Power BI Specialist

Global University Systems (GUS) is focused on becoming one of the world’s most dynamic, inclusive, and diverse education organisations. GUS is an international network of higher education institutions, brought together by a shared passion for accessible, industry-relevant qualifications. GUS delivers a wide variety of programmes, including bachelor’s degree programmes, master’s degree programmes, professional training, English Language training, and corporate & executive education. When someone chooses to study at one of our institutions– whether on campus in Europe, North America, or even in their own home – they’re joining a network of 100,000 students worldwide. When you decide to work with GUS, you will be joining an industry leading, global organisation that has a reach in over 150 different countries.

Position:

The Power BI Specialist is responsible for delivering actionable reports and dashboard for business stakeholders on the performance of the department. They understand company data structure across multiple systems very well and can transform and visualize this data.

Able to apply predictive analytics on large datasets to identify trends across the business.

They maintain the departmental BI infrastructure, manage users and requests.

• Delivers required project inputs according to time, quality and budget requirements
• Ensures progress is accurately communicated and expectations of various stakeholders are managed effectively
• Proactively integrates new technologies for more advanced analytics including and not limited to PowerFlow, PowerApps and Machine Learning
• Sets up Dataflows for ETL and maintains them
• Provides Power BI desktop & cloud platform, gateways & administration support and expertise
• Suggests improvements/best practices and takes ownership of implementing them.
• Provides good DAX, data modelling and basic M (Power Query Editor) capability
• Produce and enhance reports & dashboards
• Provide technical input and effective data analysis to projects to support the achievement of deliverables to time and budget
• Maintains knowledge on business and technology trends that impact the business environment
  
  

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum 6 Years of experience in MS Power BI
• Good communication skills to collaborate effectively with various teams
• Experience producing data structure diagrams and documentation
• Very strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to learn quickly and work with best practices
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, self-starter and maintains positive attitude.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills; coordinate complex projects, meet deadlines, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Very good understanding of relational databases
• Required experience/knowledge of a software or programming environment:
• MS Power BI, Sharepoint, Azure, Redshift, Dataflows
• Power query/M, DAX
• Optional, but preferred experience with:
• SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, SQL, AWS Glue
• Other reporting tools like: Tableau, Quicksight
  
  

Other information:

Please note this position is only available on our Consultancy Agreement.

We acknowledge receipt of your resume for a position at Global University Systems and sincerely appreciate your interest in our company.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose qualifications meet our requirements. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you if you are selected to continue for the next stage of the recruitment process. We wish you every success.

GUS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.