Business Intelligence Analyst

Cranfield University.; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Cranfield University invites applications for a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst to drive strategic data, measure performance, and optimise university operations.

You will lead the Data Warehouse and BI ecosystem, partnering with schools and services to translate complex requirements into robust reporting and visualisations. The role also includes preparing HESA returns using SSIS, Power BI, and SAP Business Objects, supported by strong SQL and data modelling skills.

Qualifications

• Experience leading BI projects and data warehouse governance.
• Strong SQL and data modelling skills.
• Experience with higher education data returns (HESA) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and management of the Data Warehouse and BI ecosystem.
• Provide reporting and visualisations to university stakeholders.
• Lead technical preparation for HESA and regulatory returns.

Skills

SQL

Data modelling

Data visualization

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

SSIS

Power BI

SAP Business Objects

Tribal SITS

Job description

We are recruiting for a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst to play a key role in providing the strategic data and insights required to measure and optimise University performance. The successful candidate will lead the development and management of our Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence ecosystem. This includes the provision of a robust, centralised reporting service and data visualisation tools.

You will partner with key stakeholders across the University to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions and provide reporting and visualisations to people across Cranfield. You will also lead the technical preparation for mandatory HESA and Office for Students regulatory returns.

You will have solid experience with Microsoft SSIS/PowerBI and, ideally, the SAP Business Objects platform. This will be coupled with strong technical knowledge of relational database design, dimensional modelling, and SQL.

Experience working with student record databases (preferably Tribal SITS) and preparing HESA statutory returns is welcome.

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield's world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.

Working Arrangements

Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.