Senior BI Consultant (SSIS,SSRS,SSAS) to £75K London

Location
London
Salary
£50000 - £70000 per annum, Benefits: Excellent Benefits & Bonus
Posted
18 Apr 2015
Closes
16 May 2015
Ref
ES1036
Contact
Joe O'Flynn
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Title:          Senior Technical Consultant - Business Intelligence

This role will provide business intelligence team leadership, expertise, delivery and consulting to a variety of large corporate clients.  Working with a team and reporting to the BI Practice Manager, the Senior Technical Consultant must understand a client’s business problem, architect a viable solution and guide the implementation of that solution within the client’s environment. 

Responsibilities

Client environments will vary in size, industry sector and working arrangements, so the scope of each project will vary. Flexibility of approach is required in carrying out responsibilities, including:

Working with client companies to establish the business need

Scoping the solution by providing a clear, accurate and workable brief and then ensuring this works in practise

Devising and delivering appropriate BI architectures and technical solutions to meet client requirements.

Consulting with the client, providing liaison, ongoing communication, managing client expectations and dealing with client issues

Supporting business development and pre-sales activities including proposal writing

Mentoring and Coaching of more junior members of the team

Experience

A range of experience of delivering Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing technologies including user interfaces, particularly using the Microsoft BI technology stack end -to-end

A proven track record of successful implementation of a number of leading edge technological solutions within large blue-chip client companies preferably across a number of business verticals

A proven ability to develop clear understandings of clients’ needs and the ability to incorporate them into a solution

Experience of consultancy roles in software delivery

Experience in a delivery-orientated IT environment

Proven leadership, mentoring and coaching experience

General Skills & Abilities

Highly self-motivated and goal orientated

The ability to show initiative and lead others to a solution

An intelligent, analytical and pragmatic approach to problem solving

Excellent relationship building skills with clients and colleagues

Experience in executive-level writing, negotiations, and presentations

First class written and verbal communication skills

The enthusiasm and ability to motivate and inspire others, as both a leader and a team player

The ability to effectively prioritise, delegate and deliver in a high-pressure environment

The resilience to approach challenging issues with a positive and fresh outlook

Qualifications and Skills

First Class / Upper Second Class IT-related degree preferred

Microsoft Certified Professional – premium level preferred, i.e. MCITP, MCDBA, MCSD

Essential experience of the following specific technologies: Microsoft SQL Server, Analysis Services, Relational database, Integration Services, Reporting Services, Data mining

Experience in the following is also desirable, but not essential:

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Microsoft .NET development in C#

Other enterprise Relational database technologies, e.g. Oracle, DB2, Ingres, Informix, Sybase etc

Other Multi-Dimensional OLAP database technologies, e.g. Hyperion, Applix TM1 , Oracle Express, Holos, Cognos PowerPlay Transformer Cubes etc

Other Data Warehousing and ETL Tools, e.g. Ab Initio, Microstrategy, Kalido, Informatica, Business Objects Data Integrator etc

Other Analytical and Reporting tools, e.g. Microsoft Office/Excel, Panorama NovaView, Temtec, Cognos PowerPlay, Cognos ReportNet, Business Objects

Experience of Corporate ERP and Accounting systems, e.g. SAP, Siebel, JDE, SUN Accounts etc

Rewards

Structured professional development programme and training scheme

Competitive salary

Annual discretionary performance bonus and other bonus/incentive schemes

Annual pay review

Life Insurance

Company pension scheme

Health insurance

Gym membership

ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE FREE TO WORK IN THE UK FREE FROM THE RESTRICTIONS OF VISA'S AND WORK PERMITS.
Exposed Solutions is acting as an employment agency to this client.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, and we confirm that we will gladly accept applications from persons of any age for this role.