National Data Analyst

Job description / Role

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A"rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the role

The Data Analyst will be working with complex new data sources from various SAP and non-SAP source systems and quickly turn them into data sets and create business insights through reports and dashboards. The Data Analyst will also participate in new scope and requirements, issue resolution, testing, and support activities to meet business needs and must set up proper processes to ensure durable, high-quality data reporting solutions.

What you will do
- Partners with the product owner, scrum master, and solution architect to deliver the solution.
- Responsible for reviewing and analyzing business requirements and designing technical solutions.
- Create and deliver Business intelligence reports and dashboards according to the business needs.
- Collaborate with internal and external implementation team members and partners to develop, test, and deploy solutions.
- Design and development of scalable, flexible, and extensible data models and reporting solutions.
- Ensure that data models and reporting solutions adhere to best practices, standards, and principles aligning with business requirements and objectives.
- Estimate and deliver multiple projects, assignments, and system change requests with the required quality according to agreed-upon resourcing and timelines.
- Analyze structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data sources for quality, completeness, and business value.
- Must have solid reverse engineering skills from reporting to tracing back to the source.
- Responsible for governance and implementing robust reporting solutions using various tool sets (Power BI/Tableau/Alteryx/Databricks)
- Manage and administrate various analytics platforms (Power BI/Alteryx/Tableau), including, but not limited to, license and contractual agreements with Vendors (if needed).
- Develop cross-functional solid partnerships across the organization.

Required Skills to be successful
- Expertise in Various Business intelligence reporting solutions such as Power and Tableau
- Expertise in data ingestion, data processing, and analytical pipelines for big data, relational / non-relational databases, and data warehouse solutions
- Worked on designing and developing cloud-based analytics solutions.
- Designing and developing warehouse solutions using ADLS, ADF, Databricks, and Power BI.
- Build workflows using data from various sources, including on-premises databases and external data sources.
- Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets and strong reverse engineering skills.
- Expert in Writing, executing and debugging SQL queries.
- Good Business acumen with the ability to connect data, analytics, and strategic thinking.
- Thorough understanding of Azure Cloud Infrastructure offerings.
- Strong attention to detail, result-driven with high accuracy of output.
- Self-motivated with problem-solving aptitude and solid organizational capability.

What equips you for the role
- Bachelor's degree in computers or an allied field of study
- Minimum 8+ years of proven experience in analytical/ insight roles in a fast-paced environment
- 10+ years of experience in Business intelligence tools such as Power BI/Tableau/Alteryx.
- Certification in Alteryx/Power BI will be considered an added advantage.
- Knowledge of one or more programming languages (Python/Scala) would be advantageous.

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.