

· Data analysis, design and reporting.

· Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends.

· Develop information communication procedures.

· Prepare analytical reports.

· Update database structures and information.

· Design and develop databases to store information for reporting.

· Document operational procedures.

· Document technical specifications or requirements.

· Provide technical support for software/technology maintenance or use.

· Data mapping and transformation.

· Researching various available technologies.

· Migrating existing client’s deliveries to new Business Intelligence platform.

· Cultivates an ongoing partnership with power users in the business, maintaining knowledge of business operations, strategies, information requirements, and priorities.

· Initiate process changes and enhancements where necessary and see to successful implementation.

· Provide assistance to the Junior Consultants in their learning curve.

Competencies:

· Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

· Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

· Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

· Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

· Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

· Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

· Excellent communication skills: Ability to engage with C-level stakeholders, both verbal and non-verbal and communicate a deep understanding of the business and a broad knowledge of technology and applications.

· Technical Literacy: Possess a high level of technical literacy, which helps them determine how a software solution fits into an organization’s current structure and assists in the development of specifications and requirements.

· Analytical Assessment: A high level of analysis to examine current systems and determine overall project needs and scope.

· Schedule Management: Extensive time management skills to determine development schedules and milestones and ensure that deliverables are completed on time for oneself and your team.

· Team Leadership: To oversee and direct development teams throughout the project development lifecycle, experience with team leadership and motivation is essential

· Ability to translate strategy and strategic objectives into measurable and executable projects

· Experience working on large project(s) incorporating processes and procedures and standards

· Experience working on large project(s) incorporating processes and procedures and standards.

· Creativity, self-confidence, and flexibility.