Manager BI & Reporting Applications
Federal Signal Corporation
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Job summary
Federal Signal Corporation in Downers Grove, IL seeks an experienced BI/Analytics leader to drive Power BI strategy, governance, and enterprise reporting. You will lead a blended team of internal staff and external partners, partnering with Finance, Operations, and IT to enable scalable, data-driven decisions.
The role requires 10+ years in BI/IT, 2+ years of leadership, and expertise in Power BI and JD Edwards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related discipline required
- MBA in a related discipline preferred
- Professional certification in Power BI, ERP tech or data management desired
- 10+ years progressive experience in enterprise systems, data management, BI, or IT required
- 2+ years leadership experience managing teams, projects, vendors, and initiatives required
- Experience supporting enterprise business functions required
- Experience designing or supporting Power BI; JD Edwards experience preferred
- Experience managing enterprise data platforms, reporting architectures and data integration
- Experience working with senior leaders to translate requirements into scalable solutions
- Experience leading enterprise reporting, analytics or data governance programs preferred
- Experience with disaster recovery or business continuity preferred
- Experience managing consulting partners and external service providers
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a blended team of internal staff and external contractors, prioritize work, allocate resources, and promote knowledge transfer
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for Power BI reporting, dashboards, security, data refresh, deployment, and governance
- Own reporting applications such as Power BI, Cetova, Spreadsheet Server and related tools to meet business requirements
- Establish standards for report development, data definitions, access, security, testing, and lifecycle management
- Partner with ERP and IT teams to ensure governed access to enterprise data and reliable reporting platforms
- Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Manufacturing, Sales, and Supply Chain to translate requirements into solutions
- Prioritize dashboards, reports, data sources, and integrations based on business value and resources
- Monitor platform performance and data refresh processes; coordinate cross-team troubleshooting
- Establish support and escalation processes for reporting platforms and governance
- Identify opportunities to automate reporting and modernize the application portfolio
- Oversee vendor and contract management, deliverables, and knowledge transfer
- Ensure security, access control, change-management, and documentation standards
Skills
Education
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Job description
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Team Leadership & Resource Management: Lead and develop a blended team of internal employees and external contractors. Establish priorities, allocate resources, manage workloads, promote cross-training and ensure appropriate knowledge transfer from consultants to internal staff.
Business Intelligence Leadership: Provide strategic and operational leadership for Microsoft Power BI, including reporting, dashboards, semantic models, workspaces, security, data refresh, deployment, support and governance.
Reporting Application Ownership: Maintain overall application ownership for Power BI, Cetova, Spreadsheet Server, and other reporting or business applications assigned to the team. Ensure applications are effectively supported, maintained and aligned with business requirements.
Reporting Strategy & Governance: Establish standards and best practices for report development, data definitions, access, security, testing, documentation, deployment and lifecycle management. Promote governed self-service reporting while reducing redundant and manually maintained reports.
Data & Analytics Architecture: Partner with ERP, database, infrastructure and other IT teams to ensure reporting platforms have reliable and appropriately governed access to enterprise data. This is particularly important in the existing environment where Power BI uses SQL Server/SSAS-based models and reporting workloads are associated with the ODS environment.
Business Partnership & Requirements Management: Partner with Finance, Operations, Manufacturing, Sales, Supply Chain and other business functions to understand analytical requirements, identify opportunities for improvement and recommend the appropriate reporting solution.
Project & Demand Management: Manage and prioritize requests for new dashboards, reports, data sources, integrations and application enhancements based on business value, strategic alignment, complexity and available resources.
Platform Performance & Reliability: Monitor reporting platform performance, data refresh processes and application availability. Coordinate troubleshooting and resolution across the application, database, infrastructure and vendor teams.
Application Support: Establish effective support and escalation processes for reporting platforms. The existing RACI Documentation identifies responsibilities across Power BI and Cetova such as application support, access privileges, onboarding, monitoring, project prioritization, implementation, testing and ongoing maintenance.
Application Portfolio Modernization: Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting processes, consolidate reporting solutions and transition appropriate reporting requirements toward standardized enterprise platforms.
Vendor & Contract Management: Manage external consultants, software vendors and support providers. Oversee deliverables, escalations, product roadmaps, upgrades, licensing considerations and knowledge transfer.
Security, Controls & Compliance: Ensure reporting applications follow appropriate security, access-control, change-management and documentation standards, working with IT Security and business data owners as needed.
Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate reporting processes, technologies and architecture to improve performance, reliability, usability and the organization's ability to make timely, data-driven decisions.
- Perform other duties, assignments and special projects as assigned.
Position Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or a related discipline required
- Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related discipline preferred
- Relevant professional certification in Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, data management, project management, or ERP technologies highly desired
- 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise systems, data management, business intelligence, analytics, or information technology required
- 2+ years of leadership experience managing teams, projects, vendors, and enterprise initiatives required
- Experience supporting enterprise business functions required
- Experience designing, implementing, or supporting PowerBI, knowledge of ERP system required; Experience with JD Edwards preferred
- Experience managing enterprise data platforms, reporting architectures, and data integration processes required
- Experience working directly with senior business leaders to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions required
- Experience leading enterprise reporting, analytics, or data governance programs preferred
- Experience overseeing disaster recovery, business continuity, or operational risk initiatives preferred
- Experience managing consulting partners and external service providers highly desired
Technical Skills
- Power BI, DAX, semantic models, and enterprise reporting solutions
- Enterprise data architecture and data modeling
- Business intelligence and analytics platforms
- Data integration, ETL/ELT, and data warehouse concepts
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems; JD Edwards preferred
- SQL and relational database technologies
- System integration and enterprise application support
- Business continuity and disaster recovery concepts
Leadership & Business Skills
- Strategic planning and prioritization
- Cross-functional leadership and influence
- Budget planning and financial management
- Vendor and partner management
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Program and portfolio governance
- Executive communication and presentation skills
- Decision-making in complex environments
- Change management and organizational alignment
Target salary range: $100,000 - $150,000
Benefits of Employment
In addition to excellent career growth opportunities, Federal Signal Corporation offers a wide array of benefits including: annual bonus potential, insurance (life, medical, dental, vision), paid holidays, paid vacation, 401(k) with matching contributions and tuition reimbursement. We provide our employees with a smoke-free, drug-free workplace.
About Us
Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) builds and delivers equipment of unmatched quality that moves material, cleans infrastructure, and protects the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1901, Federal Signal is a leading global designer and manufacturer of products and total solutions that serve municipal, governmental, industrial and commercial customers. Headquartered in Downers Grove, IL, with manufacturing facilities worldwide, the Company operates two groups: Environmental Solutions and Safety and Security Systems. For more information on Federal Signal, visit: www.federalsignal.com.
This Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of, and will receive consideration for employment without regard to, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category, characteristic, or trait under applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resources at HR@federalsignal.com .
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Bachelors or better in Information Technology or related field.
Experience managing enterprise data platforms, reporting architectures, and data integration processes.
Experience supporting enterprise business functions.
Leadership experience managing teams, projects, vendors, and enterprise initiatives.
Progressive experience in enterprise systems, data management, business intelligence, analytics, or information technology.
Experience working directly with senior business leaders to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related discipline preferred.
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