Sr. Specialist, Costpoint/Cognos Reporting

Position Title: Sr. Specialist, Costpoint/Cognos Reporting  

Location: Manila, Philippines (working hours from 4pm - 1am)

Department: Information and Communications Technology (ICT) 

POSITON SUMMARY 

The main responsibilities for the Sr. Specialist, Costpoint/Cognos Report Developer will include Deltek report management and development. The Sr. Specialist, Costpoint/Cognos Report Developer works in conjunction with the ERP Data Architect, the technology and Finance teams to develop and support reports through Deltek CER and Deltek BI.

This position is responsible for end-to-end report development including interaction with end users to gather requirements, understanding report objectives, defining design and developing dashboards, reports and documentation using Deltek CER and BI and delivering reports to end users.

The position requires strong understanding of the Accounting and Costpoint back-end table structure to successfully design and build reports to business specifications. The position includes training end users on report writing and accessing their data.

The Sr. Specialist, Costpoint/Cognos Report Developer supports both standardized and customized reports, queries, and portal lists. The position reports to Sr. Director, ICT Corporate Services. 

The ideal candidate should have excellent business analytical, process optimization and technical thinking skills. He/she should be a highly organized person with experience or the ability to lead and manage the report development process for Costpoint data consumers. Should be experienced in working with remote & international teams and respectful of different cultures.  

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES 

Major Responsibilities 

Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) across the organization for Deltek Costpoint reports, queries, analysis and dashboards. Work closely with the key business stakeholders, IT, and the user community to enable meaningful access to data from the Costpoint application. Examine & evaluate purpose & content of the existing business reports in different systems and develop their respective Deltek Costpoint reports or create a new one.  Maintain knowledge of business processes, application design and understand cross-functional business relationships and their use of information. Lead the development of business and functional requirements. Design, develop, test and implement Deltek Costpoint reports as necessary to fulfill business requirements. Develop ad-hoc reports. Design & optimize test plans for unit, integration & user acceptance tests for new or optimized reports created in Deltek Costpoint CER and BI. Create & maintain reports documentation including origin & report flow, format, frequency, distribution & purpose of report and recommend improvements related to the format, use & control. Identify, communicate & resolve issues related to Deltek Costpoint reports while maintaining an established service level Provide and facilitate training to Deltek Costpoint CER and BI to users and develop training materials. Work with the Company’s IT department in configuring and maintaining Deltek Costpoint Enterprise Reporting application. Collaborate with the ICT Department to Integrate Deltek data with other applications as required to meet end-user needs. Maintain effective working relationships with business departments. Other activities related to the role as required by the manager. 

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS 

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, CPA preferred

Experience: 

Expert level of Deltek Costpoint 8.1.x. Deltek BI and Cognos.  5+ years accounting experience or experience building reports 5+ Experience with Deltek Costpoint CER (Costpoint Enterprise Reporting) report development 5+ Experience with IBM Cognos Analytics lopment process for Costpoint data consumers. Experience with Power BI is a plus Experienced with all aspects of Microsoft Office products Writing and troubleshooting SQL a plus Experience in working with business user to translate requirements into solution and explaining the solution in business terms Excellent analytical skills for troubleshooting and issue investigations Excellent written and verbal communication skills that allow successful interaction with all areas of the organization International development experience Works independently and proactively with minimal direction-supervision Flexibility and sensitivity to detail and deadlines in a multitasking environment Excellent communicate written and oral in English Excellent presentation skills to small group of audience  Demonstrates initiative (e.g., in starting tasks, asking questions, identifying and discussing problems, ability to structure own work, stay on task) High level of enthusiasm and energy; professional demeanor Demonstrates a "can-do" spirit, ownership, and commitment The position requires travel 

Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills that allow successful interaction with all areas of the organization. 

Language: Excellent communicate written and oral in English. Second language a plus. 

Required Travel: Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed. Estimated 1-3 weeks annually (post Covid), although this estimate could change. 

Note: This position is based locally in Manila, Philippines and requires work authorization in the Philippines.