Cognos Developer

Flex N Gate; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid holidays

Vacation time

Tuition reimbursement

Safety training

Job summary

Flex-N-Gate is seeking a Cognos Developer to design, develop, and implement enterprise reporting solutions within the BI team. You will manage Cognos environments, build robust reports, dashboards, and widgets, and partner with IT and business users to translate requirements into actionable BI solutions.

Applicants should have 5+ years in BI, strong Cognos tool expertise, and a background in Manufacturing/ERP systems. Evening/weekend work may be required based on system needs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in BI solutions, at least 3 on Cognos.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in MIS, CS, Statistics, Finance, or related field.
• Strong background in Manufacturing and ERP systems.
• Expert-level knowledge of Cognos tools: Framework Manager, Report Studio, Event Studio, Analysis Studio.
• SQL skills: stored procedures, views, triggers, performance tuning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; liaison with leadership.
• Experience promoting Self Service BI and creating dashboards, scorecards, and reports.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance Cognos Framework Models used to support Cognos content.
• Develop and maintain business reports, dashboards, and dashboard widgets.
• Develop complex Cognos reports with accuracy and timely delivery.
• Collaborate with DBA, Cognos Admin, and IS to validate reports and data.
• Work with business users to identify requirements and deliver solutions across teams.
• Create and participate in user training and documentation.
• Self-manage and multi-task to prioritize workload.
• Document programming problems and resolutions for future reference.
• Provide training and best practices for Ad Hoc query users and BI authors.
• May require evening and weekend work as needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Requirements gathering

Cross-functional collaboration

Prioritization

Self-management

Analytical thinking

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in MIS/CS/Statistics/Finance

Tools

Cognos Framework Manager

Cognos Report Studio

Cognos Event Studio

Cognos Analysis Studio

SQL

Job description

Flex-N-Gate is a leading manufacturer and supplier of components for the automotive industry, recently ranked 10th of the 150 Top North American Suppliers in “Automotive News.” A growing and vital company, Flex-N-Gate provides a great opportunity for hard-working and skilled individuals.

Cognos Developer

Summary

The primary role for the Cognos Developer is to design, develop, and implement various enterprise reporting solutions. The individual will primarily manage and support the Cognos BI environment. The successful candidate must possess hands-on, significant working knowledge of the IBM Cognos Analytics suite of components, especially Report Studio and Framework Manager. Success in this role depends on strong technical, creative and analytical skills, as well as excellent communications in order to codify customer requirements and develop outstanding solutions.

As part of the BI team, the candidate will generate reports as outlined as part of a project or per ad hoc user requests using Cognos. The individual codes, tests, debugs, and installs operating programs and procedures in coordination with our BI Team.

Primary Responsibilities Include

• Maintain and enhance the Cognos Framework Models that are used to support all of the Cognos Content delivered to our end users.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining business report requests, dashboards, and dashboard widgets.
• Develop complex Cognos reports with an emphasis on accuracy and timely delivery.
• Partner with the Database Administrator, Cognos Administrator and IS support to assist in the verification and validation of reports and data.
• Work with users from a variety of business area’s in identifying and developing reports. Heavy emphasis placed on delivering results, working well across business and technical teams.
• Create and participate in user Training and Documentation.
• Must be able to Self-manage and multi task consistently in order to prioritize the workload.
• Document programming problems and resolutions for future reference.
• Provide training, support and best practices for Ad Hoc query users, Business Author and Professional Author.
• May require evening and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported.

Job Requirements

• 5+ year experience developing/designing Business Intelligence solutions (at least 3 of which on the IBM Cognos platform).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in MIS, Computer Science, Statistics, Finance, or related field
• A strong background in Manufacturing and ERP systems
• In-depth knowledge of Cognos Analytic tools, including but not limited to, Framework Manager, Report Studio, Event Studio and Analysis Studio
• Expert-level knowledge of SQL, stored procedures, views, and triggers
• Experience with performance tuning
• Experience with effective Data Visualization principles
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to liaise with Business and IT leadership on a regular basis
• Ability to collaborate with (internal) customers to understand business requirements and translate those into actionable plans
• Proven experience in prioritizing and delegating work to meet deadline objectives and quality metrics
• Experience in promoting Self Service BI across organizations
• Experience in creating dashboards, scorecards, and reports throughout the development cycle

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, prescription, vision, life and disability insurance; and a flexible spending account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Extensive safety training, new hire orientation, continuous learning and development programs and tuition reimbursementPaid holidays and vacation time

What do our employees have to say?

“It engages you professionally, and provides learning opportunities.”

“Lots of growth opportunity.”

“The company’s young enough to be exciting, but old enough to be stable.”

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Flex-N-Gate is an equal opportunity employer. EEO/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled.