* BI (Business Intelligence) Business Analyst - Direct Client * * Immediate Interview and Start ASAP!!!*
** * * **** Job Title: *BI (Business Intelligence) *Business Analyst Location: 6++ month Duration: Aurora, CO Currently searching for a BI (Business Intelligence) Business Analyst for a 6++ month contract for a first class health care client of ours in Aurora Colorado. Key skills here are true Business Analysis expertise first and report development second with a preference on *Cognos*, but not a must. SQL experience would be more of a key. Description Takes the lead role in gathering, creating & editing requirements for the Business Intelligence (BI) program, by partnering w/ the appropriate business/technical teams & customers for use in the Colorado region. Assists in developing best practices & works in conjunction w/ other analysts on the Business Intelligence & IT teams to follow & implement these standards. Plays an advisory role w/ customers to understand their business needs & how to translate these into technical solutions, which support the development of analytics & reporting. Works w/ resources on the BI & IT teams to develop reporting specifications based on customer requirements as related to the organizational needs, in the most effective manner possible. Maintains & supports a culture of compliance, ethics & integrity. Maintains knowledge of policies & procedures & performs in accordance w/ the regulatory requirements, external laws & accreditation standards as they relate to BI. Appropriately reports observed fraud or abuse. Essential Functions: • Elicit requirements using interviews, group facilitation, prototyping, data analysis, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, & workflow analysis *• Work closely w/ the technical development team & data stewards to clearly document source elements & ensure standardized values, formats, business rules/algorithms, meta data requirements, & data element relationships are understandable to the business customers & BI development group* • Work closely w/ the technical development team to document the specifications for mapping & transformation rules all the way from source to target w/in our metadata repository • Reviews data models & mapping documents for consistency & traceability to requirements • Creates report specifications w/ BI developers & IT technical teams • Works collaboratively in a team environment w/ the ability to interact effectively w/ other groups in the organization • Communicates w/ different levels of management regarding information needs • Ability to discuss these solutions w/ both technical & business community • Develops/maintains appropriate documentation on projects w/in their responsibility, during the development lifecycle • Takes a lead role in collaborating w/ IT on any issues involving BI architecture/structure of the data repositories, including development of new structures • Interacts proactively w/ analysts & other users to define requirements & assess impacts to new or existing data structures, & communicates this to IT in appropriate formats or documents *• Experience & advanced understanding of relational & data warehouse DBMS environment - Star schema, snow-flaking, slowly changing dimensions, aggregate table design & navigation, operational data stores, data marts, etc* • Proactively share existing technical knowledge & thought process w/ current staff • In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the company’s mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives • Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors • Performs other duties as assigned Basic Qualifications: *• A minimum of 3 years in a technical Business Analyst or similar role working w/ data warehouse and/or business intelligence environments* • Experience conducting sessions w/ business users to identify data sources, key facts & dimensions that support the business requirements *• A minimum of 5 years of experience w/ SQL or BI tools such as (Cognos, Business Objects, MicroStrategy, Hyperion, etc.)* • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer information systems, computer science, business, statistics, health services or related area • Strong oral, written & interpersonal skills for interacting & collaborating w/ analysts, physicians, & business staff throughout the organization; ability to communicate clearly in writing to document data requirements & translate into technical solutions • Demonstrated ability to be productive w/ minimal supervision • Ability to function as a technical writer preferred *• Experience w/ health care, insurance or similar type environments preferred* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAP or Oracle Financials" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sap-or-oracle-financials+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sap-or-oracle-financials@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sap-or-oracle-financials?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.