IQ Business (IQ) is the leading independent management consulting firm in South Africa. At IQ, we attract talented people from diverse backgrounds and commit ourselves to helping each person achieve his or her full potential. We are committed to growing each individual, and providing them with the challenges, feedback and support needed to achieve success.
Minimum Requirements…
We are looking for dynamic individuals to provide expertise to design, implement and maintain business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. These individuals need to be able to work independently or as part of a team, assisting clients in achieving maximum value from reporting solutions.
Key Performance Areas:
- Assist business analysts and business users with developing reporting requirements
- Interact with technical and business stakeholders to identify data sources, create solutions collaboratively and implement operational systems
- Develop and maintain documentation (System Design/Requirement Specification, Source specification and test documentation)
- Assist in establishing project timelines and development methodology
- Implementation of data integration and reporting solutions in line with project deadlines
- Ensure stability of the existing systems environment by implementing solutions that do not compromise operational stability
Qualifications:
- Matric plus an applicable tertiary qualification
- DAMA and/or TDWI certification beneficial but not required
- Applicable Microsoft or other BI vendor certifications beneficial but not required
- Have a Drivers’ License and a willingness to travel
Job Specification…
Experience and Skills required:
- Must have at least 3 years’ experience, ideally in a consulting or financial services environment
- Project exposure (waterfall and/or agile methodologies)
- Knowledge of full SDLC
- Knowledge of BI methodologies such as Kimball and Inmon
- Practical experience of converting business requirements into technical solutions
- Documentation of reporting and dashboard requirements and specifications
- Thorough understanding of data models and data structures
- Strong SQL skills
- Dimensional data modelling experience advantageous
- Experience in working with multi-dimensional cubes
- Highly proficient in at least one BI toolset (Qlikview, Microstrategy, BusinessObjects, Tableau, Cognos etc.)
- Experience with one or more ETL toolset (Informatica, SSIS, Datastag, etc.)
Please note: As all IQ roles deal with the handling of cash and finances, please note that our recruitment process require that the following background checks be completed: credit, criminal, qualification verification, ID verification.