Friday, 11 May 2012

****Cognos with Insurance domain is must// Wilmington, DE****

Hi All,


Hope you are doing well. Please find the below requirement and do send me resume with contact details, availability, current location and expected rate.

 

Please send resumes to vikas@vstconsulting.com 

 

Role: Cognos with Insurance domain is must

Location: Wilmington, DE

Rate: Open

Telephonic / Skype.

 

Required Technical Skills:

 

The ideal candidate will possess 3-5 years' experience in developing management reports and dashboards using Cognos 8BI 8.3, 8.4 and 10.1 enterprise reporting tools.

The applicant should have a basic understanding of OLAP cubes and underlying star schema designs.

The candidate must have a thorough understanding and knowledge of Framework manager and experience with Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL language and database objects, such as stored procedures and user defined functions.

The candidate should be self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision in what can be a fast moving and pressured environment.

Multi-tasking skills are essential and a pro-active approach to the role is required.

Good written and oral communication skills are a must as the role deals with all levels of management and staff.

 

Job Description:

 

The applicants' duties are to design and author Cognos 8BI dashboards, reports, charts and queries requested by the ALICO actuarial group for the Federal Stress test project.

 The candidate will work closely with O&S staff, Home office MIS, local Cognos administrator and local database administrators to meet the reporting needs for the Federal Stress test project.

The candidate MUST have prior experience working/ building reports with DMR (dimensionally modeled relational models). As a Cognos Report Author the candidate will also be responsible for the successful Portal user training and mentoring of Cognos power users (Query Studio) and Cognos consumers.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Other duties may be assigned.

 

• Perform analysis of reporting requirements and convert functional specifications into appropriate technical specifications.

• Create DMR using Framework manager with levels and hierarchies.

• Create complex reports with multiple queries, conditional formatting, multiple filters etc.

• Create multiple detail drill through reports with complex formatting.

• Create analysis reports/graphs using a DMR (Dimensionally modeled relational) package.

• Maintain existing reports and perform modifications as deemed necessary.

• Perform changes to the Dimensional Framework Model based on reporting requirements.

• Create YTD, QTD and MTD reports and provide ability to do QTR/QTR, Year/Year comparisons

 

 

Qualifications:

 

• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline; or equivalent professional experience.

• Experience writing complex SQL, triggers, and procedures.

• Ability to work with minimal direction, yet also able to work in team environment.

• Complex report authoring and analysis skills.

• Experience in fast paced production or operational system arena.

• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Hands on and ownership personality.

 

Essential Job Functions:

 

• Communication skills

• Writing and documenting abilities

• Organization and time management

• Ability to communicate with all IT staff on complex systems issues

 

Requirements:

 

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience in creating complex reports, DMR, supporting corporate financial data warehouse/data marts.

 

Other Skills/Abilities:

 

• Basic knowledge Windows/Intel environment

• Ability to test deliverable products for verification of stated objectives

• Cognos Report Author Certification a plus but not required.

 

Thanks & Regards,

Vikas

VST Consulting INC.

Off: 732-675-7773

vikas@vstconsulting.com

www.vstconsulting.com

 

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