Business Intelligence Developer
You like being part of a
fast-paced work environment, and you can always be counted on to exercise sound
judgment. You have a keen eye for identifying potential issues, and you like to
work as part of a team to create solutions. This is the opportunity for
you.
We are looking for an
enthusiastic individual to build their career within our IT Department as a
Business Intelligence Developer, responsible for the design, development, and
documentation of database solutions. This position requires the ability to
complete complex development efforts using an agile development methodology.
Reporting to Head – Business Intelligence Unit, the developer will be responsible for detailed analysis, design, and development of business intelligence systems, dashboards, and reports. Additionally, he/she will be required to maintain and support applications within this section and will therefore be required to have knowledge working within the agile methodology keeping in mind quality control plans within the developments to identify improvements.
Responsibilities
The successful jobholder
will be expected to:
- Develop and implement business intelligence reports,
dashboards, and other solutions that ensure business optimization and
requirements fulfillment.
- Analyze business/use case requirements from BI
analysts to determine operational problems, define data modeling
requirements, gather and validate information, apply judgment and
statistical tests and develop data structures to support the generation of
business insights and strategy.
- Filter, “clean” data, and review reports, printouts,
and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems;
- Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns
in complex data sets as well as interpret the data and analyze results
using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports.
- Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources
and maintain databases/data systems.
- Design and code reports/dashboards according to user
specifications with the key objective of delivering reports that will
assist in decision-making and control.
- Make changes to system configuration and parameters
to accommodate business and technological requirements.
- Provide test interfaces for users to test the
reports and dashboards before being put on the production environment.
- Develop and maintain documentation/manuals on system
configuration or setup and deal with queries from users and resolve or
advise.
- Locate and define new business and technological
process improvement opportunities.
- Carry-out analysis of requirements and recommend
solutions to address user requirements as well as attend to
systems/solution failures and resolve or coordinate the resolution of the
problem.
- Develop and maintain documentation/manuals on system
configuration or setup in addition to building reusable code and libraries
for future use.
- Assist in developing and implementing a program of
continuous improvement of BI processes through a cycle of analysis of
existing systems, processes, and tools, identifying areas for improvement,
implementing high-impact changes, and getting feedback from stakeholders.
- Understand key performance measures and Indicators
that drive company performance measurement, reporting, and analytics
across functions and understand how these metrics and measures align and
track against overall business strategies, goals, and objectives.
- Roll out business intelligence solutions to stakeholders
and provide test systems for UAT to ensure that functions/features are
tested before go-live.
- Secure systems by putting adequate controls and
restricting access to programs by users in accordance with the
requirements of the bank.
- Strict adherence to all regulations, statutes,
standards, practices, and all internal processes and procedures as per the
relevant manuals and compliance with all relevant external legislation and
regulations with regard to compliance requirements.
Qualifications, Skills
& Attributes
The successful jobholder
will be required to possess the following qualifications: –
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or
related degree from a recognized university with experience in software
development knowledge.
- Minimum 3 years experience in software development,
data analysis, and reporting with a proven record of accomplishment.
- Very strong analytical, presentation &
problem-solving skills with the ability to work confidently on
high-priority problems and present technical ideas in a user-friendly
language.
- Technical expertise in warehouse design, dimensional
modeling, and data mining techniques.
- Strong knowledge of and experience with ETL tools
(Oracle ODI, Microsoft SSIS, Talend), query languages(Oracle PL/SQL, SQL),
visualization tools (OBIEE, Admin tool, Power BI, SSRS, Tableau, click
view)
- Working knowledge of databases (Oracle, SQL server)
- Fair knowledge of programming (Java, C#, Python)
- Very good knowledge of Windows Operating Systems and
a fair knowledge of Unix and Linux.
How to apply:
If you are confident that
you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your
career then please forward your application enclosing detailed
Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job
reference number BID/IID/2023 by 18th January 2023.
We are an
equal-opportunity employer.
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