MSR Technology Group has been recognized as an Inc. 500/5000 company for the past seven consecutive years. We currently have an urgent opening for a Cognos Business Analyst for an onsite role in Fort Worth, TX.
Position Details:
Title: Cognos Business Analyst
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Duration: Long Term Contract
Rate: $50.50 per hour on W2 with benefits
Position Description:
Purpose of the Job: The Business Analyst supports Collections and Remarketing teams including Active Collections, Recovery, Exceptions, Strategy, and Soft Collections. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Collaborating with Leadership, as well as Business and Data Stakeholders
- Creating recurring production and ad hoc reports
- Analysis of business results to identify and communicate trends and possible correlated issues
- Performing root cause analysis to eliminate defects in reports
- Continuous improvement in efficiency and reporting quality
- Datamart testing and validation
Task Description / Performance Expectations
Quality Control: 1.1
Review internally produced reports for accuracy and resolve issues as needed 1.2. Publish reports to stakeholders according to any SLAs or requirements 1.3. Identify and troubleshoot issues with report accuracy and data integrity as needed
Scope: 2.1
Collaborate with stakeholders to determine report requirements, including, purpose, scope and related details. Translate requirements into technical specifications, including dimensions/categories, filters, fields, calculations, metrics and layout) and final deliverable product 2.2 Maintain internal processes including, but not limited to, housing key information such as department roster history, vendor KPIs, Dialer metrics etc.
Customer Support: 3.1.
Assess customer requests, provide ad hoc reports, and develop recurring reports in a timely manner; Coordinate with stakeholders and BA supervisor to determine priorities 3.2. Attend project meetings to provide analysis, insight, technical advice, or other information as required
Business Analysis and Consulting 4.1
Act as a consultant to business partners by providing trend and exception analysis as well as identifying possible correlated causes and solutions, as necessary 4.2 Identify key areas of opportunity through process mapping or data analysis to reduce or eliminate redundant report processes/products 4.3 Reduce the number of manually generated reports through automation via corporate tools such as SAS, Cognos, Power BI or Tableau 4.4 Seek continuous improvement by increasing finding efficiency (run time) of in standard reports, including visualizations where appropriate, recreating reports in more appropriate tools and regular review of reports for use, format, accuracy, applicability
Business Analysis and Consulting 5.1
Act as a consultant to business partners by providing trend and exception analysis as well as identifying possible correlated causes and solutions, as necessary 5.2 Identify key areas of opportunity through process mapping or data analysis to reduce or eliminate redundant report processes/products 5.3 Reduce the number of manually generated reports through automation via corporate tools such as SAS, Cognos, Power BI or Tableau 5.4 Seek continuous improvement by increasing efficiency (run time) of standard reports, including visualizations where appropriate, recreating reports in more appropriate tools and regular review of reports for use, format, accuracy, applicability
Skills:
Development Tools Cognos
Development Tools MS Access
Programming Languages SAS
Select any skills that are required that have not been covered above
Analytical skills Ability to Collect data and establish facts and identify trends and variances; Ability to Integrate information from a variety of sources with varied levels of complexity; Ability to Review and interpret and evaluate statistical information; Ability to Formulate and test hypotheses for the purpose of forecasting outcomes
Facilitation skills
IT skills
Language skills
PC skills Microsoft Office, SQL workbench, Cognos (preferred)
Presentation skills
Problem Solving skills
Project Management skills
Sales skills
Please list any additional skills required including the number of years (if more than one experience area, separate with a semi-colon) Experience with query creation (i.e., SQL, Cognos Report Studio, SAS, Python, Access, etc.) Organization; Time Management; Written Communication; Comfort communicating with different levels of management
If your background and experience align with this opportunity, please share your resume in confidence with the contact below:
Recruiter Name: Sravan
Email:
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)
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