IBM Cognos Experts in Austria
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Thomas P.
Last position:
Change Manager / AI-driven Finance Transformation at Agrana
Organizational Change Management for the strategic setup of a hybrid GBS rollout as part of a global, AI-driven Finance Transformation. End-to-end management of the OCM architecture in a highly complex on-, near-, and offshore partner setup [IN, PL, RO]. Successful completion of Phase 1 (Initial Strategy) and strategic pausing by the Executive Board after the early disclosure of critical vendor-side OPEX risks
Systemic Baseline Assessment & Stakeholder Diagnostics: Evaluation of the global organization and analysis of the process landscape across 21 countries [AT, DE, CH, FR, UK, SI, RO, UA, RU, US, CD, CN, AR, MX, ZA, IN, JP] to precisely determine change requirements
Architecting the OCM Strategy & Master Roadmap: Independent development of a comprehensive, AI-centered Change Roadmap for end-to-end management of all change initiatives across every project phase
Data Quality & AI Agent Risk Mitigation: Auditing of Process Data Repositories (Celonis analysis); prevention of the ingestion of 58% synthetic training data to safeguard AI model reliability amid geopolitical supply chain tensions
GBS Vendor BAFO Triage & Contractual Commitment: Critical review of Tier-1 vendor pitches and contractual commitment to a reduced Non-STP rate (from 7% to 4%) to avoid extreme manual rework with a planned FTE reduction (-63%)
Executive Enablement & Board Alignment: Design of the GBS Transformation Executive Board Deck to strategically enable C-level executives and transparently present completely overlooked AI tokenization costs
Targeted Change Communications & Engagement: Design and development of audience-specific communication measures to align the highly diverse, globally distributed stakeholder network
Adoption Velocity & Resistance Measurement: Engineering of quantitative measurement tools (Pulse Check Survey) using Behavioral Dyads to identify resistance based on data and ensure sustainable success measurement
Results:
- Avoidance of disruptive misallocations: Stopping the ingestion of 58% synthetic AI-agent training data after discovering only 42% compatibility with existing processes, preventing critical GBS cascade errors
- Significant OPEX & effort reduction: Reduction of the Non-STP rate in Tier-1 vendor BAFOs from 7% to 4% alongside an impending 63% Finance-FTE reduction; avoidance of thousands of time-consuming manual correction processes
- 100% Delivery of the OCM architecture & ROI protection: Delivery of all OCM artifacts (Change Roadmap, Comms Plan, Executive Board Deck, Pulse Check Survey) and protection of ROI by identifying incalculable LLM runtime token costs
Yunus S.
Last position:
Senior Expert / Program Manager at Dolpheen IT
Senior Expert / Program Manager
IT Services
- Management of internal projects for infrastructure modernization: setup and maintenance of test environments that realistically replicate complex customer networks.
- Resource coordination: planning server capacities and cloud resources for automated test runs.
- Implementation of CI/CD pipelines to integrate automated tests into the build process.
- Evaluation of performance bottlenecks through load testing (NeoLoad/JMeter) to ensure scalability.
Tools / Technologies: Jenkins, Docker, GIT, ButBucket, NeoLoad, Azure
Immo M.
Last position:
Interim Manager/Management Consultant at Austrian regional energy supplier
Further development of the data analytics system landscape based on MS Power BI
- Concept and development of ETL processes, primary data source SAP IS/U incl. extraction via Theobald extractors to Azure Synapse, support with SAP S/4 conversion
- Support in the concept and development of data models in Azure Synapse Analytics
- Gathering and implementation of requirements in the data analytics area from internal business units
- Identification, documentation and analysis of existing as well as cross-functional processes
- Data definition, data modeling & preparation as well as source selection for merging data from differently structured data sources
- Design of reports and dashboards based on MS Power BI
- Transfer of reporting processes from existing structures to MS Power BI Premium (PPU)
- Hands-on development and implementation of analyses, reports and dashboards based on Microsoft Power BI
- Power Apps for write-back processes from Power BI Premium to Azure SQL DB
- Power BI support as part of the SAP S/4 conversion
- Cooperation with internal business units and external development partners
- Coaching/training, documentation, development processes
Matthias M.
Last position:
IT Consultant at Backup4U Datenverarbeitung GmbH
- Role-based access control (RBAC) for dmTECH across the DM Group (2024–2026)
- Completion of the Lotus Notes replacement for R-IT (2023–2024)
- Further development of IAM for dmTECH (2023–2024)
- Realignment of test infrastructure and test management for dmTECH/IAM (2023–2024)
- Further development of IAM for 28,000 employees (project for dmTECH, Germany, 2023)
- Completion of the Lotus Notes replacement for R-IT customers Raiffeisen Landesbank and bank branches (2023)
- Completion of the IAM implementation for >50.000 employees (2022)
- Replacement of an in-house remote access solution with PAM/cyberark (2022)
- Implementation of IAM for <1.000 employees (project for card complete, Austria, 2022)
Jochen H.
Last position:
Interim CFO CEE Region at PE Portfolio company in the FMCG Industry
Anton L.
Last position:
Self-employed at Controlling Lab eU
Business intelligence and digitalization projects
Controlling as a Service
Financial accounting and payroll accounting
Interim management
Business Intelligence Competence Team (2025-2026) at a food retailer (21 Bn. revenue, 52k employees): Project work at the interface between the finance department and IT service provider; various implementation projects in reporting and business intelligence
Consulting services (2025-2026) for a biotech startup (3 Mio. revenue, 20 employees): Optimization and automation of accounting and controlling processes; introduction of a central data warehouse system for planning and reporting
Consulting services (2025-2026) in the broadcasting and telecommunications industry (130 Mio. revenue, 200 employees): Analysis and troubleshooting of financial processes in the BSS system (customer management and billing system)
Consulting services (2024) in the broadcasting and telecommunications industry (130 Mio. revenue, 200 employees): Migration and implementation of cost accounting in a new database system
Consulting services (2025-2026) for advertising/marketing agencies (40 Mio. revenue, 450 employees): Establishment of group-wide cash management in the holding company, liquidity planning, receivables management and consolidation
Walter R.
Last position:
Management Consultant & IT Consultant at Self-employed
- Advising companies and leaders with a focus on organizational development, process clarity, decision-making, and guiding change processes.
- Analyzing existing structures, identifying optimization opportunities, and developing sustainable solutions at the intersection of people, processes, and IT, with tailored support as needed.
Marianne P.
Last position:
Senior PM Public Health Care at Freelance
- MSFT Dynamics 365 Sales Implementation
- MSFT Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Journey Implementation
Nathalie M.
Last position:
Interim Head of Group Accounting at Doppelmayr SE
- Consolidation and preparation of consolidated financial statements according to IFRS (Lucanet)
- Coordination of closing procedures for year-end closing
- Monthly liquidity reporting
- Building and training of a new team
- Working on a new team structure with EY
- Communication with business partners, tax advisor and external auditors
Stéphane L.
Last position:
Expert BI Consultant at Freelance
- Project management
- Design, optimization, query, reporting, and data modeling
- Liaising with clients / training
- Design, optimization, and development of query, reporting, and data architecture
- SAP SAC
- Story
- Data Action
- Planning
- SAP Datasphere
- SAP BTP
- MS Power BI
- DAX
- Power Query
- IBM Cognos Reporting
- Framework Manager
Hannes G.
Last position:
Interim Manager Controlling at Lindab GmbH
10/2025 – 03/2026 Lindab GmbH, Feldkirchen (GER) Interim Manager Controlling/Project Manager  Project manager for implementations at Raab Lüftungstechnik GmbH:
- Implementation of Power BI as a reporting tool
- Design and implementation of a standardized inventory process
- Adjustment of contribution margin accounting in Microsoft Navision 2009
- Implementation of automated interfaces between the payroll program and Power BI
- Implementation of an interface between winKlimax and Navision 2009
- Setup of a new cost accounting (CM, cost centers)
- Introduction of supply chain controlling (stock levels, lead times, production KPIs)
Christian M.
Last position:
Principal Consultant at Theo Förch GmbH & Co KG
- Industry: Wholesale
- Role: Implementation, Design, Strategy Consulting, Support, Troubleshooting, Performance Tuning, Architecture
- Scope: Company-wide
- Activities:
- Migration/upgrade execution and support for IBM Cognos Analytics and IBM Cognos Controller, Planning Analytics 2.1 (Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), Planning Analytics Excel (PAFE), Cube Views, Multidimensional Expressions (MDX))
- Operational and Strategic Consulting and Support for the internal IT team in Installation, Configuration, Performance Tuning and Architecture, Security and Compliance
- System Environment: IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1x, IBM Planning Analytics Workspace 2.1, IBM Planning Analytics Excel 2.1, IBM Cognos Controller 11.1, Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2022
Christoph Q.
Last position:
Managing Director at Stage-IT
optimizing business processes
IT consulting
- ERP
- intralogistics process
- production planning process
- Sales (wholesale, online, B2B B2C)
- product information management
- business intelligence
implementation
- interfaces (SAP, EDI, Databases, ERP, ...)
- ETL processes
- BI Reports
Michael H.
Last position:
Interim Lead Developer DWH at Insurance
- Technical leadership of the development for a near real-time data warehouse of an insurance company
- Ensure stable operation
- Analyze and fix errors for ongoing operations
- Optimize and tune SQL queries and ETL jobs
- Revise scheduling in Automic (UC4)
- Coordinate with business units and external clients for further developments
- Data modeling and programming for sales management
- Tune PostgreSQL queries and functions for balance data queries
- Create hotfixes and releases
- Plan and coordinate deployments
- Execute test runs and analyze the results
- Handover activities to internal teams
Alina I.
Last position:
SAS Enterprise Guide Business Analyst at UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions
- Ensure the business requirements documentation activity for the changes originated by the business units
- Deliver business specifications in the respective area
- Support business units
- Support the Technical Analysis Office and BI architecture for technical analysis, design and test analysis
- Participate in overall production lifecycle and post-deployment support
- Support the definition and maintenance of common language and data governance
- Organize support activities for production incidents assuring proper continuity of business activities
- Ensure compliance and support evolution of processes, standards and frameworks
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Statistics of experts using IBM Cognos
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
29 years
Position duration
3.9 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Business Intelligence, Finance, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
74%
Master's degree or higher
58%
Doctorate
5%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, Italian
Speak two or more languages
95%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Austria are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Austria using IBM Cognos
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
IBM Cognos experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (79%)
- Manufacturing (58%)
- Professional Services (58%)
- Retail (58%)
- Banking and Finance (47%)
- Transportation (42%)
- Media and Entertainment (42%)
- Telecommunication (42%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What IBM Cognos does
IBM Cognos is a business intelligence and performance management suite for turning operational data into reports, dashboards, analyses and plans. Cognos Analytics supports self-service exploration alongside governed enterprise reporting. Its outputs help finance, sales, operations and management work from consistent information.
Core capabilities
Cognos Analytics covers interactive dashboards, pixel-perfect reports, scheduled distribution and natural-language-assisted exploration. Cognos Planning and related performance management components support budgeting, forecasting and scenario work. Specialists also configure security, metadata, data modules and reusable reporting standards.
Ecosystem and delivery
Work often spans relational databases, data warehouses, cloud data services and enterprise applications. Relevant skills include SQL, dimensional modelling, ETL or ELT, data governance and identity management. Strong professionals understand Framework Manager, data modules, report authoring, administration and integration with IBM Cognos environments.
- Build executive dashboards and operational reports
- Migrate legacy reports and clean up content stores
- Connect trusted sources and define governed metadata
- Automate bursting, scheduling and distribution
When companies hire specialists
Companies bring in freelance IBM Cognos specialists during reporting migrations, ERP or warehouse changes, new planning cycles and urgent delivery backlogs. External support is also useful when internal teams need to simplify a fragmented reporting estate or establish standards across departments. In Austria, projects may involve collaboration with finance and operations teams on site, remotely or in a hybrid model.
What strong professionals bring
The best specialists connect business questions with maintainable technical solutions. They clarify metric definitions, challenge unreliable source data and design reports that remain usable after handover. They can explain trade-offs between self-service flexibility and central governance, document decisions and coach internal users. Familiarity with German-language business requirements can add value for Austrian stakeholders, while English is common in international environments.
Choosing the right fit
Ask for examples of Cognos Analytics dashboards, scheduled reports, security models or planning workflows similar to yours. Discuss the source systems, data volumes, user groups, refresh needs and release process before work begins. A capable professional will propose a clear delivery path, test totals against trusted sources and define how ownership, documentation and future changes will be handled.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about IBM Cognos — answered in short.
IBM Cognos is used to create governed reports, dashboards, data explorations, budgets and forecasts. Companies use it to give departments consistent access to financial, operational and performance information.
Cognos Analytics is often chosen for governed enterprise reporting, complex distribution and strong alignment with IBM data environments. Power BI and Tableau may be preferred for different self-service, visualization or ecosystem requirements, so the right choice depends on governance, users, data sources and existing investments.
A strong IBM Cognos specialist usually brings SQL, dimensional modelling and data warehouse knowledge. Experience with ETL or ELT, ERP data, identity management, report governance and finance processes is also valuable.
The required depth depends on the work. A report adjustment may need focused authoring knowledge, while a migration, security redesign or planning implementation calls for someone who understands the full Cognos environment and its dependencies.
Yes, much of IBM Cognos delivery can be completed remotely through secure access, workshops and documented reviews. On-site sessions can still help with stakeholder interviews, source-system discovery and adoption, especially when Austrian teams need close coordination.
Review work that matches your reporting, analytics or planning needs rather than relying on product familiarity alone. Ask how the professional handles requirements, data validation, security, testing, documentation and handover in Cognos Analytics projects.
A high-quality IBM Cognos report uses agreed metric definitions, reliable data, clear navigation and appropriate access controls. It should perform well, support its intended decisions and remain maintainable when sources, schedules or business rules change.
IBM Cognos can work with modern cloud and hybrid data landscapes when connections, modelling, security and refresh processes are designed carefully. A qualified specialist should assess compatibility with your warehouse, identity setup and governance model before recommending an approach.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects is 123 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 981 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects, 74% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 58% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects have 29 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects are German (100%), English (95%), and Italian (21%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects are Information Technology (79%), Manufacturing (58%), and Professional Services (58%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Business Intelligence (79%), and Project Management (74%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used IBM Cognos
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
Vienna Graz 
Vienna Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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