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Business Intelligence Consultant

Job Description Business Intelligence Consultant
Department:       Business Intelligence  
Reporting To:  Team Leader
Salary Range :    £30-50k plus bonus  
Car Allowance:    £300

Company Background:

K3 is a global leader in the provision of next-generation enterprise software for businesses in the Retail, Manufacturing and Distribution sectors. With more than 3,000 customer installations in over 30 countries, K3 is recognised as a safe, innovative and reliable provider of world-class solutions, backed by world-class service.  

K3's goal is to provide a scaleable range of Microsoft-centric business solutions to the complementary markets of Retail, Distribution and Manufacturing. We are market leaders in each of these fields with innovative and proven business solutions that deliver a competitive edge to each customer.  

In Retail we are Microsoft’s leading Dynamics Partner, selling more Microsoft solutions than anyone else in the UK . In Distribution our integrated business solution was recently voted the best product in its sector and in Manufacturing we are the market leaders with the largest installed customer base in the UK .  

K3 employs 150 staff in its retail division and its Head Office is in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Job Summary:

The Business Intelligence Consultant will be primarily responsible for the analysis, design and delivery of Business Intelligence solutions to clients.

Responsibilities:

  • Engage with clients to analyse and scope Business Intelligence requirements

  • Estimate a project’s time and resource requirements

  • Design and develop solutions according to the client’s requirements

  • Prepare user documentation and provide training

  • Develop BI prototypes for the sales team

  • Skills and Experience

Skills & experience:  

The successful candidate will be a BI “Technical Specialist” with proven experience in delivering business intelligence solutions and demonstrable in-depth knowledge of the following:  

  • Data modelling in both transactional and multi-dimensional environments

  • Design and development of BI solutions in the Microsoft SQL Server environment (using Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services)

  • Design and development of dashboards and reports in BI applications (ProClarity, TARGIT or similar)

  • Consulting/customer-facing experience.

  • General understanding of Internet technologies such as HTML, ASP. .NET etc (not essential).

  • Experience within the Retail sector would be an advantage

  • Personal Skills

  • Excellent technical skills

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

  • Ability to understand customer requirements and deliver applicable solutions

  • Ability to work on own initiative and within a team environment

  • Self-motivated and driven to achieve professional success in a consulting environment

  • Ability to manage workload and time according to deadlines

Working environment:

The role will be based at Milton Park in Didcot, Oxfordshire and will involve extensive travel to clients throughout the UK as well as spending periods of time working at client sites. A full, applicable driving licence is required.  

Supplimentary information:

Working Hours:

Normal hours of work: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:30 with a one-hour lunch break.  

Holidays

  • Your annual holiday entitlement is 22 days in the complete holiday year which runs from 1st January to 31st December. This entitlement excludes bank and public holidays.

  • You will accrue annual holidays on the basis of 1/12th of the annual entitlement for each month of service in the holiday year.

  • If you are employed on a part-time basis, your annual holiday entitlement is pro-rata to the full-time employee entitlement of 22 days. In addition, you are entitled to recognised bank/public holidays where they fall on one of your normal working days.

  • Probationary Period

  • 6 months, followed by formal review

Expenses:

If employed legitimate business expenses incurred will be reimbursed by the company in line with the company Expenses Policy. Expenses incurred travelling to and attending interviews will not normally be re-imbursed. If this is required then request should be made PIOR to attending interview and will be considered by the directors .  

Notice:

The employment termination period will be confirmed in your contract of employment once an offer of employment has been accepted.  The standard notice period is :

  • After 1 month’s service you are required to give the Company 1 week’s notice to terminate your employment. After 3 months service you are required to give the Company one month’s notice to terminate your employment.

  • You are entitled to receive the following periods of notice from the Company:

  • Over 1 month but under 3 months’ service - 1 week.

  • Over 3 months service but under 5 years service – 1 month.

  • Over 5 years' continuous service - 1 week for each complete year of service to a maximum of 12 weeks after 12 years.

  • By mutual agreement, these notice periods may be waived.

  • The Company has the right to terminate your employment without notice or payment in lieu of notice in the event that you commit a fundamental breach of contract.

  • The Company reserves the right to require you not to carry out your duties or attend your place of work during the period of notice.

  • At the absolute discretion of the Company, payment in lieu of working notice may be made.

Sick Pay:

The procedure you must follow in the event of periods of absence from work due to sickness is set out in the Employee Handbook.  At the discretion of the Company, the following sick pay entitlement may be paid in excess of any Statutory Sick Pay to which you may be entitled:

  1. In the first 3 months of service there is no entitlement to Company sick pay

  2. From 3 to 12 months service you are entitled to up 1 month’s pay during absences due to sickness

  3. Over 12 months service you are entitled to a maximum of 3 months’ full pay followed by 3 months’ half pay in any twelve-month period.

  4. The qualifying days for Statutory Sick Pay purposes are Monday to Friday inclusive.

Pension:

The Company does not operate a private Pension Scheme and there is no contracting out certificate in force in respect of your employment. You are therefore contracted into the current secondary State Pension Scheme unless you have made your own personal pension arrangements.

However, the Company will offer you access to a Stakeholder Pension provider to enable you to consider your own personal pension arrangements.  

Eligibility to work in the UK

Any offer of employment is subject to the employees eligibility to work in the UK and evidence will be required and copies retained by the company for its records. Assistance may be available by the company for candidates requiring work permits, should an offer of employment be made.

Equal Opportunity

K3 is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment. Accordingly, management will ensure that recruitment, selection, training, development and promotion procedures result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, trade union membership or non-membership, sex, sexual orientation or marital status, or being a part-time worker.  The Company’s objective is to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities.

References  

Any offer of employment made will be subject to the receipt of 2 satisfactory references from previous employers.  

All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE

For more job details of any of the above roles please contact Karen Woods, HR Manager, at Corinthian Court, 80 Milton Park etc. or email: jobs@k3btg.com  stating detail on your expected salary.

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