- 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

Robust 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 strong 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 (Montreal)
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