Strategic Business Intelligence Consultant

About the Job

 
Strategic Business Intelligence Consultant
 
About the Job

Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd delivers top jobs to top talent. We are currently sourcing talented IT, Engineering, and Healthcare professionals who are qualified for and interested in exciting new opportunities.
 
Zylog represents hundreds of client companies that are actively seeking top professional talent for both contract and permanent positions with experience in IT, Engineering, Retail, Bank and Finance, Insurance, Oil & Gas, Telecommunications, Government and Health Services. New positions are coming available every day and our experienced professional resource managers are waiting to help you screen the top jobs that match your skills for the best opportunities.
 
You don't have the time to search the long lists on Job Boards everyday to look through all of the postings to find the opportunity that is best for you. Let our trained and experienced resource managers do the work for you. We are reviewing top jobs from Fortune 500, Government, and Healthcare as each opening becomes available. Let us look for new opportunities for you and be the first to alert you when the right opportunity arises.
 
 
Job Description:
 
Our client has a requirement for a Strategic Business Intelligence Consultant for a 3 month contract opportunity.  The position is located in Toronto.    

Requirement or Qualifications:
 
Qualified Candidates will have:
 
We are looking for a Strategic Business Intelligence Consultant who has acquired solid experience with Business Objects (Universe) / Data mining Design and Development background along with strong reporting.

Resumes must demonstrate a strong Business Intelligence background with experience in building reports on databases, which will assist in assisting less technical users to run various types of reports.
 
The bulk of this role will be ½ Build Universe and ½ building Reports.
The incumbent will be responsible for scoping out business needs, understanding the requirements, build upon the need and show the data captured, so that these types of reports can continue to be used.

A strong database background using MS SQL 2005 is a must. This candidate will be working on a Reporting tool (similar to Cognos) and will be required to build user friendly high level reports for Prime Brokerage and Securities Lending business management.
 
We require a candidate who has strong technical expertise as well as a strategic thinker who will be able to provide strategic solutions.
 
The candidate should also have a solid understanding of Capital Markets industry.

Must have the technical expertise identified below along with the ability to provide strategic solutions when there are technical challenges presented or identified.
 
This role is a combination of someone who is a strategic thinker with excellent communications skills and technically savvy.

Responsible for representing the Information Management and Development group in projects relating to data repositories and report generation across all lines of business.
 
Be involved in discussions regarding modifications existing environments and the establishment of new systems. Prior experience in analysis tools to query data repositories and/or generate reports is required to enable working with 3rd party vendors and other in-house IT groups.

Responsibilities will include translating business requirements into an actionable reporting/data repository implementations. Such functions would include working alongside the other Information Management and Development subgroups during a project's inception to help ensure the physical design meets the functional and performance requirements of the end-user application.

Will leverage major information architecture platforms and the experience of the Information Management & Development group to apply the best alternatives for a reporting/data repository solution.

By maintaining current awareness of strategic reporting and information platforms in the marketplace, he/she will identify capabilities and features of each project solution and translate those through documentation and communication with the Information Management & Development group as well as the rest of Information Technology.

Must be comfortable discussing information architecture concepts, disciplines and practices as they relate to reporting and data repositories. He/she will help to define and promote best practices on information architecture and reporting management. He/she should be able to apply business and application knowledge to understand the overall reporting/data model to ensure its appropriate placement within the IT infrastructure.

MUST HAVES:


* 5+ years of Business Objects Universe design/ development REQUIRED
* 5-7 years of related experience implementing databases, data marts, data warehousing and/or Business Objects
* 5+ years Capital Markets
* 5+ years Business Objects Implementation
* 5+ years Business Development
* 3+ years Data warehouse
* 3+ years SQL 2005
* Superior communication skills
* Solid impact/ influencing abilities
* Ability to say no"...when needed
* Articulate, with strong presentation skills- must be able to speak with stakeholder when presenting data
* Experience in working with business personnel at all levels
 
Short-listing Questions:
Capital Market experience? *
Yes
 
 
 
 
Skills Grid:
Business Object Implementation *
5+ Yrs.
Business Objects Universe Development *
5+ Yrs.
Communication skills *
 
5 (Expert) of 5 (Expert)
Data Warehousing *
5+ Yrs.
Impact Analysis *
5+ Yrs.
SQL *
3+ Yrs.

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