Business Analyst (Capital Markets) - Manager, Banking & Financial Services Consulting

Business Analyst (Capital Markets) - Manager, Banking & Financial Services Consulting

Location: Charlotte, NC (USA), Hybrid with office/client site for 3 days

ABOUT US

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com .

COGNIZANT CONSULTING

Within Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we're growing!

The Role

The Capital Markets of our Banking and Financial Services Consulting Group is looking for Manager Consulting role to join our journey.

The position holder will serve as subject matter expert associated with content, processes, and procedures associated with vendor and in-house developed applications. Documents functional requirements, analyzes requirements in the context of software and processes, develops test plans, assists with, and documents business process improvement efforts, and works with data production issues.

We're looking for Consulting Managers who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Manager, Consulting (which is a Senior Manager level position) this means a client-facing engagement, managing escalations, and serving as a the owner of a workstream; maintaining expertise in your domain; meaningfully contributing to the sales process through a mix of RPI development, client presentations, financial modeling, pricing strategy, and flawless delivery; creating service offerings and/or client partner training materials; and contributing to People Care initiatives, recruiting, and mentoring. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position

Our solutions are in demand and we're passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!

Responsibilities

• As part of our Management Consulting practice, serve as Manager Consulting on a large-scale project for an end-client

• Gather requirements from business units and translate those to programmers and developers. Create user stories.

• Take ownership and coordinates with business units and development team to resolve data quality defects in a timely manner

• Ownership for program initiation, planning, execution, control & closure

• Report project progress and escalate project issues & risks to senior management team as per project plan

• Ensure smooth communication across project team

• Confer with clients regarding the nature of the information processing or computation needs.

• Collaborate with other analysts, product owners, technology specialists in a multi-vendor environment to work towards issue resolution

• Assist in developing and managing product roadmap, driving prioritization of features while balancing customer and business impacts

• Leverage data to understand user behavior and assist in product roadmap revision

• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationship with all stakeholders

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in capital markets, within banking and financial services industry

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.

• Must have an Agile certification/ working knowledge

• Working knowledge of Liquidity Risk Reporting, FR Y-14 Regulatory Reporting, Capital Markets domain concepts

• Proven analytical/technical aptitude, i.e., statistics and the ability to carefully analyze large, complex data sets

• Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, attention to detail and interpersonal skills

• Proven knowledge of computer software, such as ETL Tool Informatica, Oracle, Autosys workflow

• Basic knowledge of design techniques and principals involved in production of drawings and models

• The ideal candidate will possess a balanced mix of quantitative, consultative, and facilitative/leadership skills

• Ability to handle ambiguity and white space

• Ability to travel when needed for a project

• Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes

• The embodiment of Cognizant's Core Values of: Start with a point of view; Seek data, build knowledge; Always strive, never settle; Work as one; Create conditions for everyone to thrive; Do the right thing, the right way.

Work Authorization

• Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 345,000 associates around the world.
• We don't just dream of a better way - we make it happen.
• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what's right.
• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that's right for you.

About us:
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, helping organizations modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they stay ahead in a fast-changing world.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.