- Analyze existing Cognos reports, packages, queries, prompts, calculations, filters, security requirements, and usage patterns to determine migration scope and complexity
- Work with business stakeholders to confirm reporting requirements and identify redundant or low-value reports
- Recommend opportunities for report consolidation, redesign, or retirement
- Document report logic, data sources, field mappings, layouts, dependencies, and business rules
- Design and develop Power BI reports, dashboards, paginated reports, and semantic models
- Transform and validate data using SQL, Power Query, DAX, and approved enterprise data sources
- Support user acceptance testing and reconcile results between Cognos and Power BI
- Investigate variances and document testing outcomes
- Collaborate with data engineering, architecture, governance, and platform teams
- Ensure reports are secure, performant, maintainable, and aligned with target data architecture
- Prepare report inventory updates, technical documentation, user guidance, and knowledge-transfer materials
- Contribute to migration planning, backlog refinement, prioritization, status reporting, and issue/risk tracking
- Support production deployment, post-implementation validation, and transition of migrated reports into ongoing support

Requirements

- Undergraduate degree in Business, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Data Analytics, Finance, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in business intelligence, reporting, analytics, or developing large-scale reporting/analytics in enterprise analytics platforms such as Cognos, Tableau, Power BI, or similar
- Experience working with Microsoft Fabric
- Experience developing Power BI reports, dashboards,



semantic models, or paginated reports
- Experience analyzing, reverse engineering, or migrating reports from IBM Cognos Analytics to Power BI, including Report Studio, Framework Manager, Cognos packages, prompts, and audit/usage analysis
- Strong SQL skills
- Experience with relational databases, data marts, data warehouses, or enterprise data platforms
- Ability to gather requirements, document business logic, validate results, and communicate findings to technical and business audiences
- Experience supporting report testing, reconciliation, defect resolution, and stakeholder sign-off
- Candidates must be able to work legally in Canada at the time of application; Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents preferred
- Must meet requisite government security screening requirements

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Business Intelligence and Reporting, with a robust focus on Power BI report development, SQL data transformation, and migration from Cognos to Power BI. Capable of collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements, document business logic, and ensure secure and performant reporting solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Power BI Report Development
- SQL Data Transformation
- Cognos to Power BI Migration
- Business Intelligence Analytics
- Microsoft Fabric Experience

Hard Skills

- SQL
- Power Query
- DAX
- Cognos Analytics
- Data Analysis
- Report Design
- Data Validation
- Report Testing
- Data Warehousing
- Data Mart Development

Soft Skills

- Communication
- Collaboration
- Documentation
- Problem-Solving
- Stakeholder Engagement

Industry Keywords

- Business Intelligence
- Reporting
- Analytics
- Data Governance
- Data Architecture

Tools & Technologies

- Power BI
- Cognos
- Microsoft Fabric
- Tableau
- Enterprise Data Platforms

📌 Senior Reporting Analyst – 15 Month Contract (Ottawa)
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