REPORTING ANALYST

Date:  Apr 27, 2024
Location: 

Palatine, IL, US, 60067

At Weber, grilling is a passion that’s reflected in everything we do. Our goal is to share this passion and spark inspiration with the people who matter most – our grilling community. Weber has been the world’s premiere manufacturer of charcoal and gas grills and accessories since 1952. If you have the desire to work for a company that is recognized for exceptional quality products and high customer satisfaction, employment with Weber may be right for you. We provide a friendly working atmosphere with an environment of growth and opportunity through innovation, pride, and excellence.

 

Weber is committed to inclusive, equitable and diverse Hiring practices. Our goal is to create a workforce which resembles the diverse rich communities we live, play, and support every day. 

 

Discover What’s Possible with a career, at Weber.

 

Summary

We are seeking a skilled Reporting Analyst with data visualization skills to join our team. The candidate will build and maintain data models in Power BI and scale reporting and data visualization capabilities. The candidate will communicate effectively with stakeholders about the available datasets and the relevant KPIs that measure the impact of data-driven decisions. The candidate will also provide guidance and support to help stakeholders use the data tools and platforms more efficiently and confidently.

 

We want to ensure our stakeholders can easily self-serve the data and build reports they need to drive their projects and make decisions. If you're excited to work on a fast-moving team using cutting-edge technologies to collect, store, transform, analyze, and model data, we want to meet you!

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (include the following, and other duties may be assigned):

  • Create, maintain and enhance Power BI datasets and dashboards to meet the reporting needs
  • Connect to data sources, importing data and transforming data for reporting needs
  • Integrate data from multiple sources to produce requested or required data elements
  • Implement row level security on data and have an understanding of application security layer models in Power BI.
  • Collaborate with the Team to ensure data integrity, security, and efficient Power BI deployment
  • Optimize the datasets to improve reports and dashboards performance and usability
  • Conduct a data verification process to ensure accuracy and maintain data quality standards
  • Identify and develop test plans to ensure that data sets meet the needs of the business. Conduct thorough unit/system/regression tests of dashboards and data prior to deployment to stage, UAT and production.
  • Coordinate with team members in finding root-cause of problems and issue resolution
  • Develop and maintain documentation for datasets. Maintain glossary for KPI definitions
  • Provide training and support to end-users, leveraging your extensive experience for effective utilization of Power BI task management tools.
  • Learn new concepts and technologies quickly and adapting to the changing business environment
  • Work independently and in a fast-paced environment with limited technical guidance
  • Stay current with Power BI advancements and recommend enhancements to existing processes.

Education and Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science, data science, Information Technology or a related field
  • Minimum 5 years of experience as a data analyst, BI analyst, or related profession
  • 3 years of proven experience in designing and implementing Power BI reports and dashboards
  • Strong understanding of task management processes and methodologies
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret and communicate complex data
  • Familiarity with programming languages such as SQL, Python, and R for data manipulation and analysis
  • Familiarity with data modeling and data warehousing concepts like SQL Server, AWS, Azure, Snowflake
  • Attention to detail and ability to maintain data accuracy and integrity
  • Able to quickly grasp new concepts and understand the business, business needs and reporting architecture
  • Able to work with little supervision while being accountable for individual and departmental results

 

Technical Requirements:

  • Excellent in tabular and multidimensional data modelling, data transformations, DAX language, M-code, visualizations and architecture
  • Expert in developing KPI visualizations and advance level DAX calculations on the data set while using SQL server as the source for the data
  • Expert in implementing row-level security on datasets
  • Expert in writing and modifying complex T-SQL queries, in complete alignment with business requirements
  • Capable of prototyping, designing and building scalable "out-of-the-box" solutions in Power BI overcoming tool limitations
  • Adept in troubleshooting issues, publishing and scheduling Power BI dashboards as per requirements
  • Perform admin activities in Power BI such as managing workspaces, security roles, data sources and refresh schedules

Competencies To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

  • Technical Expertise: Maintains current technical knowledge and best practices and actively builds new skills.  Provides ideas to help solve business and technical problems for the organization through technical expertise.  Able to work across multiple platforms and applications and see interconnections with some guidance. 
  • Action Orientation: Uses time effectively to complete tasks in a thorough and timely manner. Focuses on most important items first. Maintains high levels of personal organization and works at high level of efficiency and rapid pace.  Seeks out challenges and initiates action on issues even when scope is unclear.  Maintains composure in times of stress. 
  • Collaboration: Understands the importance of relationships to ensure team success.  Builds positive relationships, uses tact in sensitive situations; listens well to various points of view; relates well to others at all levels.  Speaks and writes in a clear and concise manner.  Takes time to get to know others outside of his/her immediate functional area.   Aligns personal goals to team and organizational goals. 
  • Communication: Establishes rapport and is straightforward and approachable.  Listens carefully, asks pertinent questions, responds effectively and adapts personal style to suit the audience.  Actively gathers customer viewpoint and feedback to aid in decision-making. Speaks, writes and presents in a clear and concise manner.  Uses effective meeting facilitation tools and techniques to attain meeting objectives in a timely manner. Establishes and maintains positive long-term relationships with a diverse network of contacts, including internal and external customers. 
  • Customer Engagement: Engaging external customers and internal resources to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes in a way that provides an optimal experience for the customer. 

Weber-Stephen Products LLC is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor.

 


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