Senior BI Developer

Vacancy Name Senior BI Developer

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Vacancy No VN864
Employment Type Full-Time
Division Group Functions
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/ Position: Senior Business Intelligence Developer
/ Location: Farnborough HQ (Hybrid working can be agreed)
/ Working Hours: Full-Time, 40 Hours per week
Gama Aviation is looking to add a talented BI Developer to the business operations team based at our HQ in Farnborough, supporting the extension and professionalisation of business intelligence reporting across the business using Microsoft Power BI. As the Business Intelligence Developer, you must develop a strong understanding of Gama Aviation’s operational structure and systems in order to facilitate meaningful analysis of our operational data, through summary KPI reports and drill through to operational detail.
You will support the specification, lead the development and ongoing administration of a suite of logical and well managed reports that will enable critical business decisions in a timely manner. You will ensure the reporting extends and scales with the business as it grows. This is an excellent opportunity working with diverse datasets from various sources, driving the BI roadmap by developing new functionality and tools to support business decisions, and ultimately commercial success. You will have a great deal of responsibility with endless opportunity for impact and freedom for initiatives.
/ About us:
Gama Aviation is a hugely diverse business that offers much more than perhaps its name would suggest. Yes, we fly but we also save lives, provide mission critical intelligence, and build systems that deliver decisive advantage.
With operations in the UK and Middle East, a career with us can offer travel, personal growth opportunities and the ability for long-term progression in a fast paced and dynamic service industry.
/ Responsibilities:
Integration of Power BI into Gama Aviation’s Business Units; understanding the business requirements and translating them into Power BI reports, drawing on all available data sources:
Develop understanding of Gama Aviation’s business structure in order to support the specification of new reports, eliciting requirements from stakeholders from across the business
Integration of many complex data sources, both on premise and cloud hosted, including configuring APIs and ODBC type connections
Data modelling across multiple operational systems; mapping relationships between disparate datasets, identifying blockers and resolving
Develop reports and dashboards that draw together data from the multiple sources
Performance tuning; ensuring data is ingested in a way that minimises computational burden
Implementing an access control structure and framework for managing it
Developing How2 type guidance and training end users
Administration of existing reports including modifying to accommodate business changes
/ Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:
Sound experience within Business Intelligence development
Experience using Power BI dataflows to manage data from multiple sources
Understanding of database management systems and ETL frameworks
Knowledge of SQL, M Query and DAX, ideally with some capability in R scripting
Ideally some experience in a professional services sector, providing analysis of labour metrics and capacity management
Skilled in business analysis, translating business requirements into technical specifications
Excellent problem-solving capabilities, proactive in working with stakeholders to overcome issues
Comfortable working with a range of stakeholders of varying levels of seniority and job role
Willingness and aptitude to learn and understand the operational structure and business mechanisms in order to generate meaningful reports
You will not shy away from a challenge or delivering excellence and will always display willingness to learn and develop in the role
/ In addition to a Competitive Salary, we will offer you:
Great Work-Life Balance with our Hybrid Working Policy – 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
Competitive Group Pension Scheme
Comprehensive Life Assurance *
Comprehensive Income Protection *
Comprehensive Travel Insurance *
Comprehensive Private Healthcare (after successful passing of probation) *
Free Car Parking
2 Paid Volunteering Days each calendar year (subject to line manager approval)
Investment in Training, Qualifications and Professional Development
*(Subject to insurance underwriting)
Due to the volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 20 working days then your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.