Cognos Reporting and Risk Analytics Specialist at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

To provide complex specialist advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics; enabling the provision of specialist risk product expertise.

Job Description

Responsible for the design, development, configuration and testing of Operational Risk reporting and Dashboards. Enable end-user reporting and drive effectiveness of automation of reporting for the Group.  Support the Head of Risk Enablement in driving the Reporting and Analytics strategy for Group Operational Risk.

• Configure Cognos-hosted dashboards according to documented specifications;
• Configure Cognos-hosted reports of low to medium complexity (detail or tabular summary) with or without infographic elements, according to documented specifications;
• Configure Cognos-hosted reports of high complexity (profile or aggregate type which require integration between independent data tables) with or without infographic elements, according to documented specifications;
• Provide substantial input into the technical soundness of documented specifications for dashboards and reports;
• Provide input and assist on the design and maintenance, and participate in the testing of (ongoing) configuration of OpenPages and Cognos reporting packages;
• Responsible for first-level functional and technical testing of own-developed/-configured reports and dashboards;
• Assist with the analysis, enhancement, refinement, and maintenance of existing Cognos-hosted queries, dashboards and reports;
• Facilitate the identification of data quality or configuration shortcomings / limitations, as it relates to the scoped and assigned reports and dashboards for development or enhancement;
• Participate in facilitating ad-hoc user training on technical aspects pertaining to Cognos;
• Perform peer review (quality assurance) on other Cognos-related developments / configurations;
• Produce and present proof-of-concepts or simulated mock-ups of new or experimental reporting/dashboarding elements, where required;
• Facilitate report and dashboard migration from older/outdated reporting packages;

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)