Analytics Developer. This position develops, enhances, and supports efforts related to analytics and business reporting. This position will work closely with the FP&A Analytics Systems Development team and the I/T Center of Excellence providing requirements for data modeling to be consumed in Power BI.
In addition, this role will be assigned responsibility for maintaining and managing content areas in the existing legacy BI solutions and reporting. Someone who will strive for excellence and partner with leaders to align on leveraging BI for business outcomes. Must have strong communications skills and ability to pay attention to detail. Project Management skills, including goal setting,
issue tracking, and status reporting are required. This individual is business-minded, customer-centric, team-oriented, self-motivated, a strategic thinker and results-driven.
This role will develop and lead development, of Power BI dashboards for FP&A and other business areas as assigned. Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities With direction from team leader, perform detailed data analysis through discovery, determining structure, content, and quality of data through examining source systems, data samples, dictionaries, and consulting co-workers Identify data sources and guide Analytics Systems team with translating business requirements into technical requirements. Assist
Business Analytics team in understanding data models and data sources for the design, development, deployment, and support of sustainable, scalable dashboards using tools such as Power BI Partner with various stakeholders to transition existing Excel reports as well as review new business requirements for enterprise-wide suite of dashboards Prepare and present regular reports to team leader on the progress and status of analytics projects and systems Responsible for maintenance and day to day activity of Essbase data models/cubes as well as data administration for Planning and Outlook process Complete special analytics projects as assigned by Financial Systems team lead Minimum Education and Experience Required BS degree or equivalent work experience in Information Technology, Finance, Accounting or related discipline plus 10 years related work experience.
Some minor travel to manufacturing plant sites or to attend training. SAP Business Intelligence Platform experience in Business Warehouse, Business Objects, or BPC. SAP business process experience in the following specific SAP module area: FI/CO – Finance and Controlling. An understanding of various data warehousing concepts including enterprise data, data staging, data transformation, and multidimensionality.
Moderate understanding and experience in Dataiku, Oracle Essbase, and Smart View. Moderate understanding and experience in planning, budgeting, and consolidations software. High level understanding of SAP FI module integration with other SAP business processes including: SD – Sales & Distribution, MM – Materials Management, CO – Product costing, PP – Production Planning, QM – Quality Management. Experience in SAP ERP and Business Warehouse reporting and analytics for subject SAP modules. Experience in Organizational Change Management requirements for subject SAP Business Intelligence modules including creation and delivery of training materials.
Experience in Microsoft Office Suite including creation of Excel spreadsheets and MS Power Point presentations. Experience in project planning including creation of resourced project schedules with understanding of critical path planning. Strong systems solution and analytics and reporting skills. Strong understanding of finance and accounting processes for manufacturing companies. Strong business and technical leadership and facilitation skills. Good communication skills – verbal, written and presentation. Ability to resolve conflict.
Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements Position is mostly sedentary but may require occasional moving to other offices or buildings. May need to move light equipment or supplies from one place to another. May need to access files, supplies and equipment. Work activity is in an office, open-partitioned, cubicle environment. Perdue Farms, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, interaction, interactionual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
