Senior BI Architect

Join Altus Group as an advisor, designer and developer as they roll out new processes that&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: 400;">leverage the BI functionality</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to meet business and analytical needs internally and externally.</span>

Toronto, ON

Altus Group

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2005, we started with 400 employees and have grown exponentially to over 2300 around the globe today. Altus Group employees don&rsquo;t see boundaries, they see opportunity. They deliver results for our clients and our company and are recognized and rewarded for the value they create. This is an opportunity to in depth on multiple projects that encompass many industries, geographic reach and high profile design.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Altus, we want you to realize your potential. We value collaboration and knowledge sharing of best practices. We support professional growth and we actively seek out ideas. This is the place to present the newest research, to introduce the coolest tech and see it come to fruition and be applied. Your work will make a difference.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.altusgroup.com

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Overview: <p dir="ltr"><strong>Who we are</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Altus Group Limited is a leading provider of software and data solutions and independent advisory services to the global commercial real estate industry. Through our two business lines, Altus Analytics and Altus Expert Services, we are creating innovative technology-enabled solutions that better enable the commercial real estate industry to analyze, gain market insight and recognize value on their investments. Our clients include some of the world&rsquo;s largest real estate industry participants, spread across a broad variety of sectors.</p> <p dir="ltr">Headquartered in Canada, we have approximately 2,500 employees around the world, with a network of more than 75 offices with operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>The opportunity</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer, Ed Orlik, we are looking to add a Senior Business Intelligence Architect to the team. Someone who can build out and implement a company-wide Business Intelligence strategy. A hands-on developer and thought leader, we need someone who can be the first person on the Business Intelligence Centre of Excellence team. This is a newly created role and one that will impact the transformation of our company into a digital and data focused service and solution provider. With an initial three-year launch plan for the Centre of Excellence and a long term vision, this is a true greenfield opportunity and a career building move.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Who you are</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">A solutions innovator and knowledge expert, you are passionate about introducing Business Intelligence to teams and guiding them to leverage the functionality. You have hands-on experience&nbsp;establishing a Business Intelligence function and implemented a BI product within a startup or mid-sized organization. Whether your expertise is in Tableau or you have used Microstrategy, Looker or Birst, you want to expand your skill set, turning an expansive variety of low level data into insightful knowledge products.</p>
Responsibilities: <p dir="ltr"><strong>What&rsquo;s in it for you?</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Exposure.</em>&nbsp;This is a rare opportunity with limitless possibilities as you work in tandem with the CIO to define your role and contribute to the building of the BI Centre of Excellence. You will hit the ground running &nbsp;to execute on and guide the company-wide Business Intelligence strategy.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Cutting-edge technology.</em>&nbsp;You will be both hands-on designer and developer as well as subject matter expert, sharing insights and offering guidance and support to our business units on best practices and methods to leverage the BI functionality.&nbsp;You will use BI and database tools to develop reporting solutions to meet business and analytical needs. You will design, develop and implement:</p> <ul> <li>Data repositories.</li> <li>Data integration processes to transform unstructured and disparate source data into the target data warehouse or data marts.</li> <li>ETL procedures to transform source data into needed structures to support BI and Reporting tools and systems.</li> </ul> <span id="x_x_x_x_x_docs-internal-guid-b0189906-dc58-4351-25ea-891faa4e4f46"><em>Impact.</em>&nbsp;This is an initial three year project focused on building, expanding, improving the way Altus Group interacts with and capitalizes on the availability of our data (year over year). As our new Senior Business Intelligence Architect, you will play a critical part in the transformation of the company into a digital and data-focused organization.</span>
Requirements: <p dir="ltr"><strong>Our new Senior Business Intelligence Architect will have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>The Business Intelligence expertise. You are a BI thought-leader and innovator. You have successfully implemented BI functionality. You have 5+ years of hands-on experience building out Enterprise BI and Reporting systems, preferably Tableau. You have strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.</li> <li>The passion. You are a BI champion and can identify how BI processes can be used to solve complex challenges. You want to share your knowledge and expertise, onboarding technical and operational teams and consultants and enlightening them as to the value of the system.</li> <li>The drive. You want to spearhead a BI Centre of Excellence and carry out a company-wide strategy working closely with stakeholders and end-users across all levels and business units.</li> <li>The leadership experience. You have direct experience following a Data Warehouse/BI project lifecycle, using tools, technologies, and best practices. You have strengths in workflow planning, conflict resolution and people management. You know how to grow and build out a team.</li> <li>The collaborative and communication skills. You can build and nurture internal and external relationships easily, taking on the role of subject matter expert and trusted advisor. You have strong negotiation skills and can work closely with solution partners.</li> <li>The technical knowledge. You have knowledge in dimensional data modeling designs and techniques; developing complex SQL queries and stored procedures; creating complex reports using cursors and multi-dimensional objects.</li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Need any more reasons to join Altus Group?</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">In 2005, we started with 400 employees and have grown exponentially to over 2,300 around the globe today. Altus Group employees don&rsquo;t see boundaries; they see opportunity. They deliver results for our clients and our company and are recognized and rewarded for the value they create. This is an opportunity to work on multiple projects that encompass many industries, geographic reach and high profile design.</p> <p dir="ltr">At Altus Group, we want you to realize your potential. We value collaboration and knowledge sharing of best practices. We support professional growth and we actively seek out ideas. This is the place to present the newest research, to introduce the coolest tech and see it come to fruition and be applied. Your work will make a difference.</p> <p dir="ltr">At Altus Group, we are proud to say that many of our teams are comprised of members who have been here five years or longer. We think that speaks volumes about our atmosphere and our people.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Opportunity awaits - come realize your potential at Altus Group.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <br /> <p><span id="com.peopleclick.cp.fieldlabel.disclaimer" class="pc-rtg-legal">Altus Group is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment where employees feel valued and respected, and where every employee has the opportunity to realize their potential. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if required, and will work with you to meet your needs.<br />If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application process, please contact us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:careerscanada@altusgroup.com">accessibility@altusgroup.com</a>&nbsp;or 416-641-9500.</span></p>