Lead Analytics Consultant

This is a unique and challenging opportunity for an experienced Analytics Consultant to join the Analytics practice of Hitachi Solutions Europe. In this role you will be providing bespoke and cutting edge advanced analytics solutions, bringing significant commercial advantage to some of the UK's most recognised companies. The successful candidate will draw upon their experience with business intelligence tools and techniques and to advise clients on analytics best practices and deliver analytics capability on time and to budget. The main areas of responsibility are:

• Advising clients on the best analytics practices and deliver analytics capabilities on time and to budget
• Capture client requirements and model data to develop an effective intelligence solution architecture
• Develop or design bespoke Business Intelligence & Advanced Analytics solutions
• Implement solutions using best practices for the management and transformation of data
• Design and develop effective reports and dashboards to present information in a
• clear and informative manner
  
  We are looking to hire ambitious consulting professionals who combine their technical acumen with a genuine enthusiasm for improving organisations.
• Strong client facing experience, previously working for a management consultancy or system integrator
• Demonstrable experience designing or developing advanced business intelligence & analytics solutions using the full Microsoft BI stack (SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS)
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Design & development experience using data discovery tools such as MS Power BI, QlikView, Tableau
• Ability to model and transform data, build ETL solutions and present data in a useful business context
• Experience developing data warehouses & data marts using the Kimball methodology
• Experience or awareness of Big Data and Data Science related technologies, such as R or Azure Machine Learning, to design and implement predictive analytics models
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills
• Have a numerate degree (mathematical or computer science related disciplines) with good problem solving skills
• In order to be eligible for the role, each candidate must hold active security clearance.
  
  Hitachi Solutions Europe is a global Digital, Data and Technology consultancy, Microsoft Gold partner and Cloud Services partner, specialising in end-to-end transformation.
As a global consultancy firm working across the private and public sectors, we specialise in Dynamics 365 Business Applications, Power Platform, including Azure, Application Modernisation and Data & Analytics. Our highly skilled team help drive improvements, creating efficiency and growth within organisations. We are committed to Microsoft technologies, with a mission to revolutionise modern businesses. To achieve this we employ the best, most dedicated talent to deliver outstanding technology solutions to both our local and global clients. Be part of our Hitachi family We place value on collaboration, open communication, and transparency. We emphasise the importance of team spirit, cohesion, and appreciation - And through our talented people, innovative culture, and technical and business expertise, we deliver game changing outcomes every day. Our learning culture and flat hierarchy are our recipes for success. But don´t take our word for it - Have a look at what our employees are saying: Hitachi Solutions: Recruiting the best talent and offering outstanding career opportunities (hitachi-solutions.co.uk) What to expect, your benefits Hitachi Solutions offers competitive compensation packages (incl. bonuses), pension and benefits plans. Work/Life balance is an essential part of our culture, and all our employees are home workers, although you will be expected to come into our or customer's offices regularly. We operate a comprehensive career development programme that includes mentoring and training plans to ensure that you will continue to grow and develop your career at Hitachi., Diversity is the wellspring of our innovation and our growth engine, and we believe that creativity is fuelled by diversity. To be truly user centric, we need to ensure that the teams developing products and services are representative of the communities they serve. Our collective success is achieved by fostering and respecting our employees' and customer's individualities coming together as One Team. Hitachi strives to create an environment not only where genders, races, cultures, sexual orientations, and identities can work together, but where the beliefs and views of those participating feel equally represented.