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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Influencing and managing to control the direction of projects and business decisions. Provides actionable, data driven, insights to the business. Contributing and part-owning the Presentation layer of the Data Stack ( BI reports, Presentation Layer, Kimball Models) has a significant impact on the ability of the organisation to access information and insights.Work closely with the organisation to identify opportunities with Business Issues which require reporting or information, translate these into requirements, then working alongside Analytics Engineers to deliver solutions. Performs a hybrid role, combining skills around problem solving and understanding stakeholder’s needs, alongside implementation of Technical Solutions (Modelling, SQL, coding, Databases etc). Is a role model to the rest of the Analytics team, helping to provide direction and guidance when required. Influences the decision making of others to provide best in class service to both the team and the wider organisation.

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

Working with business teams across the University to provide solutions and appropriate reporting which support business requirementsCollecting, reviewing, analysing and interpreting data, and assessing data quality in order to contribute to business planning processesAnalysing and presenting information to inform decision making, bringing together a wide knowledge and experience base of methodologies alongside sector and business knowledgeInterrogating multiple connected and disconnected bespoke business systems across the organisation, pulling information into accessible formats, and presenting recommendations and conclusions in support of business decision makingPresenting and analysing large amounts of data, and developing useful formats and actionable insightsWhere appropriate, simplifying and presenting complex data to a range of audiencesManaging competing priorities to achieve milestones on schedule, providing specialist, professional advice and supportTaking an active and contributing role in assigned projects and advising on their area of expertise Additionally, and when appropriate and directed by the Student and Academic Administration Manger (Reporting), support existing web applications during the interim period of transition from DSAA ownership to Information Services

Professional ExperienceBusiness Intelligence Analyst• Manage end to end activities in support of a Cognos Dashboard with 700+ users across Europe and with over 8,000 unique report runs per quarter.• Work with Business Leaders on new and existing Reporting and Analytics Requirements.• Supporting Senior Management with Ad-hoc requests for Reporting and Analysis involving disparate and complex data sets.• Providing advice and guidance to all levels of the wider Team on Data Quality & Accuracy.• Performing Extract Transform and Load (ETL) activities from multiple Data Sources to build stable and auditable data sets and views for loading into the Reporting Environment.• Expertise in both Relational and Power Cube data.• Creating detail and summary reports using Data Visualisation tools.• Applying GDPR rules and owning Global Privacy Assessments.Technical & Specialized Skills• Microsoft Office• QMF for Workstation• DB Visualiser• SQL• IBM Infosphere DataStage• Cognos Framework Manager• Cognos Transformer• Database Management• Cognos Analytics• Trello• SlackKey Courses and Training• IBM Cognos 8 BI Framework Manager: Design Metadata Models (V8.4).• IBM Cognos 8 BI Report Studio: Author Professional Reports Fundamentals (V8.4) Cognos 8 BI Introduction to Report Authoring CBT.• Project Management Fundamentals PM10BX.• Executing/Controlling & Closing Projects Using PCB and MSP. PM37X.• Defining and Planning Projects Using Microsoft Project. PM41BX.• Leadership in a Project Team Environment. PM11X.• Understanding WWPMM. Project Management Fundamentals.IBM Career History• Business Intelligence Analyst – Enterprise Operations Europe• Sales Operations & Financial Reporting Lead – Global Business Services UK• Management Information Manager - Financial Services Sector UK• Operations Manager - Financial Markets Sector UK• Operations Support Team Leader – Financial Services Sector UK• Business Operations Analyst – Retail Banking Sector