at Cognizant Technology Solutions in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Manager Consulting - Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) administration
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. 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
Our Banking & Financial Services Consulting group is looking for a Manager Consulting to join our journey.
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 are below.
Consulting Manager demonstrates exceptional core consulting skills and possesses the ability to provide solution to our client's most challenging problems. S/he are responsible for the day to day activities of an engagement and are seen as the central point of contact to consulting Directors and Partners. S/he works with leadership to understand the objectives of an engagement, then structures the team and translates objectives to clear goals and tasks. As a critical "keystone" to any engagement, s/he collaborates with others, listens up/down, effectively communicates and adapts to change. S/he is seen as a natural coach and leader, one who knows how to get the best performance out of each team member, as well as grows talent for the long term.
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
Problem and Scope Definition:
Work with engagement leadership and client to fully estimate scope and plan project accordingly
Translate engagement objectives into defined scope and executable tasks for managers and team members
Requirements Gathering:
Translate "big picture" for each team member to drive requirements, and partner with client and team to identify key process stakeholders for each work stream
Sign off on quality and relevance of requirements before they go to client.
Hands-on development and documentation of business requirements for system enhancements and operational changes.
Analyze current ETF administration processes and identify areas for improvement and efficiency.
Assist in developing and managing product roadmap, driving prioritization of features while balancing customer and business impacts.
Collaborate with IT and operational teams to implement process improvements and automation solutions.
Support the strategic initiatives of the client's ETF product... For full info follow application link.
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
