BI Specialist

SUMMARY:
Leading pharmaceutical company is looking for an experience BI Specialist to join their Johannesburg team.

POSITION INFO:
The BI Specialist will offer interactive visualization and advanced analytics capabilities that empower the business to make smarter and real-time decisions.

Duties and responsibilities:

•  PowerBI development: data processing, modelling, transformation and building Visualizations
• ETL Development Using ETL tools and Techniques
• Developing Stored Procedures, views, joins, aggregates, temp tables, etc
• Understanding and implementing data processing techniques
• Understanding and implementing data transformation techniques
• Data Trouble shooting (Source files, Source systems, Databases,Etc)
• Thorough testing of unit and data set groupings is required
• Analyse, design and trouble shoot data, visualizations and ETL packages
• Building reports, dashboards and other visualizations
• Verbally communicate with team members and other stakeholders, present to small groups
• Elicit requirements verbally without the benefit of documentation
• Understand business requirements in BI context and design data models to transform raw data into meaningful insights
• Create dashboards and interactive visual reports using Power BI
• Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) with clear objectives and consistently monitor those
• Analysing data and present data through reports that aid decision-making
• Convert business requirements into technical specifications and decide timeline to accomplish
• Create relationships between data and develop tabular and other multidimensional data models
• Chart creation and data documentation explaining algorithms, parameters, models, and relations
• Design, develop, test, and deploy Power BI scripts and perform detailed analytics
• Perform DAX queries and functions in Power BI
• Analyse current ETL process, define and design new systems
• Data warehouse development and work with SSAS, SSIS, and SSRS
• Redefine and make technical/strategic changes to enhance existing Business Intelligence systems
• Create customized charts and custom calculations as per requirements
• Design, develop and deploy business intelligence solutions as per needs
• Work with users and team members at all levels for performance improvement and suggestions

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics,
• Bachelor’s degree with Mathematics and/or Applied Mathematics
• minimum experience of 2 or 3 years working with BI tools, or any data-specific roles.
• Must have experience in BI tools, have a sound knowledge of database management, SQL querying, data modelling, data warehousing, business intelligence. Experience working ERP solutions would be advantageous.

• Analytical mindset with a problem-solving approach
• MS PowerBI
• ETL
• MS SQL
• Data Processing
• Data Transformation
• Data Analysis
• Testing
• BI Support and Analysis
• Visualizations
• Presentation and Communication
• Verbal Requirements Elicitation
• Database Management
• MS SSIS
• Dax

• Documentation
• Research and Implementation
• C# or similar
• Excel
• Dimensional Modelling
• Stay updated with advancements and best practices in design and development

• Attention to detail,
• Precise, analytical approach to work tasks.
• Working without close supervision.
• Meeting deadlines.
• Ability to interact with business as well as technical teams
• Strong communication and management skills
• Ability to learn and respond quickly to the fast-changing business environment
• Ability to multitask and excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in an agile environment with a focus on continuous improvement
• Self-motivated and eager to learn
• A team player and able to lead and initiate

• They must be able to see the big picture and communicate insights in layman’s terms to everyone in the organization.
• They should be able to drill-down data and visualize data in the best possible way through charts / reports/ dashboards.

• He/she doesn’t have to be an expert in software development, but to meet diversified needs, they must know how to develop a custom BI solution. It is essential to understand technical aspects as well as software development architecture to transform requirements into technical presence.

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