Company is one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of cement and mineral components in the United States.

PURPOSE 

The Business Intelligence Analyst will be a key member of the Commercial Business Intelligence team. The BI analyst will be responsible for development, implementation, and support of the BI/Reporting solutions and commercial data management efforts. 

MAJOR DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to translate business information needs into well-defined data requirements that will be used to implement the required BI solutions. 

• Work closely with all levels of business audiences to clearly define reporting requirements in support of strategic and tactical decision making. This encompasses the entire BI reporting cycle from standard reports, ad-hoc analysis, to dashboards maintenance. 

• Work closely with data warehouse architect team to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain BI/Reporting solutions according to functional specifications. 

• Work with data architects and business partners to validate rules regarding data integrity and data quality as it relates to the impact on business requirements 

• Define and document the use of BI through user experience/use cases, prototypes and detailed functional requirements for all levels of user audience/knowledge workers 

• Analyze reports and data to identify and articulate trends, outliers, quality issues, and continuously evaluate report validity and suggest improvements. 

• Provide ongoing support to ensure availability and performance of developed reports and dashboards for external and internal users.

MUST HAVES:

• Bachelor's Degree (preferably in Business, MIS, or Computer Science) or equivalent experience 

• 3-5 years total work experience 

• Qlikview experience, specifically in development of the software 

• 3 + years hands-on experience in developing and deploying Enterprise BI / Reporting solutions across multiple application domains and data sources using BI tools such as Microstrategy, Tableau, Qlikview, Cognos, etc. 

• 3 + Technical experience with SQL Server 2005/2008 or Oracle databases 

• 3 + years experience in gathering business intelligence and data/data warehouse requirements working directly with the end user community 

• Excellent communication skills 

• Knowledge of computer tools, financial analysis, economics, accounting, financial theory. 

• Knowledge of SAP

PREFERRED:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to lead a diverse audience through presentations 

• Effective problem solving, collaborative, and analytical skills 

• Project Management Skill an advantage 

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail 

• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines

OTHER SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Experience defining requirements for metrics/scorecards, dashboards, OLAP analysis, ad-hoc, and structured reports for business audiences that have limited exposure to BI capabilities 

• Detailed knowledge of BI Best Practices/Methodologies, relational structures, dimensional data modeling, structured query language (SQL) skills, data warehouse and reporting techniques 

• Ability to facilitate stakeholder interviews and design sessions 

• Knowledge of Data Hygiene, Data Management and Data Processing best practice and regulations. 

• Demonstrable evidence of advanced Excel knowledge, including data handling and manipulation techniques such as lookups and pivots. VBA an advantage

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