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The SAS BI consultant is a business intelligence professional. They analyze business data and propose usage solutions enabling companies to make the right decisions. Companies can also ask them to create graphics based on their needs or design databases for them.

The average daily rate for a BI consultant is £511/day. The average salary is £40K per year. This daily rate and salary can obviously vary depending on the consultant's expertise, their position within the company and the projects they work on.

A BI consultant is a process optimization engineer for large-scale data collection. Working mostly for companies and organizations, they carry out an in-depth inventory of all data on company projects. Thanks to the collected data, they are thus able to develop strategies and be an excellent advisor to company leaders to make it more competitive. They are responsible for analyzing the use of collected data to establish better alternatives for use. They are a very dynamic company agent who possesses a very high work ethic and a very strong analytical mindset.

Companies generally contact BI consultants for various assignments. Initially, the expert analyzes the company's needs and develops solutions to address them. As such, it is fundamentally expected of them to ensure the storage and consolidation of all data produced within the company. They must indeed analyze this data to establish an effective strategy to make the company even more competitive. The BI consultant provides company leaders with a panoramic view of the business as well as support in their decision-making. More specifically, their task is to identify and analyze all data from each company activity to establish a complete database. Their role consists of subsequently implementing ETL processes to enrich their data warehouses and data marts. They are also an active agent, responsible for following the client throughout the evolution of their BI systems. However, their missions go much further as they are responsible for monitoring the company and providing good advice. Indeed, if the company is not able to use the data analysis software on its own, they must support them and, if necessary, train the company's users.

An excellent SAS BI consultant is a meticulous expert in their work. They are also a talented analyst capable of quickly finding errors in data processing. They must be able to design and evolve a Data Warehouse or data repository. For this, they must master the different existing approaches as well as semantic layer construction models with the aim of storing data. Similarly, they must possess a certain number of skills in handling different types of databases and ETL processes. Beyond these technical skills, the SAS BI Consultant must have excellent synthesis capabilities. Likewise, they must be able to work in a team and have solid foundations as a leader to be able to unite users' opinions.

The SAS BI consultant is above all a professional who loves information technology. They must demonstrate analysis and discernment skills, as well as perfect adaptability. They need this especially when working with different clients, as needs and expectations are not always the same. The SAS BI consultant holds a Master's degree in Decision Project Management or Business Intelligence. Beyond their degrees, they must also learn and master various IT tools related to their profession. These include software and applications. These are essential, especially if the consultant decides to pursue a freelance career. The most well-known are SQL Server or Reporting Services. Before these tools, they obviously master SAS, which is the software through which they can sell their skills. However, to succeed in certain missions, they also need advanced knowledge in Hyperion, Business Objects, and many other tools.