Business Intelligence Analyst

Company Name: Caterpillar
Job Location: Nashville
Job Type: Full-time
Work Type: On-site

Role Definition


This role will support Senior Business Intelligence analysts in development initiatives in Power BI and Snowflake. Working knowledge of basic accounting concepts will be helpful in addition to the drive to learn new tools and processes. This team has exposure to the entire finance organization and will have many opportunities to present for leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Directing the data gathering, mining, and processing at large scale; creating appropriate data models.
  • Exploring, promoting, and implementing semantic data capabilities.
  • Leading to define requirements and scope of data analyses; presenting and reporting possible business insights to management using data visualization.


Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Extensive Experience:

  • Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
  • Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
  • Productively balances speed and accuracy.
  • Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
  • Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
  • Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Working Knowledge:

  • Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
  • Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
  • Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
  • Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.
  • Identifies the major forces, events, and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.

Programming Languages: Knowledge of basic concepts and capabilities of programming; ability to use tools, techniques and platforms in order to write and modify at least three of the following: Power M (Power Query), DAX, Excel Script, Python, and SQL.

Level Working Knowledge:

  • Participates in the implementation and support of specialized programming languages.
  • Conducts basic reviews on writing a specific programming language within a specific platform.
  • Assists with the design and development of specialized programming languages.
  • Follows an organization’s standards, policies and guidelines for structured programming specifications.
  • Diagnoses and reports minor or routine programming language problems.

Query and Database Access Tools: Knowledge of data management systems; ability to use, support and access facilities for searching, extracting and formatting data for further use.

Level Working Knowledge:

  • Defines, creates and tests simple queries by using associated command language in a specific environment.
  • Applies appropriate query tools used to connect to the data warehouse.
  • Obtains and analyzes query access path information and query results.
  • Employs tested query statements to retrieve, insert, update and delete information.
  • Works with advanced features and functions including sorting, filtering and making simple calculations.

Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
Level Working Knowledge:

  • Follows policies, practices and standards for determining functional and informational requirements.
  • Confirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis.
  • Communicates with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements.
  • Participates in the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements.
  • Utilizes specific organizational methods, tools and techniques for requirements analysis.

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