Solutions Developer (BI) Director of Programme Operations

ROLE PURPOSE:
Working with members of the global IT team, the role holder will be responsible for building, implementing and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) solutions within the organisation. This role will partner with business stakeholders in order to understand their analytic requirements, and implement and maintain BI solutions to meet these needs, utilising best practices. The role requires experience in adapting existing solutions as well as creating new solutions.
Contract Duration: Open Ended
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Provide the organisation with accurate and timely BI solutions based on requirements gathered through business partnering activities
Maintain and support existing BI solutions
Proactively source new and innovative solutions that provide clear business value and construct ‘proof of concepts’ to demonstrate the new solutions
Proactively identify any technical project risks/issues related to BI
Estimate and deliver BI project tasks to agreed prioritisation and timeframes
Support the IT Service Delivery team with the BI reporting environment
Assist management in designing, agreeing, implementing and managing changes to the BI environment

QUALIFICATIONS
Computing degree – BSc, BA or equivalent experience
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Experience of working with SQL Server databases, including creating & modifying T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, triggers, writing ad-hoc queries and dynamic SQL
Experience of working closely with non-technical staff, demonstrating an ability to translate and negotiate non-technical requirements into a detailed technical specification
Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with a proven ability to explain complex technical ideas and problems clearly to non-experts
Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and strong problem solving skills
Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally
Keen to learn new technologies, especially in BI

Desirable:

Experience of working with Microsoft’s BI technology stack SSIS, SSRS and/or SSAS (tabular and multidimensional models)
Experience working with BI presentation tools (e.g. Excel, Power Pivot, Power View and Power BI)
Experience working with BI reporting in SharePoint
Experience working with finance systems
Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
Experience of working within an agile project delivery environment and with offshore project team members
Experience working with JIRA
Maintain accurate technical documentation

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