Description:
A humble Government Department, North of the CBD are seeking a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst to join their Operational Business Intelligence and Planning Unit. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and maintenance of business intelligence systems, providing quality and timely data analysis to support operational decision making. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, has a strong understanding Cognos. The ideal candidate will have experience upgrading from Cognos 10 to 11.
What You'll Do
- Provide expert advice on business intelligence solutions to inform ongoing development
- Undertake ongoing development, maintenance, and enhancement activities to optimise business intelligence systems and processes
- Develop business intelligence tools including visualisations, dashboards, and suites of standard reports
- Actively participate in the identification and management of risks and issues regarding business intelligence solutions
- Design, develop, test, and release complex data extracts from large datasets using Structured Query Language (SQL) within Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle database technologies
- Any experience with process improvement with ETL will be highly regarded.
- Analyse, interpret and transform complex data extracts into meaningful information to support operational performance reporting and decision making
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
What You Bring
- High level knowledge and experience in operating a multi-tier business intelligence platform using enterprise level tools
- Cognos 10 or 11 experience is crucial to succeed in this role
- Ability to develop, coordinate and implement complex data design, collection, interpretation, analysis and practical reporting solutions using business intelligence systems
- High level conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong research, negotiation, consultation, and communication skills
- Reliability in meeting deadlines and commitments with the ability to set realistic goals
- Ability to work effectively both autonomously and in a multi-disciplinary team environment