Business Analyst - Microstrategy with Airline Experience

JOB PURPOSE:

Seeking a MicroStrategy certified designer, with expertise across all aspects of the application, to work in an agile environment. The initiative that the role supports will deliver rapid value to business users through the use of Business Intelligence tools to bring insight driven analysis to the forefront of its decision making capability.

The role will operate as part of a small team focused on agile delivery of content to answer business questions from across the organization.

The successful candidate will:

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Provide expert capability through the rapid prototyping and deployment of BI content through MicroStrategy.
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Deliver analytical capability to business users through the realization of analytical concepts in the form of reports, dashboards and documents in MicroStrategy.
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Provide functional guidance to the analytics projects at Emirates through best practice design and implementation of MicroStrategy content.
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Establish best practice processes for capturing requirements, prototyping, testing, distribution and publication of MicroStrategy content in an agile/iterative environment.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

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Requirements gathering from cross functional selection of end users which translate business questions into prototypes and conceptual design.
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Iterative delivery approach to validating user requirements throughout delivery life cycle.
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Sourcing data and using MicroStrategy and other tools to organize data into pliable data sets for interactive analysis to be executed.
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Create reference data, custom groups and hierarchies that support multiple innovative business use cases from single sets of transactional data.
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Build cubes, reports and metadata based on current and future analytical requirements.

- Design Visual Insight work spaces for analytical interactions by business users at all levels of the business.

CRITICAL COMPETENCIES

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Initiative and Commitment to Achieve
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Adaptability and Innovation
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Interpersonal Ability

- Problem Solving and Decision Making

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

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MicroStrategy certification, preferably in the construction and deployment of dashboards, documents, applications and visual insights.
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Degree or Honours in Mathematics, Economics, Commerce, Business Administration or Operations Research.
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5+ years of experience working in an aviation/transport/commercial environment
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Excellent analytical ability and attention to detail, with an understanding of data processing and information systems, tools and applications.
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Highly developed interpersonal skills and able to interact effectively with all divisions of the Commercial department.