Description: This position will be based out of our Los Angeles global headquarters. The consultant will be responsible for implementing our BI360 reporting, planning and dashboard software suite for customers and partners throughout North America.
Responsibilities:
Research and understand the clients’ current financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting requirements.
Interact with client personnel at all levels including, but not limited to financial analysts, IT specialists, CFO, and CIO.
Organize and lead project meetings with key contacts within the client organization.
Provide architectural advice and guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
Contribute to the development of methodologies, approaches, and models relevant to the client’s project.
Independently design, develop, and implement the recommended solution.
Train customers and partners on administering and maintaining the developed model.
Create technical and end user model documentation.
Help support and maintain the model post-implementation.
Travel to client sites throughout North America for requirements gathering, meetings, training, and implementation.
Required Qualifications: Bachelor degree is required in finance or accounting preferred. The candidate must have at least two years prior experience in a position working with financial report writers as well as strong Microsoft Excel skills. Basic accounting experience with an understanding of an ERP system (general ledger and related sub-ledgers) is expected.
The position requires excellent organizational, qualitative and analytical skills as well as the ability to apply a creative approach to problem solving. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to learn on the fly and multi-task. Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with a strong technical and financial business applications aptitude are required.
Additional Skills:
Prior experience implementing or working with financial reporting systems is a strong plus.
Experience with Microsoft ERP’s (Dynamics AX -Axapta, GP-Great Plains, SL-Solomon, NAV-Navision) is a plus.
Hands-on experience designing budgeting and forecasting models is a plus.
Familiarity with T-SQL is a plus.
Offer: Solver is a premier Microsoft Business Intelligence partner (awarded “Global Microsoft BI Partner of the Year” in 2009) and offers a fun and educational environment ideal for personal growth. We are a software and services organization implementing both our own reporting, budgeting and data warehouse suite as well as custom solutions involving the entire Microsoft BI suite. Solver offers very competitive benefits including health, dental, vision, life, Simple IRA matching, company outings and more.
Target Salary: Competitive Base + quarterly bonus Travel: Yes, US/Canada (20%-30%) Location: Candidate should reside in the Los Angeles area.
Status: US Citizenship or Green card required.
*Please review the required qualifications before responding to this open position.
Description: This position will be based out of our Los Angeles global headquarters. This position will involve working primarily as a BI consultant as well as a project manager of discrete work streams.
Responsibilities:
Interact with client personnel, including, but not limited to financial analysts, IT specialists, CFO, and CIO.
Assist with or act as the primary consultant implementing solutions for clients.
Engage clients for requirements gathering, project management and documentation delivery.
Organize and lead project meetings with key personnel internally and within the client organization.
Interact with the client, partner, and project team to ensure successful delivery and completion of each project.
Manage project consulting team made up of internal staff, contractors, and off-shore resources.
Travel to client sites throughout North America to assist in project kick-off meetings.
Report to and assist the Consulting Manager and Chief Architect with projects within your portfolio.
Qualifications: Bachelor degree in Business, Computer Science or related technical field required (MBA, MS or other graduate degree a strong plus). The candidate must have at least five years prior experience in a technical role dealing with financial systems and must understand and be able to speak about the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack. The ideal candidate will have prior consulting experience implementing and/or managing financial software systems.
The position requires excellent organizational, qualitative and analytical skills as well as the ability to apply a creative approach to problem solving. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to learn on the fly and multi-task. Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with a strong technical and financial business applications aptitude are required.
Required Skills:
Strong familiarity with the Microsoft BI stack from a technical perspective is mandatory.
Advanced T-SQL skills are mandatory.
Proven experience managing small teams is mandatory.
Experience with structured Project Management methodologies.
Additional Skills:
Prior Business Intelligence or Data Warehousing consulting experience is a strong plus.
Experience with OLAP/MDX and SQL Reporting Services is a plus.
Experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a plus
Experience with Microsoft, Sage, SAP or other ERP’s is a plus.
Dimensional modeling experience is a plus.
Offer: Solver is a premier Microsoft Business Intelligence partner (awarded “Global Microsoft BI Partner of the Year” in 2009) and offers a fun and educational environment ideal for personal growth. We are a software and services organization implementing both our own Reporting, Budgeting and Data Warehouse suite as well as custom solutions involving the entire Microsoft BI suite. Solver offers very competitive benefits including health, dental, vision, life, Simple IRA matching, company outings and more.
Compensation: Competitive base plus potential for quarterly and year-end bonuses as well as stock options. Travel: Yes, US/Canada (30%-40%). Location: Candidate must reside in the Los Angeles area. Status: US Citizenship or Green card required.
*Please review the required qualifications before responding to this open position.
Solver's senior consultants have written and published (Wiley & Son) four comprehensive books on the topics of Budgeting, Business Intelligence, and Process Improvement. These business books explore the use of modern Business Performance Management (BPM) technologies and processes to improve management decision-making and financial control.
