Business Objects Consultant

Michael Bailey Associates
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tech stack

Big Data
SQL Databases
Tableau
Sap Business Objects

Job description

Team: The Business Object team consists of 2.5 people; they work closely with the Tableau team (3.5 people) and the Big Data team (3 people). The work is largely autonomous., Business Objects has been used in the client for over 20 years. It is used to produce reports for all the business areas of the client. The BO Consultant might receive questions on how to open/create reports, need to help business areas, analyse requirements and build reports. The duties involve everything from helping users with little knowledge and experience with the tool, to dealing with experts as well as supporting, developing and enhancing of existing reports. There are over 1200 reports in the system. There has been a recent upgrade to the new version of Business Objects (BO 4.3). Perfect candidate:

  • A technical expert, who has good ability to communicate, to pick up the phone and discuss the needs of the business areas.
  • Team: The Business Object team consists of 2.5 people; they work closely with the Tableau team (3.5 people) and the Big Data team (3 people). The work is largely autonomous.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • The role will be to provide all aspects of Business Objects development and support to our users at the client.
  • Report creation/modification, universe creation/modification.
  • The candidate must be adaptable and willing to work the occasional weekend or bank holiday for system changes/testing outside of normal working hours.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 4 years' experience of working with Business Objects (****)
  • Detailed knowledge of Business Objects version 4.3 (****)
  • Report creation/modification, universe creation/modification (****)
  • Experience with Business Objects support to non-technical users (****)
  • Expert level knowledge of SQL (****)

Interpersonal skills:

  • Team player
  • Ability to converse with a range of users from beginners to experienced report developers
  • Excellent written and spoken English

Bonus:

  • Knowledge of Business Objects version BI2025 is a plus
  • Knowledge of Infoburst is a plus
  • Knowledge of 360suite is a plus

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