Job Title Cognos EP Developer/Architect Location Burbank,CA Start Date ASAP Duration Long Term No. of Positions 10 Job Description Must Have The Following Skills: 1. Functional Knowledge about Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting cycles. 2. Strong Cognos EP development skills. 3. Experience in Cognos EP administration and Model/Application Design. 4. Good communication skills. Desired Skills: 1. Working knowledge of SDLC process of planning projects. 2. Knowledge about Planning, budgeting and forecasting cycles. 3. Cognos EP Development. 4. Database: DB2 Requirements: v Minimum 3-5 years experience in Cognos EP development and administration. v Strong knowledge of Cognos EP Architecture. v Experience in Cognos EP Development. v Basic Experience in Cognos EP Administration. v Experience and understanding of various financial planning models such as rolling forecast applications, price volume applications, strategic planning applications, budgeting applications, etc. v Expert knowledge of Cognos Enterprise Planning, developing models/Applications in Analyst and Contributor Admin Console. v Cognos EP Admin experience also desirable. v Oversee data integrity in all planning applications and coordinate with teams to ensure processes or policies are addressed as issues are identified. Therefore, strong SQL skills and data analysis skills are a must. v Ability to communicate across several functional teams enterprise-wide in order to lead, facilitate and execute upon the LE (budget/forecasting) tasks. v Basic knowledge of ETL and BI reporting systems. v Strong knowledge of Best Practices of Cognos EP development. v Good data modeling experience and familiar with Data Warehouse best practices v Relational database development and design knowledge - very strong SQL skills v Experience in implementing security. v Knowledge in ETL/Reporting.