Business Analyst Data Warehousing

Roles and Responsibilities

Business/Data Analysis

• Document high quality data requirements documentation that are approved and accepted by business sponsors


• Work closely with Information Management Architecture, Data Governance and Support to ensure proposed solutions adhere to data governance standards


• Review business requirements as received and provide feedback to ensure completeness and adequacy of the requirements to provide meaningful and accurate estimates for Information Management delivery.

Process Improvement & Strategy

• Understand the internal customers' business processes, identify opportunities and provide effective cost-saving and efficient solutions.


• Understanding business strategy and influencing alignment of Information Management strategy with business strategy.


• Assist the business areas in developing a deeper understanding of Data Management developments in the industry and how to best leverage data technology roadmaps to deliver on business vision.

Estimation Management (under guidance of IM Consulting Lead)

• Be a point of contact for all business forums to assess and advise on new initiatives


• Work with IM management and business stakeholders to ensure business impacts and opportunities from data related changes are well understood and managed appropriately.


• Prepare discovery and delivery t-shirt size and Order of Magnitude (OoM) estimates, as well as distribute to required business stakeholders in a timely manner


• Facilitate regular feature estimates and handover sessions with delivery teams


• Pro-actively communicate / update stakeholders on the progress of their requests


• Report on metrics relating to the number of requests received, approved for funding, and delivered

Stakeholder Management

• Ensuring that stakeholders of the IM function are kept informed of any impacts from scheduled releases or environment changes.


• Pro-actively manage stakeholder expectations


• Facilitating meetings and workshops with Program Managers, Project Managers, Delivery Leads etc

Qualification, Experience and Skills Required

Must Have:

• Hands on and demonstrated skills in defining data requirements and performing analytical activities/report prototyping


• Strong quantitative and analytical skills


• Technical knowledge of Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Reporting technologies and Cloud Solutions


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills


• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, or equivalent experience in a related business

Desirable :

• Experience in business partnering or consulting, utilizing a services orientation and a strong demonstrable customer focus.


• Working experience on a Cloud technology.


• SAS, MicroStrategy and Tableau experience


• ALEX solutions knowledge

Capability

• Service & Delivery Focus - Delivers efficient and high-quality service and solutions


• Communicating and Influencing - Communicates constructively to share information, explore possibilities, and achieve outcomes


• Learning agility - ability and willingness to learn quickly and implement learnings to improve processes and business outcomes


• Innovation - Improves work practices and process through original and fresh ideas to achieve better outcomes


• Excellent communication and planning skills


• Organization skills - ability to multitask and ensure that all tasks are completed to the appropriate deadlines


• Customer focus - keeping the customer at front of mind when developing plans and identifying opportunities


• Problem-solving skills