Senior BI Analyst

Tirlán; Kilkenny; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Free parking

On-site gym

Parenting room

Work-life balance

Career progression

Job summary

Tirlán in Kilkenny is seeking a Senior BI Analyst to transform data into actionable insights that support strategic decisions and operational efficiency. You will work with SAP BW, Datasphere BO and SAC to deliver dashboards and data models in a collaborative IT team.

You'll engage with stakeholders to refine requirements, develop robust data solutions, and drive data literacy across the business, enabling better KPI tracking and decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in developing reporting solutions using SAP BW, Datasphere BO and SAC.
• Expertise in SAP BW, SAP BO Analysis for Excel and SAP SAC.
• Ability to collaborate and develop functional designs for solutions across multiple data areas, delivering business intelligence capabilities (eg: COPA, MM, IM, C4C, AR, AP, Product Costing etc).
• S4 Hana Embedded Analytics (CDS view) experience.
• Proficiency in data modelling techniques and tools, ETL processes, and performance tuning.
• Experience in designing and delivering high quality data visuals.
• Experience of leveraging SAP Datasphere in technical architecture of solutions would be an advantage.
• Ability to take complex business processes and data and document into understandable artifacts.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.
• Proactive, self-starter with excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Strong team player with a growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with business stakeholders to gather, document and refine requirements for reporting solutions, demonstrating an understanding of the business problem and the business data for the particular area in question.
• Develop and maintain data models, queries, and dashboards. Craft and develop queries upon request for data, create visualizations and reports to present information
• Optimize data flows and performance of BI reports
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and governance across BI platforms
• Complete the development of SAP BW, Datasphere BO and SAC technologies to develop rich, interactive, visually striking graphics and data visualizations using large amounts of data
• Promote a data culture within the organization by advocating and implementing data education and literacy
• Advise business contacts of existing solutions to prevent duplication and support them to align with their counterparts across the organization
• Improve existing dashboards, reports, and data transformations
• Develop ad-hoc reporting and provide analytics services to support business decision-making processes
• Help define or revise business and project KPIs, and create supporting reporting and dashboards where needed
• Provide support to the development of training materials and training activities related to the BI tools and applications

Skills

SAP BW

Datasphere BO

SAP SAC

Data modelling

ETL processes

Data visuals

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

CDS views

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Tools

SAP BW

SAP Datasphere

SAP SAC

SAP BO Analysis for Excel

Job description

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Kilkenny | Hybrid

Tirlán

Tirlán, currently partnering with a 3rd party service provider for the provision of IT services, is on a significant IT transformation programme to stand up its own IT capability. The current focus is on enabling projects and will involve close collaboration with our partner. This will require a number of new and exciting roles to join the Tirlán IT team, working in adynamic& collaborative environment.

Tirlán is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands.

Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition.

We nurture a talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivering annual revenues of over €3 billion, and circa 2,000 people to manage our network of 11 processing plants and 52 agri branches. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations.

About this Role

Reporting to the IT Applications Manager, this role is responsible for transforming data into actionable insights that support strategic decision-making and operational efficiency. The Senior BI Business Analyst will collaborate with stakeholders to define reporting requirements, develop dashboards and data models, and deliver impactful BI solutions. The role combines technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to shape how data is used across the organisation.

What You’ll Do

• Liaise with business stakeholders to gather, document and refine requirements for reporting solutions, demonstrating an understanding of the business problem and the business data for the particular area in question.
• Develop and maintain data models, queries, and dashboards. Craft and develop queries upon request for data, create visualizations and reports to present information
• Optimize data flows and performance of BI reports
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and governance across BI platforms
• Complete the development of SAP BW, Datasphere BO and SAC technologies to develop rich, interactive, visually striking graphics and data visualizations using large amounts of data
• Promote a data culture within the organization by advocating and implementing data education and literacy
• Advise business contacts of existing solutions to prevent duplication and support them to align with their counterparts across the organization
• Improve existing dashboards, reports, and data transformations
• Develop ad-hoc reporting and provide analytics services to support business decision-making processes
• Help define or revise business and project KPIs, and create supporting reporting and dashboards where needed
• Provide support to the development of training materials and training activities related to the BI tools and applications

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 5+ years’ experience in developing reporting solutions using SAP BW, Datasphere BO and SAC
• Expertise in SAP BW, SAP BO Analysis for Excel and SAP SAC
• Ability to collaborate and develop functional designs for solutions across multiple data areas, delivering business intelligence capabilities (eg: COPA, MM, IM, C4C, AR, AP, Product Costing etc)
• S4 Hana Embedded Analytics (CDS view) experience
• Proficiency in data modelling techniques and tools, ETL processes, and performance tuning
• Experience in designing and delivering high quality data visuals
• Experience of leveraging SAP Datasphere in technical architecture of solutions would be an advantage.
• Ability to take complex business processes and data and document into understandable artifacts
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment
• Ability to represent and quantify business value provided by BI solutions across the enterprise
• Proactive, self-starter with excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
• Strong team player with a growth mindset

We offer

• Hybrid working (flex Fridays)
• Free parking incl. EV charging – where applicable
• On-site gym free to use for employees
• Parenting room
• Work/life balance and collaborative work culture
• Career progression opportunities

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We believe in the value of difference. We know that different perspectives, life experience and backgrounds can drive innovation and deliver growth.

We welcome people from all walks of life without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status.

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