SAP BI/BW Analyst

Job Description

SAP BI/BW Analyst

Ramsey, NJ

Currently seeking a SAP Business Intelligence/Business Warehouse (BI/BW) Analyst for an opening in Ramsey, NJ. The ideal candidate will possess at least 1-2 years of hands-on experience working within the BOBJ suite of tools.

Responsibilities of the SAP BI/BW Analyst

• Responsible for analyzing, building, maintaining, supporting and troubleshooting SAP BW and Business Objects (BOBJ) reports.
• Record, analyze and confirm business requirements in functional specification documents.
• Develop or modify reports by considering end user requirements, " best fit" reporting tool, data model availability and/or limitations.
• Handle support requests related to reporting by providing sound, innovative, and practicable solutions.
• Working with key business users to understand current business problems and identify reporting opportunities.
• Understand data models, data availability and integrity.
• Analyze required data sources and the health of data as it pertains to a reporting solution.
• Prepare deliverables, including documentation and training material for all users.
• Build and maintain relationships with business and IT teams to ensure business requirements are being met in a timely manner.
• Assist in the testing of new releases, upgrades, or patches of SAP BW, BOBJ (and related systems).
• Provide timely status updates to the BI Manager on all work requests and issues/concerns.

Requirements of the SAP BI/BW Analyst

• Bachelor' s Degree in Computer Science/Business Information Systems or equivalent
• Minimum 1-2 years of hands-on experience working within the BOBJ suite of tools as well as a focus on gathering and analyzing business requirements, report solution design and front-end report development
• Advanced knowledge of and hands-on experience with the suite of BOBJ 4.x tools
• Solid knowledge and experience with SAP BEx Analyzer and Query Designer tools
• Strong understanding of SAP Business Intelligence and SAP Data Warehousing concepts
• Strong math and analytics background
• Ability to apply knowledge of front end reporting tools and understand the integration with the various data models in the SAP Business Warehouse and other data sources
• Ability to effectively communicate with and liaise between business and IT stakeholders to articulate complex business requirements
• Experience with design and construction of dashboards
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office - Excel required
• Good understanding of SAP modules including FI/CO, SD, MM, HR
• Working knowledge of building reports from SAP BW data models
• Knowledge of deploying BI reports through the SAP Enterprise Portal
• Knowledge of SAP HANA Datasets
• Strong understanding of relational databases, specifically MS SQL Server with an ability to do SQL queries to extract data and/or experience with SSRS