Business Intelligence (BI) 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 specification 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, and 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.
Rollout
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 restrict access to programs by users
in accordance to 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 comply 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 regarding warehouse design, dimensional modelling and data mining
techniques.
Strong
knowledge of and experience with ETL tools (Oracle ODI, Miscrosoft 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 BID2/IID/2023 by 1st June 2023.
We are an equal
opportunity employer.