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JOB PURPOSE:  This Role will be responsible for managing and implementation of BI & Dashboard projects to be implemented in PowerBI (Cloud platform). The BI & Data will consist of multiple concurrently running major BI Projects with their own project implementation cycles.

The purpose of this role is to implement multiple BI & Data Analytics projects by working with key stakeholders specially Finance teams. The job holder will manage all future major/minor development enhancement and define architectural requirements in BI and Analytics.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBITIES

• Main responsibility of the job holder is to design, develop and maintain PowerBI dashboards in cloud with other BI Major/Minor enhancement projects and contribute skills to Analytics project as and when required.
• Lead planning and implementation of BI projects. Job holder will actively participate in the requirement gathering & analysis, design and understanding of end-to-end BI solution architectures, testing and implementation phases enabling performance of the entire platform.
• Work with IT project manager to determine project missions, goals, tasks, timelines and resource requirements; manage the overall Project Plan; resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between BI projects or functional areas; develop methods to monitor project’s overall progress; and provide corrective supervision if necessary.
• Job Holder role is responsible for conceptualizing complex Institutional problems, discovering business insights through visualization techniques. Should be well adapt to develop and execute database queries and conduct analysis.
• Knowledge of ETL/ELT tools, cube design, platform enabling configuration is essential.
• The role requires job holder to be a creative thinker and able to propose innovative ways to look at business problems by proper analysis of data to identify the co-relations and defining proper KPIs and metrics so as to benefit Business teams with the entire workflow.
• Also, BI Specialist will need to present back their findings to the business and conduct wireframe sessions or user walkthrough of the platform. One of the key responsibilities of this role is to work on the analytics opportunities to support digital transformation initiatives.
• Need to perform Business Analysis of BRD to make sure business and IT team clearly understands the scope and requirements.
• Review functional solution documents prepared by the IT team to make sure they meet the business requirements.
• In addition to the normal roles of project management, job holder is also expected to work closely with the business teams and interpret their BI needs in technical terms, and define the same to ensure adherence to all BI standards and best practices.
• Should have a very good understanding of data and ability to answer complex analytic questions to help organization shape its products and services in a better way.
• Embark on exploratory data analysis projects to achieve better understanding of phenomena as well as to discover untapped areas of growth and optimization.
• Work on projects that promote data based decision across business strategy, product design, campaign management and customer service and work out data driven solutions, create significant value addition
• Work with business team to document the business requirements, anticipated benefits, success criteria for analytics initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other highly technical, scientific discipline
• 8-10 years of overall experience in IT, out of which at least 4-5 years in IT Service Management (as an Incident or Problem or Change Manager)
• Strong understanding of highly complex IT Infrastructure & Applications, preferably in Banking & Financial Institutions.
• Very strong communication skills, should be able to effectively influence and negotiate during highly sensitive and critical situations.
• Should have strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience with ITSM systems and associated metrics. Experience working in ServiceNow preferred.
• Strong customer service, coordination, and interpersonal skills.
• Expert level knowledge of MS Excel for data analysis (pivot tables, graphs, Vlookup, etc.)
• Knowledge of SRE & Agile methodologies
• Demonstrated understanding of ITIL methodologies, ITIL v3 or v4 certification