BUSINNESS ANALYST (BI/DW)

Saxon Global; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Fortune 500 client servicing company is seeking a Business Analyst - BW/BI in San Francisco. The ideal candidate will possess over 5 years of experience in business analysis, strong skills in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, as well as excellent requirements gathering and communication skills. This role demands analytical thinking to liaise between technical and client areas, ensuring effective systems and procedures. This position contributes to a significant Business Intelligence Initiative with an Agile project methodology.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of business analyst experience required.
• Keen understanding of Data Warehousing concepts and technology.
• Experience with Business Intelligence solutions.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between client area and technical organization.
• Provide technical assistance in identifying and developing systems.
• Prepare specifications for system changes and develop test plans.

Skills

Business Intelligence solutions

Data Warehousing concepts

Strong analytical skills

Requirements gathering

Written and verbal communication

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

SAP Business Warehouse

SAP Business Objects

Job description

Saxon Global Is Fortune 500 Client Servicing Company.

Job Description

Job Title :Business Analyst - BW/BI

Branch Code :San Francisco

Projected Start Date :09-11-2017

City :San Francisco

State :CA

Report To :

Required Skills :

Need a Functional Business Analyst that has worked in a BI/DW team. This candidate needs to understand this environment in order to gather and create required documentation.

Basic Qualifications :

Additional Skills :

Job Description :

Job Description

Apex Systems has an immediate need for an SAP BI / BOBJ Functional Analyst for our client's 2017 Business Intelligence Initiative Program. The initiative includes work streams to stand up a SQL Server Data Mart environment for data exploration and functional analytics; empower business users to have minimal IT dependency with more self-service analytics, and establish a dashboard manufacturing model by following the Agile project methodology.

• Resource will act as a liaison between client area and technical organization by planning, conducting, and directing the analysis of complex business problems to be solved with automated systems.
• Provide technical assistance in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet business requirements.
• Works with user groups to provide training, resolve questions, assess user needs, and recommend changes.Prepares specifications for system changes. May develop systems test plan components and test scripts.
• May act as an internal consultant within technology and business groups by using quality tools and process definition/improvement to re-engineer technical processes for greater efficiencies.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of business analyst experience
• Must have a keen understanding of Data Warehousing concepts and technology
• Must have experience with Business Intelligence solutions:
• Understanding of both the Waterfall and Agile project methodologies
• Must be able to analyze and validate data in SAP Business Warehouse
• Experience creating queries in SAP Business Warehouse
• Strong BI strategic and analytical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong requirements gathering skills
• Must be able to work against tight project deadlines

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server
• Knowledge of Ab Initio or other metadata and application integration software
• Knowledge of SAP Business Objects security access levels

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.