SAP BI/BW Developer Loc: Nashville Area, TN
100,000 - 200,000
Job Description:
Responsibilities
- Interact with business to gather requirements, prioritize work, develop enhancements to the existing system, coordinate testing, and perform change management/training for BW/BI reporting and applications
- Design comprehensive BI solutions, translating complex requirements into an optimal BI design
- Design data structures to optimize data load times and end-user data access response times
- Design processes to minimize data quality risks and proactively identify potential data issues
- Build and Enhance BI/BW objects such as InfoObjects, Transformations, DTPs, InfoProviders (DSOs, InfoCubes, and MultiProviders), and Process Chains.
- Monitor BI loads, communicate and troubleshoot issues with data integrity, data design, and functional and technical software issues
- Perform routine program modifications, performance tuning, problem solving, debugging, and unit testing
- Maintain BW structures and support for ETL processes for data feeding in and out of BW
- Prepare project related documentation (functional design, technical design, test scripts) during the different stages of a project
- Build Business Objects reports using Analysis Edition for MS (Analysis/MS), Analysis Edition for OLAP (Analysis/OLAP) and Web Intelligence (WebI)* Support the training of BI Power Users.
- This includes WebI, Analysis/OLAP, Analysis/MS and dashboards developed with Design Studio
- Build out current BW landscape to include non-SAP data sources
- Adhere to BW/BI best practices and standards to maintain stable Business Information environment
- Additional responsibilities per management
- Complies with all local, state, federal, and A O Smith regulations, policies, and procedures
- BA/BS Degree (Major: computer science, information systems, mathematics or related field)
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in: SAP BI/BW, BOBJ and SAP Report Development.
- A minimum of 5 years of Configuration of BW data objects: Info Objects, Transformations, DTPs, InfoProviders (DSOs, Info Cubes, and Multi Providers), and Process Chains.
- A minimum of 5 years of knowledge of ECC extractors: SD, FI/CO, COPA PP. MM. QM, WM, TM.
- Experience reconciling ECC and BW data.
- A plus if experience with dashboards development using SAP Business Objects Design Studio.
- Demonstrated analytical skills with a solid understanding of BI/BW development
- Excellent project management skills.
- Ability to create timeline and deliverables and execute plan successfully
- Excellent PC skills including MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Demonstrated capacity to effectively manage multiple and frequently changing priorities
- High degree of accuracy with attention to detail and ability to meet strict deadlines
- Minimal travel required, less than 25%. However, this may vary depending on project deadlines and implementation locations.