VINOTH KUMAR NATARAJAN
Sydney,Australia
Summary
Certified IBM Planning Analytics (PA), Cognos Analytics (CA), and Power BI Consultant with over 13 years of professional experience, delivering end-to-end data warehousing, EPM, and BI solutions, backed by strong analytical thinking and corporate finance expertise.Results-driven consultant with expertise in IBM Planning Analytics and Power BI. Proven ability to lead projects that deliver impactful solutions and enhance business intelligence capabilities.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Consultant
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Sydney, Australia
12.2022 - Current
- Led end-to-end project lifecycle, ensuring seamless requirements gathering, analysis, solution design, implementation, delivery, and hyper-care support.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements into technical solutions for IBM Planning Analytics product suite, enhancing alignment between business needs and technology.
- Designed and developed IBM PA workbooks to address new business requirements, enabling B2B and B2C cost analysis and EDW reporting.
- Customized and optimized TM1 TurboIntegrator (TI) processes, aligning code with evolving business needs to improve system responsiveness.
- Expertise in Planning Analytics for Excel (Pafe) and PAW.
- Hands-on experience in Power BI designing interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI Desktop, DAX, and Power Query for business and financial analytics.
- Published and managed reports in Power BI Service, configuring scheduled refresh, access controls, and stakeholder sharing.
- Supported Snowflake re-platforming initiatives, assisting with data validation, performance optimization, and reporting enablement across planning and BI layers.
Senior Technical Lead
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Chennai
01.2018 - 12.2022
- Executed high-complexity technical development activities, enhancing performance tuning, optimizing cube design, and improving security models.
- Facilitated analysis, technical discussions, and solution design for client product suites in IBM Planning Analytics (TM1), aligning technical capabilities with client needs.
- Actively contributed to the migration of Cognos reports to Power BI, analyzing existing report logic, redesigning visuals, and rebuilding datasets using DAX and Power Query.
- Collaborated with business users to validate Power BI reports against Cognos outputs, confirming data accuracy and ensuring functional parity.
Technical Lead
CROWN SOLUTIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Chennai
08.2017 - 01.2018
- Developed TM1 model from scratch to enhance business planning and reporting capabilities.
- Coordinated with business stakeholders, technical teams, and inbound data teams to gather and validate requirements for effective project execution.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Chennai
09.2013 - 08.2017
- Designed system architecture to ensure scalability and maintainability of applications.
- Developed TM1 applications to enhance business functionality, creating new cubes, dimensions, rules, and TI processes in Cognos TM1.
- Conducted root cause analysis in incident and problem management, identifying improvement opportunities and proposing solutions to business stakeholders.
ASSOCIATE
SYMANTEC SOFTWARE AND SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Chennai
07.2011 - 05.2012
- Defined functional specifications, designed, developed, customized, and tested reports using Cognos BI tools, aligning insights with business needs.
- Built and maintained Framework Manager models, applying determinants and relationships, and published packages to Cognos Connection, enabling ad-hoc and professional reporting.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (ECE)
Kings College of Engineering
Chennai06.2007
Skills
- IBM Planning Analytics / TM1
- Cognos BI reports
- Power BI
- Snowflake
- Data analytics
- ETL
Certification
- IBM Cognos 10.2.2 TM1 Data Analyst
- IBM Cognos 10.2.2 TM1 Developer
- IBM Cognos 10.0 Report Developer
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
- Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
- Power BI Data Analyst
Visa Details
Sydney, 482 TSS (Primary), June 2027
Accomplishments
Top Performer Award for implementing multiple value-add initiatives and process improvements, eliminating manual workarounds and delivering cost savings of approximately USD 1 million.
Timeline
Consultant
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
12.2022 - Current
Senior Technical Lead
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
01.2018 - 12.2022
Technical Lead
CROWN SOLUTIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
08.2017 - 01.2018
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
09.2013 - 08.2017
ASSOCIATE
SYMANTEC SOFTWARE AND SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
07.2011 - 05.2012
Bachelor of Engineering - ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (ECE)
Kings College of Engineering