Business Intelligence Lead

Company: Hirewell
Location: Chicago
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

A growing financial firm in Chicago is actively seeking a data and analytics leader who is an expert in PowerBI and can help manage and define data strategy. The position is located in downtown Chicago.
Candidate Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:--- Bachelor---s degree or equivalent education required with 3-5 years of work experience in a similar role, preferably in Financial Services--- 7+ years of quality experience using and demonstrating exceptional proficiency with the following: SQL, Power BI and Power BI Paginated (SSRS) technologies--- Familiarity with Microsoft SSAS cubes and DAX is desired--- A good understanding of the agile development cycle and familiarity with Microsoft DevOps or TFS is a plus--- Strong data analysis skills are required; experience executing small to medium sized projects and a general understanding of Project Management principles is desired--- Self-motivated and able to multi-task with a positive can-do and ---no job too small--- attitude--- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills--- Results oriented with a high level of personal accountability--- Motivated by a fast paced, complex environment--
Critical Competencies for Success:

--- Leadership: Role models in this area consistently focus on the right goals and priorities and continually develop themselves and others. Always team players, they influence and engage with others to contribute to a great culture.--- Achieving Results: Role models in this area are high achievers who develop careful plans and execute consistently and effectively. They hold themselves and others accountable for delivering high quality results.--- Thinking Critically: Role models in this area understand our business, rely on analytical reasoning to define and solve problems and make decisions effectively. They are forward thinking, anticipating issues and addressing them in advance.--- Personal Effectiveness: Role models in this area build strong relationships and communicate effectively. They are driven to exceed expectations and adaptable to changing circumstances. The department-specific competencies define the knowledge, skills and abilities that are needed to successfully perform the functional or technical work of this role.--- Technical Support: Triages, troubleshoots and resolves technical support issues. Escalates issues as needed.--- Software Development Principals: Utilizes software development, secure programming principles and a knowledge of programming languages to develop, configure and / or integrate new software and applications.--- Business Needs Assessment: Identifies business needs across departments within the Firm to understand the challenges, goals and problems that the business needs to solve and identifies appropriate technical solutions.--- Data Management and Information Security: Manipulates, restructures and / or queries data for various purposes, including reconciling issues in the database, designing database structures and / or generating reports. Adheres to governance principles and maintains data integrity and security.--- Risk Management: Identifies, forecasts and articulates ways to pursue and manage informed risks in ambiguous, complex or uncertain situations based on sound value propositions and an analysis of potential rewards and costs.--- Testing: Evaluates the functionality of an application, system or solution to ensure that requirements have been met and defects have been identified. Applies an understanding of end user requirements and usage in the end-to-end system to produce a quality product.--- Industry Knowledge: Demonstrates an understanding of the Firm's position in the industry, including its complex structure and competitive advantage in the marketplace. Monitors industry trends and changes and recognizes their relevancy and implications.--- Technical Communication and Documentation: Documents and communicates technical processes and procedures in area of specialty to stakeholders. Adapts the level of detail and specificity based on the needs of the intended audience.--- Vendor Management: Manages and coordinates with external vendors. Researches and identifies new vendors as needed and monitors performance.--- Relationship Management: Builds and maintains effective partnerships with internal clients and end users by advising on their needs and options, advocating for their business within the Technology Solutions department and managing expectations appropriately.--- Project / Program Management: Manages Technology Solutions project elements considering conflicting priorities, interdependencies, business objectives, communications and available resources.--- Innovative Mindset: Leverages an agile and creative mindset to drive innovative value creation, continuous process improvement and proactive learning through new technology, processes and people.

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