Business Intelligence Analyst

Business Intelligence Analyst

The Business Intelligence Analyst oversees the ongoing development, operations, and standardization of the enterprise data warehouse and operational data store. This position collaborates with departments to identify, scope, understand, document, and analyze business opportunities and requirements. The Business Intelligence Analyst identifies effective reporting techniques, data sources, risks, constraints, and desired report formats that drive the development and design of BI solutions.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

1. Collaborate with database administrators on the ongoing operations and standardization of enterprise data warehouse and operational data store.
2. Manage administration, configuration, monitoring, performance, maintenance and usability of BI systems.
3. Develop, maintain and manage metadata, reporting, analytics, dashboards, report definitions, data extracts, etc. Designs, codes, tests and document all new or existing BI solutions. Writing complex queries, views and stored procedures.
4. Solve complex data issue using data analyst skills to determine root cause problem for data integrity and data quality issues.
5. Collaborate with departments to identify and scope the business opportunity, to understand, document and analyze business requirements, identify effective reporting techniques, the best data sources, risks and constraints, and desired reporting formats that drive the development and design of BI solution.
6. Maintain a strong understanding of business workflow, processes, and events and how these are captured in transactional systems.
7. Provide guidance and technical support to departments regarding in data analytics, business measures, and reporting.
8. Improve and streamline processes regarding data flow and data quality to improve data accuracy, viability and value.
9. Communicates plans, progress, and issues to management in a timely manner.
10. Analyze, estimate, and fulfill requests for BI solutions.
11. Lead or participate as a team member on organization projects.
12. Willingness to work a flexible schedule to accommodate initiative timelines.
13. Maintain knowledge of current and future techniques and technologies through research, training labs, reading, conferences and experimentation with new technologies in the workplace.
14. Back-up other members of the team as required.
15. Completes required BSA/AML training and other compliance training as assigned.
16. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
17. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and experience: Knowledge of a specialized field (however acquired), such as basic accounting, computer, etc. Equivalent of four years in high school, plus night, trade extension, or correspondence school specialized training, equal to two years of college, plus 3 years related experience and/or training, and 3 years related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Communication skills: Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and policy/procedure manuals; Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane, algebra, solid geometry and trigonometry.

Critical thinking skills: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Software skills required: Advanced: 10-Key, Database Intermediate: Accounting, Alphanumeric Data Entry, Presentation/PowerPoint, Programming Languages, Spreadsheet, Word Processing/Typing

Working conditions: Normal working conditions as found within an office setting, wherein there is controlled temperature and a low noise level, plus a minimum of distractions.

Environmental conditions: The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical activities: The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

Semi-repetitive, low physical. Semi-repetitive type work which requires periods of concentration for varied time cycles as prescribed by the tasks.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, talk or hear; regularly required to sit, reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Additional information:

- Experience must include development of BI solutions (metadata, reporting, analytics, dashboards, report definitions, data extracts, etc) (financial sector preferred) - Advanced level of executing, implementing and supporting BI solutions based upon business requirement, content knowledge and multiple data source types - Experience must include knowledge of SQL (designer, queries)