Job Description

Job Title:Reporting Analyst

Details

Responsible To: Senior Application Support Analyst

Management Authority:N/A
Budgetary Authority:N/A
Purpose of the Role:
The role of the Reporting Analyst is to support the design, development and the delivery of a successful management information service. Success will be measured through the delivery of accurate, appropriate and timely management information to support the activities of our internal and external stakeholder’s e.g. executive board, budget holders, business partners, Department for Education.
The primary responsibility of the role holder will be to lead the development of management information relating to Finance and Commercial departments but to also support the Management Information team within Human Resources Department.
Your initiatives will support the company wide goal of SLC becoming a Digital, Customer Focused, and Centre of Excellence.

As a member of the Team:

The Systems team forms part of the Finance Division. The team consists of two Application Support Analysts and a Reporting Analyst; all reporting to the Senior Application Support Analyst.
The Systems team core responsibilities are the administration, development and support of the Oracle ERP system and Oracle Planning and Budgeting System (formerly Hyperion). The system is utilised by professional users in Finance, Commercial and Human Resources. We also support all employees through self service capabilities.

Detailed PortfolioAccountabilities & Objectives:

  • Design, Develop and deliver management information to our customers
  • Identify appropriate reporting tools to develop secure and meaningful one click reporting of financial data i.e. budget, forecast & actual to our internal & external stakeholders
  • Design, develop and implement Reporting Principles. Through collaboration with our internal stakeholders these principles will help determine the content, quality and presentation of reports
  • Ensuring all management information outputs are quality assured and customer confidence in the information produced is maintained; through reconciliation of outputs prior to release
  • Train and advise users in the use of the reporting functionality available to them using appropriate training methods. Enabling a move to self service reporting, where appropriate
  • Identify opportunities for systems development or process improvements that would lead
to improved data capture, efficiency and management information
  • Lead/Support Management Information activities; as and when required. In particular the implementation of new Enterprise Resource & Planning System
  • Provide ad-hoc systems administration support for all Finance, Commercial & HR systems

Key Outputs:

  • Development of Reporting Strategy
  • Implement and embed standard procedure for report requests, design, development and delivery
  • Catalogue and review of existing reports; identifying areas for consolidation and improvement
  • Development of user friendly one click reporting with drill down functionality. Improving the presentation/usability of reports through use of dashboards, graphs etc...
  • Standardise, schedule and automate reporting
  • Deliver effective dashboard reporting

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

  • Experience of creating complex financial & non-financial reports in varying formats e.g. dashboards, charts, and drill down reporting
  • Understanding and experience of reporting of Finance planning and budgeting cycles
  • Understanding of systems design, interactions and analysis of data from multiple sources Experience and technical systems knowledge of;
Essential
  • ERP System
  • Budgeting and Planning Software
  • SQL
Desirable
  • Oracle E-Business Suite
  • Oracle Planning & Budget Cloud (formally Hyperion)
  • Oracle Discoverer
  • Oracle Application Express (APEX)
  • Business Intelligence Reporting (Design and Development)
  • ETL Tools
  • Strong interpersonal and influencing skills to work with delivery partners and internal support departments in order to facilitate change
  • Excellent organisation and planning skills
  • Well developed written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
Values & Behaviours:
  • Demonstrates enthusiasm, energy and drive
  • Self motivated, customer focused, team player
  • Takes the initiative to solve problems and suggest business/system process improvements
  • Take pride in your work, always striving to deliver to a high standard
  • Continuous improvement of self through training