Senior Analyst

Job Title : Cognos BI Developer

Experience : 6+ Years

Location : Bangalore / Hyderabad (Hybrid)

Notice Period : Immediate Joiners Preferred (Candidates serving notice with 10–15 days left can be considered)

Interview Mode : Virtual

Job Description :

We are seeking an experienced Cognos BI Developer with strong data modeling, dashboarding, and reporting expertise to join our growing team. The ideal candidate should have a solid background in business intelligence, data visualization, and performance analysis, and be comfortable working in a hybrid setup from Bangalore or Hyderabad.

Mandatory Skills :

Cognos BI, Framework Manager, Cognos Dashboarding, SQL, Data Modeling, Report Development (charts, lists, cross tabs, maps), ETL Concepts, KPIs, Drill-through, Macros, Prompts, Filters, Calculations.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Understand business requirements in the BI context and design data models using Framework Manager to transform raw data into meaningful insights.
2. Develop interactive dashboards and reports using Cognos Dashboard.
3. Identify and define KPIs and create reports to monitor them effectively.
4. Analyze data and present actionable insights to support business decision-making.
5. Translate business requirements into technical specifications and determine timelines for execution.
6. Design and develop models in Framework Manager, publish packages, manage security, and create reports based on these packages.
7. Develop various types of reports, including charts, lists, cross tabs, and maps, and design dashboards combining multiple reports.
8. Implement reports using macros, prompts, filters, and calculations.
9. Perform data warehouse development activities and ensure seamless data flow.
10. Write and optimize SQL queries to investigate data and resolve performance issues.
11. Utilize Cognos features such as master-detail reports, drill-throughs, bookmarks, and page sets.
12. Analyze and improve ETL processes to enhance data integration.
13. Apply technical enhancements to existing BI systems to improve their performance and usability.
14. Possess solid understanding of database fundamentals, including relational and multidimensional database design.
15. Hands-on experience with Cognos Data Modules (data modeling) and dashboarding.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Standardization and Governance:

• Establishing and maintaining project management standards, processes, and methodologies.
• Ensuring consistent application of project management policies and procedures.
• Implementing and managing project governance processes.

Resource Management:

• Facilitating the sharing of resources, tools, and methodologies across projects.
• Planning and allocating resources effectively.
• Managing resource capacity and forecasting future needs.

Communication and Reporting:

• Ensuring effective communication and information flow among project teams and stakeholders.
• Monitoring project progress and reporting on performance.
• Communicating strategic work progress, including risks and benefits.

Project Portfolio Management:

• Supporting strategic decision-making by aligning projects with organizational goals.
• Selecting and prioritizing projects based on business objectives.
• Managing project portfolios and ensuring efficient resource allocation across projects.

Process Improvement:

• Identifying and implementing industry best practices into workflows.
• Improving project management processes and methodologies.
• Optimizing project delivery and resource utilization.

Training and Support:

• Providing training and support to project managers and team members.
• Offering project management tools, best practices, and reporting templates.

Other Responsibilities:

• Managing documentation of project history for future reference.
• Coaching project teams on implementing project management steps.
• Analysing financial data and managing project costs.
• Interfacing with functional units (Domain, Delivery, Support, Devops, HR etc).
• Advising and supporting senior management.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• 3+ years of proven experience in Project Management roles with strong exposure to PMO processes, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project status tracking, risk assessments, budgeting, variance analysis, and defect tracking across multiple projects.
• Proficient in Project Planning and Scheduling using tools like MS Project and Advanced Excel (e.g., Gantt charts, pivot tables, macros).
• Experienced in developing project dashboards, reports, and executive summaries for senior management and stakeholders.
• Active participant in Agile environments, attending and contributing to Scrum calls, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Holds a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Business, IT, etc.).
• Preferably familiar with Jira, Azure DevOps, and Power BI for tracking and visualization of project data.
• Exposure to working in product-based companies or fast-paced, innovation-driven environments is a strong advantage.

Task:

• Make documentations with formatting and in proper detailing
• Basic knowledge on Excel working with formula handling & reporting.
• Need to do multitasking, able to deliver tasks on time with expected quality
• Candidate should have thinking out of the box which supports the department to deliver good results in the pre-defined processes.
• Needs to be quick learner and able to come up with own thoughts on the tasks explained/shared to deliver good results
• Work closely with German team for operative processes/execution/deliverables.
• Flexible to adopt the changes in terms of processes/task handling.
• Knowledge on order fulfillment processes, managing support content on the website, inputs on support handling processes are added advantage.

We wish:

• At least bachelor in any stream or equivalent experience
• At least 1 year of experience in MS-Excel or similar office tools – is preferred
• Knowledge on VB script, macros is preferred
• Documentation skills
• Good Communication skills, at least speaking in English is required
• Good analytical skills
• Eager to know/experiment new technology and tools
• Web Browsing , ability to search quick results from web
• Experience on process documentation & presentation is preferred
• Ability to work independently with little or no daily supervision
• Out of box thinking and quick learner with willingness to learn new things

We Offer:

• Freedom to realise your own ideas & individual career & development opportunity.
• A motivating work environment, flat hierarchical structure, numerous company events which cannot be forgotten and fun at work place with flexibilities.
• Professional challenges and career development opportunities.

Desired Candidate Profile

• CA inter or CA final is preferred
• Work experience as an Accountant
• Must have strong knowledge and experience in Tally
• Must be willing to work from office and for 6-days a week
• Must have advanced MS Excel skills including Vlookups and pivot tables
• Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills
• Responding to internal and external inquiries on-time as communicated by the management
• Assisting in financial Audit and auditing vendors
• Identifying and communicating opportunities for improvement in-terms of methods and practices followed
• Communicating any technical issues related to accounting    

• Assess automation opportunities from a technical perspective and provide document solutions in the form of SDD
• Perform detailed estimations towards the finalized scope
• Design, develop, and test automation workflows
• Prepare solution presentation documents, present the solution and implementation plan to the CoE teams and project stakeholders
• Understand client’s business requirements and clearly document them in order for RPA developers to deploy the automation projects in an optimal manner
• Deploy RPA components including bots, robots, development tools, code repositories, and logging tools
• Create process and end-user documentation
• Collaborate with other development team members and guide junior developers to ensure proper implementation and integration of the solutions
• Perform peer review of developed components and test cases
• Support deployments or troubleshoot production issues; flexible to work in shifts when the demand arises
• Should be able to report project status to the stakeholders.

Skills Required

• UiPath
• UiPath Orchestrator
• Sound Knowledge of Microsoft VB, Excel, Macros
• Microsoft Visio, Freemind or equivalent tool
• Documentation and presentation using Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
• Understanding of CSS, HTML
• Experience in automating SAP flows in UiPath
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Template development in ABBYY OCR tool and integration if the solution in UiPath
• Knowledge of processes in the Manufacturing/Automotive domain
• Certified Advanced RPA Developer (UiARD)
• Knowledge of other RPA tools

• 5 to 8 years of hands on experience in automating MS Office applications like Excel, Word, PPT and Outlook using VBA 
• 5 plus years of experience in the design, development, and implementation of programming code
• Experience in database development
• VBA - Should have good experience in developing efficient logic/algorithms using VBA
• Solid understanding of SDLC concepts 
• Solid experience in MS Excel (2003, 2007, 2010, 2013,2016)
• Must be good at all excel features and excel formulas 
• Well versed with complete MS Office package (Excel, Word, Outlook, PPT)
• Work both independently and as part of a team 
• Experience in requirements gathering, effort estimate, designing and implementation and creating mock-up screens 
• Experience in databases like MS SQL Server (2005 to 2012,2014), MySQL and MS Access 
• Must have strong database concepts and DB designing skills 
• SQL - must be good at writing efficient, fine-tuned queries using joins and aggregates 
• Experience in writing Stored procedures, Triggers and T-SQL
• Nice to have programming knowledge in C# 

• VBA, SQL 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 
• Should be able to take complete ownership of the project from requirements gathering to delivery and maintenance 
• Should be able to work independently 
• Must be Proactive and Self-motivated
• Must have the ability to prioritize the work, execute tasks and meet the deadline without fail 
• Effective time management skills 
• Customer Focus, Willing to learn and self- teach any new technology 
• Strong business and collaboration skills, and responsive to service needs and operational demands.