BI Developer

Closing Date 2024/08/22

Reference Number MMH240808-4

Job Title BI Developer

Position Type Permanent

Role Family Business Intelligence

Cluster Momentum Life

Remote Opportunity Some of the time

Location - Country South Africa

Location - Province Gauteng

Location - Town / City Centurion

Introduction

A new opportunity has opened in the Finance and Business Intelligence area within the Momentum Finance division. The position is based at our Centurion Head Office.

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Role Purpose

The BI Developer role will be required to address business queries through the effective and meaningful translation, collection and analysis of raw company data and to communicate these results in order to enhance the decision-making process. The BI Developer will examine and evaluate reporting requirements for various stakeholders across Momentum.

Requirements

Com or B.Sc. degree or other relevant qualification in computer science, data science, Information Systems, Finance, or related field.
Post graduate degree in relevant field would be beneficial.
Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Data Analyst, preferably in a BI or analytics-focused
Microsoft Certification will be an advantage.
Microsoft BI skills. Particularly SSAS tabular model design and implementation, Reporting Services and Integration services
Database design and Warehousing
PowerBI
Power Automate will be an advantage.
Kimball Dimensional Methodology will be an advantage.
Three years relevant experience required
Proficiency in SQL for data querying and manipulation.
Other languages such as Python would be advantageous.
AWS experience would be beneficial
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to derive insights from complex
Experience with BI tools such as Tableau, QlikView, or similar platforms would be
Experience working in an Agile software development environment
Minimum of 6 years relevant experience required

Duties & Responsibilities

The developer will design and create end to end Business intelligence solutions from ETL, SSAS cubes to Powerbi or SSRS reports and dashboards.
The individual will also be responsible for proactively generating and compiling reports based on his or her findings, complete with recommended improvements to- or new requirements for business processes, operational procedures, and their corresponding reporting structures. The developer should therefore be able to interpret the reports that he or she produces.
The developer must work with other technology teams and business analysts where applicable to scope and prioritise development efforts necessary to deliver reporting for various business units
The analysis of reporting requirements as defined by business and documenting the desired solution and/or recommendations. This includes, translation of reporting requirements between business and the technology and tools necessary to deliver on those requirements.
Ensure a high level of quality is achieved by performing constant testing and reviews of reports implemented. This includes doing performance optimisation of existing SQL code, ETL processes or improving solution design.
Interact with existing reporting resources and ensure a single reporting strategy is maintained
Monitor SQL server jobs and interact with other technology teams and database administrators to ensure that reporting continuity is maintained
Participate in the change process to improve efficiency of testing
Formalise communication to ensure reporting on deliverables
Ensure signoff on all reporting deliverables according to business specifications
Report and estimate development timelines
Continually build and enhance knowledge of reporting technologies.
Address current shortcomings and extract greater efficiencies.
Managing own performance and development.
Ensuring effective and consistent service delivery and support to both internal and external clients in line with the Company Values and Treating Customers Fairly Principles.
Living the Momentum values namely: Accountability, Diversity, Excellence, Integrity, Innovation and Teamwork.
Adopt and accept new technology as and when required