Business Objects Developer, London, 50k recruitment

Business Objects Developer, London, 50k

My client is a leading investment management and investment services company. they have an exciting opportunity for someone to become the face of business objects in their emerging technologies, business intelligence division. This role will need 80% development and 20% business analyst skills. you will help the business with their reports so you will nned excellent communication and people skills to be considered

The ideal candidate will have experience of the following;

*Development of Business Objects Universes through to end users reports in compliance with best practice and common sense safeguards.
*Production of complex reports. The individual is to work with business and technical teams to reduce complexity where possible and recommend alternative designs where appropriate.
*Report design and development across installed versions and installed software types (Web Intelligence, Thick Client and desktop Intelligence). At this time, versions range from XIR2 to XIR4.
*Mentor business and technical super users in report self-service. Be aware, and guard against the potential risks associated with self-service report generation. Contribute to Newton's policy on report self-service and continually monitor others for compliance.
*Contribute to the Business Intelligence roadmap for Newton. This is to set out our strategic vision both in terms of services and extended BI applications.
*Having an in-depth understanding of BO XI security models and services, support and protect the current environment.
*Direct interaction with business users to interpret business requirements. Analytical skill are be used to question and provide proactive solutions. Solution development should be agile with frequently delivered prototypes and business meetings to collate feedback.
*Production of written specifications and technical documents specifically when seconded to work on large-scale project requirements.
*Expected to interact, and have an understanding of other teams within Emerging Technology. Specifically for this role, a very close working relationship with the warehousing team is essential as both teams combine to provide Newton Business Intelligence. This should extend to a functional knowledge of Data Warehousing concepts and best practices.
*Aid the warehousing team in interpreting business requirements into warehousing data models. This is especially important for Data Models associated with ad-hoc reporting.
*Comply with the Newton project and software development life cycle.
*Retain and grow product knowledge i.e. Live Office, Xcelsius and Explorer.
*Comply with internal and external Audit. Be conversant with the requirements of these groups and ensure compliance.

Business Objects Developer, London, 50k
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