Description
SAS Visual Analytics Consultant BIR00003C
Location: Birmingham
Duration: 3 months (possibility of extension)
EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY: Sopra Steria is currently recruiting for experienced Senior SAS Consultants to join one of their key financial project teams, based on client site, in Birmingham
Responsibilities/Accountabilities
SopraSteria financial services sector are seeking SAS VA Consultants to join for a key project. Holding 2-5 years' experience, we require someone passionate for Analytics and Visualisation, with extensive experience of working on financial services SAS/Analytics projects.
Essential skills
- Highly Proficient in SAS and SAS Visual Analytics
- Demonstrable experience of proposing insightful visualisations with the data at hand
- Good presentation skills - must be able to "sell the visualisation" to relevant stakeholders
- Experienced in general SQL use
- Exposure to underlying databases eg Oracle or Microsoft
- Design of ETL and reporting solutions
- Ability to create end to end solutions, and lead on implementation.
- Understands data integration and management principles
- Able to translate complex Business requirements into technical design
- Able to manage your own time, delivering as per project/technical lead requirements
- Good understanding of version control methodologies
- Involvement in all parts of a project's development life cycle
- Experience of how to optimise SAS processes, especially with more experienced consultants
- Strong Excel skills, including VBA knowledge
- Ability to assimilate business requirements
- Understanding of business process improvements
- Ability to represent processes as process flow or swim lane diagrams
- Definition of testing scenarios
- Testing skills
Desirable Skills Experience and Knowledge
- SAS DI Studio
- Subject matter expertise in Finance, Insurance, Credit Risk or Customer/Marketing analytics
- Experience with QlikView and Tableau advantageous
- Unix Scripting
Please apply directly, there are no agencies working on this role. Contact Stanzin ZESPAL ( (see below) )
The post holder will work through Sopra Steria Recruitment for Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation, providing one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end-to-end service offerings on the market: consulting, systems integration, software development, infrastructure management and business process services.
Sopra Steria Recruitment: 2016 Winners of the APSCo Awards for Excellence for Recruitment Company of the Year >£50m Turnover and Recruiter's Investing in Talent Awards.