Temporary Business Intelligence Data Modeler III

Description


Spherion Staffing's valued East Madison client is seeking one highly motivated and capable person to help with data and reporting needs analysis, solution development in the form of out of the box reports, custom reports, data marts and business intelligence dashboards for management and executives.

This consultant will report administratively to the Director of Application Administration.

Our client will be pushing forward on a number of initiatives that will require diligent project management oversight and technical data analysis and business intelligence and analytics support. The immediate need is to support the development of business intelligence solutions to meet user needs for the new ERP – Workday – implementation, which includes:

• Working with executives, management and staff to define data and information needs.
• Assessing the available “Out of the Box" solution options present within Workday.
• Assessing both day-to-day transactional and long-term decision-support reporting needs.
• Working with the project team and Workday vendor staff to develop appropriate, multi-use, configurable solutions.
• Developing alternative solutions that cannot be inherited via the Workday system.
• Working with the Data Warehouse team to develop long-term solutions, tying Workday data to other data sets of interest.
• Providing guidance and direction to internal data warehouse staff as well as development staff in meeting both Workday and non-Workday solution needs.
• Assisting in the development of a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) for the school.
• Developing and establishing operational processes for data, information, business intelligence and report management.
• Etc.

These activities require the candidate to operate independently, critically think and provide leadership, quality assurance, alignment to vision/mission and follow-through on solutions to completion.



Duties and Responsibilities

• Assess needs for data/information.
• Work independently with management and staff to facilitate, assist and guide them to identify solution options.
• Communicate with project teams, vendor and technical staff on user needs and solution designs.
• Follow through with teams to ensure consistent solutions and continuous improvement.
• Design and develop/build/implement integrated, lasting and multi-use solutions to accommodate data integration between systems.
• Communicate on status to management and teams.

The anticipated duration of this engagement is 18 months, with possible extensions. The consultants should be prepared to start by the end of April 2014 and will be required to work full-time, on site.


Requirements




Basic Qualifications

• Preferences for strong solution development (reporting) knowledge using Workday, Cognos and PeopleSoft (in order).
• Strong knowledge of Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Data Reporting
• Strong Architectural knowledge in Data Management and Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence design and development.
• Strong requirements development (facilitation) and design skills in business intelligence solutions.
• Strong Project Management abilities.
• Strong Leadership abilities.
• Strong data, application and integration technical skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Well-developed skills with Visio, MS-Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Experienced working in a deadline-driven environment, handling and prioritizing multiple tasks.
• Demonstrated track record of successful project delivery.
• Excellent conceptual, problem solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently or as a member of a team on complex tasks.
• Demonstrated competency in documenting solutions for both technical and functional audiences.

Desired Proactive Behaviors

• Display energy and initiative in solving problems.
• Follow all possible avenues to get the job done.
• Adaptable - undertake a variety of tasks willingly.
• Ability to switch from complex to routine tasks when required.
• Work effectively with a variety of personalities and work styles.
• Quality - demonstrate appropriate quality and thoroughness in the work.
• Decisive - ability to make decisions quickly when faced with multiple options.
• Ability to influence others in decided course of action.
• Integrity - act with personal integrity at all times.
• Professional - work within your team's processes.
• Confront problems, propose solutions and take ownership through to resolution or ensure a clear hand-off.
• Have a positive can-do approach to work.

Education and Qualifications

• 4 – 7 years of skills as a Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence Architect/Designer/Developer.
• 3 – 5 years of skills as a Project Manager.
• 3 – 5 years of skills as a data, application and/or integration architect.
• 2+ years of skills in application development/programming in Java, .Net or equivalent.
• 2+ years analytical problem solving, business analyst, requirements development experience.