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Paul Cooper

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Senior BI specialist at IFS UK who rationalised 400+ assyst reports and built configurable reporting tools.

United Kingdom
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At Axios Systems Limited / IFS UK, I owned and evolved reporting for the assyst ESM platform, curating and enhancing more than 400 BIRT reports and templates. I rationalised 22 templates to 5 and consolidated 80 Top-N report variants into one configurable report, reducing maintenance overhead while expanding functionality.

I designed and developed assystBI, a data-agnostic client-side reporting and visualisation tool that lets users configure visualisations, groupings and measures. I also built an automated regression testing framework to compare rendered reports against reference baselines.

At the Health and Social Care Department, City of Edinburgh Council, I owned reporting and development across Swift and its AIS web frontend, delivering more than 380 reports. I used PL/SQL to modularise development and built a pre-calculation process that significantly sped up a group of financial reports.

Earlier, at Manchester Evening News, I designed and largely built a multi-user Newspaper Canvassing Database for subscriber and campaign management. I’ve also worked directly with customers to turn reporting needs into specifications and delivered training and third-line support.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

AU

Senior Reports Designer

Axios Systems Limited / IFS UK

Jan 2014 - Aug 2026 (12 years 7 months)

Worked directly with customers to gather requirements, write specifications and deliver bespoke reports or updates. Owned and evolved the reporting offering for the assyst ESM platform, curating, enhancing and adding to 400+ BIRT reports and templates.

MC

Information Assistant

Manchester City Council

Jun 2000 - Aug 2000 (2 months)

Performed data-entry and maintenance of the children-in-care Lotus Approach database, and assisted in producing statistical reports on children in care required by government bodies. Automated production of these reports using LotusScript, reducing production time forty-fold.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Manchester logoUM

University of Manchester

PGCE, Secondary Science and Mathematics

1994 - 1995

PGCE in Secondary Science and Mathematics from the University of Manchester, completed in 1995.

University of Leeds logoUL

University of Leeds

B.Sc. (Hons), Physics with Astrophysics

1990 - 1993

B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Leeds, completed in 1993.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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