Business Intelligence Developer

Job Description

This is a new role for a BI Developer to develop Business Intelligence Solutions for internal customers. Solutions developed are used to aid process and drive business decisions in all departments.  Interacting with key stakeholders at all levels of business the role has a strong customer focus. The successful candidate is expected to work collaboratively with their internal customers to provide solutions that are accurate, have integrity and are of value to the business. 

Please note that while the role will come under our hybrid working policy it will require the successful candidate to come into the office two days per week at our head office in Salford Quays.

What does the job involve?

The key responsibilities of the role are as follows:

• Identifying and refining data and reporting requirements from key stakeholders.
• Develop reporting.
• Visualising and reporting data findings creatively in a variety of formats.
• Thinking strategically about uses of data and how data use interacts with data design.
• Performing data studies and data discovery around new data sources or new uses for existing data sources.
• Data extraction from multiple sources for reporting purposes.

Core Competencies and skills: 

• Microsoft BI Stack - SSRS, SSIS
• SQL Server 2014-2019
• Visual Studio
• Data Warehouse knowledge
• Comfortable commenting code and documenting solutions
• Comfortable with source controlling developments (Git/Bucket)
• Able to adhere to coding and development standards
• Good knowledge of IT products and systems
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills and comfortable working with both technical and non-technical teams
• Able to prioritise work effectively and multitask
• MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Customer focused
• Flexible approach to work - team player
• Adaptable to changing environment.
• Embraces continuous self-learning

Desirable competencies and skills:

• Knowledge and experience of creating Data Marts
• Power BI – DAX, Power Query
• Python
• Power Shell
• Performance Tuning
• JIRA / Confluence.
• Analysis of large data sets

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 449,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £71.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1100 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for five consecutive years.

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for employees wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

In return we will provide all the training and support you need in order to develop within your role.

What we offer:

• Competitive starting salary
• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days, increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Hybrid working policy
• Casual dress code
• Discretionary bi-annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Free shares scheme
• Paid study support for qualifications
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme from day one
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• On-site gym and personal trainer led classes
• Paid volunteering opportunities
• Free social events and more

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.