Business Intelligence Professional

Business Intelligence Professional

The Business Intelligence Professional is responsible for working with various internal departments to run analyses on the company, and make any recommendations to upper management.

General Responsibilities

• Collaborates with complex business problems and issues using data from internal and external sources to provide insight to decision-makers
• Key participant in helping identify and interpret trends and patterns in datasets to locate influences
• Key participant in constructing forecasts, recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on business data and market knowledge
• Organizes specifications for reports and analysis based on business needs and required or available data elements
• May provide consultation to users and lead cross-functional teams to address business issues
• May directly produce datasets and reports for analysis using system reporting tools
• May be internal operations-focused or external client-focused, working in conjunction with Professional Services and outsourcing functions

Experience / Qualifications

• A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Business ethics - Ability to practice and behave consistently and effectively in areas of business practice and conflicts of interest
• Communication - Ability to communicate effectively by getting the right message across to the right people at the right time on a regular basis
• Customer Orientation - Ability to meet customers’ expectations by identifying and anticipating customers’ needs and integrating these into work; ability to develop new added value for customers and act with the customer in mind
• Result orientation - Ability to take steps personally to ensure that mutual goals and performance targets are met within the appropriate timeframe
• Teamwork - Ability to work with others and work synergistically with fellow team-members
• Planning and Organizing - Ability to plan, prioritize and organize work and schedules in all areas to meet requirements
• Problem solving - Ability to reach logical conclusions to situations by appropriately analyzing the situation. Balances the benefits, risks and consequences of actions
• Time Management - Ability to assessing your ability to manage your time, and the effectiveness of your team to reach department objectives
• Conflict management - Ability to recognize and work towards a mutually agreeable solution when confronted with conflict
• Resilience - Ability to work under pressure and prioritize