Business Intelligence & Reporting Analyst | Westway

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Business Intelligence & Reporting Analyst to work closely with the global data team and the Westway Feed business analysts, learning about our company data and our data strategy and helping to provide new meaningful insights into our business operations, turning data into knowledge.

Westway Feed Products is North America’s largest manufacturer of liquid supplements for livestock. Additionally, we produce feed mill products, dried molasses and industrial products. The core concept of Westway’s business is to utilize co-products from other industries and convert them into safe, high-quality, cost effective, livestock feed supplements. While Westway’s primary ingredient for many of our products is molasses, we also incorporate other co-products.

The concept of utilizing these co-products is the foundation of our sustainability platform. Today, Westway operates 22 production facilities across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

• Analyse and capture requirements for data and reporting purposes.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business data and key drivers.
• Translate business needs into technical specifications.
• Design, develop and maintain reports using data analytics and visualisation techniques – primarily based on the Microsoft Power BI platform.
• Create, maintain, and optimize Power BI reports and dashboards, transforming complex data sets into clear, actionable insights.
• Leverage D365 F&O for efficient data analysis, management, and reporting.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and project team members to understand reporting requirements and business needs.
• Conduct comprehensive data analysis and gather reporting requirements to design scalable and efficient BI solutions within the MS Dynamics 365 environment.
• Design and build interactive dashboards, reports, and visualizations that provide meaningful insights and enable data-driven decision-making.
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency by implementing proper data governance and quality control measures.
• Collaborate with technical teams to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into the BI platform, ensuring optimal performance and data availability.
• Optimize and fine-tune BI solutions to improve performance, responsiveness, and user experience.
• Provide expertise in data visualization best practices, ensuring reports and dashboards are intuitive, user-friendly, and meet end-user requirements.
• Conduct training sessions and provide support to end-users, enabling them to leverage the BI platform effectively and derive actionable insights.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in BI technologies, tools, and methodologies, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Assist in developing insightful metrics and KPI’s to support business managers and leaders.
• Work with the technology team to develop standards and guidelines for BI delivery.
• Provide technical assistance and guidance for technical and non-technical employees.
• Collaborate with the wider business intelligence and business analysis teams to deliver projects.
• Provide input into the ongoing development of the data strategy.
• Support the SQL and data warehouse team as required.

• Proficiency in business intelligence tools (Power BI), data processing and databases.
• Experience of requirement capture and translation to technical solution and delivery.
• Programming/scripting experience and knowledge of software development life cycle is preferred.
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• A business-focused approach to data with an understanding of its value.
• Excellent interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills are required to support working in project environments that include internal, external and customer teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and assess and adjust quickly to changing priorities.
• Excellent data visualization and storytelling skills.
• Strong understanding of data modeling concepts, ETL processes, and data warehouse architecture.
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