Microstrategy Consultant / BI Consultant
Location:Flexible
Term:Permanent
Salary:£40-50K
Reference:ARBSMICRO
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Consultancy Responsibilities:

  • Minimum 5 years work experience, 3 years in BI/DW consulting
  • Able to offer project leadership/customer relationship management/team building skills
  • Able to mentor junior consultants
  • Experience of banking/FS
  • All Consultants will be required to travel and work on clients sites therefore mobility and flexibility is essential.

Internal Responsibilities:

  • Participate in company/technical meetings
  • Attend internal and external training and development events, workshops and skills transfer sessions as required
  • Keep abreast of the latest industry / technology developments under guidance of Technical Management
  • Liaise with Sales, Marketing, Finance and HR functions as required

Experience/Qualifications:

Consultants must demonstrate exposure/experience of the Microstrategy Business Intelligence offerings and at must have the following skills:

  • Microstrategy 8 and 9 Platforms
  • Microstrategy Service Modules, User Interfaces and Development Tools
  • Able to install, configure and develop Microstrategy solutions
  • Good hands on experience with one or more databases such as Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server and DB2
  • PL/SQL or T/SQL skills preferable but not essential
  • General knowledge of RDBMS, OLAP, client/server, and web/internet technologies
  • Detailed knowledge of SQL, data-warehouse design and optimization i.e. Dimensional Modelling
  • Understanding and ability to communicate and manage the methodology for successful BI/DW implementation and deployment
  • Experience with additional Business Intelligence tools: Cognos, Business Objects, etc.
  • Experience with one or more ETL tools: Informatica, BODI, DataStage, DTS, or Oracle Warehouse

Any of the following skills would be beneficial to the role:

  • Cognos BI and Financial Performance Management
  • Business Objects XI (Deski, Webi, Designer, CMC, Xcelsius)
  • MS BI (SSRS, SSAS, SSIS)
  • MS Proclarity, Performance Point Server (MOPPS), Sharepoint Server (MOSS)
  • Oracle BIEE

My client has customers based across the UK so travel flexibility is essential and, as such, this role can be alligned to any one of their network of 6 offices. Suitable locations for a Consultant's home could be London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh.