SAS Developer

London, ENG (GBR)
Negotiable
6 Months
Start date: ASAP
Ref: CPE-3326

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Required skills

data models
sas

Other skills

stakeholder management
forecasting
automation
data analysis
solution design
data quality
data sources
big data
data governance

Job description Posted 03 April 2018

Insight Analyst (SAS Developer)

The successful candidate will be highly skilled in using SAS, a keen problem solver, able to work under their own initiative and will understand how data is used to deliver valuable insight that will drive Finance business decisions.

Main Responsibilities

• Automation of existing BAU SAS processes

• Improvement / redesign of existing processes (SAS logic)

• Develop data models to meet the needs of Revenue Assurance information systems

• Create Entity Relationship models (ERM)

•Develop new SAS processes which enable the efficient processing, storage and summary of data

• Assist end users in solution design and best practice

• Document new and existing SAS processes and build data dictionaries

• Support standardisation and rationalisation of processes across UK Home and UK Business

• A key advocate for data quality agenda and support the improvement of the Centrica Data Governance culture

• Respond to technological developments and changing data sources.

• Run BAU tasks when needed.

Competencies

• Energetic, self-motivated and able to work autonomously as a technical expert but also collaborate with peers to deliver standardised best practice processes.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills and an ability to present complex scenarios clearly and in a non-technical manner.

• Excellent knowledge of software and code to enable the manipulation of data and presentation.

• Able to review and shape business improvement opportunities from strategic conception through data analysis, modelling and forecasting.

• Understanding of big data methodologies.

• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to reconcile data and account for / explain differences.

• Well organised individual who keeps code and key documents filed for easy retrieval and can handle conflicting priorities and tight deadlines.

Education

• SAS programming certification (desirable)

Work Experience:

• 2+ years’ experience of using SAS in either Base or SAS EG including use of SQL, data steps, macro and SAS functions (essential)

• Experience of process automation / SAS code improvements

• Experience of working within a big data environment (ideally Hadoop)

• Experience of automating complex code (essential)

• Data modelling (conceptual, logical, physical) experience (desirable)

• Working knowledge of SAP Billing would be an advantage.

Additional information about the process

Purpose Statement

We are a team of data experts and operational Revenue Assurance professionals within Finance who provide analysis, modelling and insight on UK Home and UK Business revenue and volume. This role is primarily focused on building new and improving existing BAU SAS processes, used for customer level bill estimation, forecasting and consumption modelling.