Cognos Planning & Performance Management

Description

Assurant seeks an experienced Cognos Planning and Performance Management resource to join its team responsible for the design, delivery, and support of Assurants substantial and growing Performance Management application inventory. This highly qualified resource will be responsible for all aspects of the development lifecycle from analyzing and deeply understanding business and technical requirements, through ongoing operational support for the solution. The preferred candidate must be a selfstarter, independently seeking opportunities to increase value to Assurant. This individual is highly motivated and serviceoriented, and independently advances their technical knowledge to the highest degree in order to give Assurants Performance Management practice a competitive advantage. The ideal candidate will have deep project and support experience to draw from when recommending and implementing Cognos Performance Management standards and best practices. Full technical management of large projects during all project phases will lead this person to deliver on time and on budget. The incumbent is able to engage customers on business topics, communicating technical concepts into nontechnical terms. Accommodating the customers needs while providing leadership, technical guidance, and mentoring to others is an important role of this individual. Key Accountabilities Develop new and enhance existing Cognos Planning (Contributor and Analyst) applications Support existing production Cognos Planning (Contributor and Analyst) applications Develop procedures to administer Cognos Planning (Contributor and Analyst) applications Identify and validate software and infrastructure components required to implement technical solutions Prepare and review technical and logical design artifacts Submit solutions for review for compliance with best practices and standards Develop processes to automate tasks in Contributor and Analyst, building processes to monitor those tasks Contribute to enhancing and/or optimizing department support processes and procedures Lead and guide internal quality assurance testing activities Resolve development and production support issues of moderate to high complexity or risk Provide systems administration support for Cognos Planning or BI applications Write reports using Cognos Planningbased data sources Learn and adhere to established Assurant change management processes Create and sustain open communication with customers and stakeholders by learning the underlying business processes