Business Intelligence Specialist

Are you a specialist who understands business and is ready to harness a brand-new data platform to provide SIDN with market intelligence? Excited by the idea of extracting, analysing and interpreting information from our large data lake to identify (new) opportunities using PowerBI reporting technology?

Operating at the interface between IT and business, you'll act as a discussion partner for our management team and other colleagues, and for our customers. You'll be responsible for using our data platform to answer complex questions posed by departments such as Marketing, Finance and Support. The role involves being able to understand customers' needs and make connections between data relating to our customers' markets, as a starting point for correct interpretation and the extraction of useful intelligence.

As our BI Specialist, you’ll work closely with our data team, whose experienced data engineers will be your technical sparring partners. Together, you’ll deliver optimised data solutions and intelligence. Our data lake is built on Azure Databricks, so you’ll be working with modern technologies in an innovative environment.

You'll be given ample scope for professional development and for shaping your role. You'll operate at the interface between marketing and ICT,

Duties and responsibilities:

• Gathering data and information from various sources

• Performing analyses, generating reports and interpreting findings

• Developing dashboards

• Developing new data products

• Giving advice based on intelligence gained from data

• Liaising with colleagues

• Advising colleagues and management

• Constantly staying abreast of the latest trends and developments

• Higher vocational and/or university qualification(s)

• At least 2 years' experience working in a similar role

• Customer-focus and the ability to translate intelligence into clear and effective presentations

• The ability to work with large data files and technical data management skills

• Experience with databases and dimensional modelling

• Experience with Databricks Dashboards is desirable

• Knowledge of SQL Databricks Reports and PowerBI, including strong DAX and M skills

• The ability to work as part of a team and seek out internal and external collaboration

• Good command of both Dutch and English essential

• Affinity with marketing

• Customer focus

• Ability to innovate

• Independence

• Experience with Power Automate and Python is desirable; otherwise a willingness to learn

Because we use a hybrid working model, you’ll need to live in the Netherlands.

For us, it's all about balance. Balance between hard work and relaxation, between performance and reward, between your ambitions and ours, between an inspiring office environment and the convenience of working from home, and of course between professional and private life. We utilise the latest technologies for easy collaboration, remotely, physically and in hybrid forms. We also make sure that our people have well-equipped home workstations, plus access to an office space with everything they need to get together, collaborate and inspire each another. If you want to go running or visit granny during office hours, we're okay with that. As long as you live up to your professional responsibilities, we'll work out between us exactly how and when you do your work. And we're not fans of formal appraisal. What really matters is year-round personal development. Where you take the lead. Helping us to consolidate our status as a major, unique player in the internet technology sector.

Pay and other benefits

What’s in it for you? First, ample opportunity for growth and skills development. After all, you'll be helping us take our IT set-up in a whole new direction. On-the-job growth will go hand-in-hand with training-based personal development -- for which we have a generous budget! There's an attractive benefits package as well:

• Gross monthly salary of up to €5,500, depending on age and experience

• Holiday pay of 8 per cent, plus a thirteenth salary payment

• A variable collective bonus of up to 4 per cent

• An attractive extra bonus if you introduce us to a new colleague

• A basic holiday allowance of 25 days, plus scope for building up to 13 days' occasional leave entitlement, if you work full time

• A pension with ABP, with an 80 per cent contribution from SIDN

• A business rail card if you come to work by public transport

• A travel allowance if you come to work using your own transport

• A daily home working allowance for every day that you work from home

• A complete, healthy home workstation

• €55 a month (net) for your home broadband

• €25 a month (gross) contribution to your health insurance

• Additional parenthood leave on full pay

• An optional cycle lease scheme, where SIDN covers 50 per cent of the lease cost, up to a maximum of €60 (gross) per month

• €500 a year to donate to a good cause of your choice

• Your own .nl domain name and hosting package

• Ample education and training opportunities

• Professional coaching and budget coaching

• A relocation allowance if taking the job means moving house

Everything above is for a full-time role (40-hour week).

The selection procedure includes screening, which involves obtaining a Certificate of Good Behaviour (similar to a criminal record check), and performing reference and integrity checks.

Acquisition is not welcome for this vacancy.