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Business Analyst - Consultant, Banking & Financial Services Consulting

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. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. 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 is increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we are growing!

The Role

Our Banking and Financial Services (BFS) Consulting practice is looking for Business Analyst/s to join our team.

We're looking for a consultant who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Business Analyst, this means creating high-quality client deliverables and taking ownership (with supervision) of producing client content and meeting client expectations; developing an expertise in your functional area, including obtaining certifications; contributing to Client Satisfaction and/or RFPs; supporting leadership and contributing to content development for service offerings; and participating in PeopleCare initiatives and exhibiting personal leadership at all times. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.

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

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document detailed requirements for app development projects.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria using JIRA.
• Work closely with Technical Product Managers to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Conduct thorough analysis of user feedback and data to drive product improvement and feature prioritization.
• Utilize JIRA to track project progress, manage sprints, and facilitate agile development methodologies.
• Provide ongoing support to the development team by clarifying requirements and providing guidance on user stories.
• Develop a profound understanding of the Cognizant way, productive project collaboration skills and practice deliverables, collegial support and information-sharing practices, and exquisite client sensibilities.

Qualification

• Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience
• Should have worked as a BA in banking or financial industry for at least 5 years in Agile/Scrum, Mortgage Origination experience preferred.
• Experience in lending within banking & financial is mandatory.
• Should be proficient in data analysis and SQL knowledge.
• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in operational app development projects, with expertise in utilizing JIRA for project management.
• Strong analytical skills and familiarity with agile methodologies.
• Preferred experience in source to target mapping.
• Proficiency in creating user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical documentation.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality results within project deadlines.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and white space.
• 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.

* Ability to be on-site or at the client location or cognizant location as needed.

• 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.

* The role is WFH flexible with ability to travel to client location or cognizant location as needed.

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.)