
Solutions Developer – Independent SAS Consultant
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Northampton • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Designing, developing and delivering analytics, forecasting, reporting and data management solutions for Banking & Financial Services use cases.
- Building and maintaining solutions across SAS Grid / SAS Platform 9 environments, including Hadoop-based ecosystems.
- Developing, maintaining and optimising end-to-end ETL processes, data pipelines, models and analytical frameworks.
- Producing high-quality reports and reusable reporting solutions aligned to business requirements.
- Supporting strategic analysis and insight generation to enable informed decision-making.
- Acting as a solutions developer, shaping and delivering pragmatic solutions where requirements fall outside standard platform scope.
- Working with SQL-based data sources and collaborating with data engineering teams, including exposure to Databricks and Python where required.
- Providing project delivery support, including planning, documentation, stakeholder engagement and delivery tracking.
- Contributing to the ongoing optimisation and enhancement of analytics and BI environments.
Requirements
- Proven experience delivering SAS-based solutions within enterprise environments, ideally in Banking or Financial Services.
- Strong hands-on experience with SAS Grid / SAS Platform 9 (SAS P9).
- Strong SQL skills with experience working on large and complex datasets.
- Demonstrated experience in analytics, forecasting, reporting and data management.
- Experience in data modelling and the design of reusable analytical and reporting frameworks.
- Ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
- Experience supporting structured project delivery, including project or workstream management activities.
Benefits
- A competitive salary with private healthcare
- Critical illness life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
- Income protection insurance
- A rewarding pension
- A wide range of professional and personal development opportunities
- Support for a range of learning initiatives including online courses, seminars, and workshops
- Flexible hybrid working model
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SASSAS GridSAS Platform 9SQLETL processesdata pipelinesdata modelinganalyticsforecastingreporting
Soft Skills
problem-solvingstakeholder engagementproject managementcommunicationcollaborationdecision-makingdocumentationplanninginsight generationadaptability