Business Analyst (Wealth Management) - Consultant, Banking & Financial Services Consulting Locations: Remote (Minneapolis preferred) 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 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 senior consultant, 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 People Care 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 * Efficiently lead the conversation, and gather requirements from Business, understand the concerns, identify the risk, and communicate it in timely fashion. * Ensure document the application system by following multiple cross functional requirements * Perform, evaluate, and communicate thorough quality assurance at every stage of systems development. * Determine and develop user requirements for systems in production, to ensure maximum usability. * Partner with stakeholders across business units (ex: sales, finance, security, compliance) to develop analyses and documentation in a collaborative way, communicating effectively and efficiently with production, managerial, and executive teams. * Evaluate, analyze, and communicate systems requirements on a continuing basis, and maintain systems processes, including the delivery of monthly status reports to all appropriate parties. * Ability to make quick informed decision and understand the clear priority and escalate as needed * Must be creative to deliver innovative solutions to address critical business needs. Highly agile, and ability to quickly pivot the plan and exec te. Qualifications Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience, MBA Finance is highly preferred 5+ years of Business Analyst experience in Asset & Wealth Management/ Capital Markets/ Banking & Financial Services is mandatory Should be able to coordinate well with business and product and independently work to analyze and propose the solutions. Candidate must have a good grip of financial products, investment strategy, client profiling by risk and different asset classes * Experience in Asset and wealth management products designed for financial advisor and advisory services * Experiences with AWM products like Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs), model management for SMAs, web applications to manage SMA portfolios, portfolio measurement tools and reporting. * Ability to define test cases, document test plan, JIRA board management and strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated experience problem solving and developing products from scratch Experience with bringing together cross functional teams and leading execution in an agile delivery model Ability to handle ambiguity and white space. Demonstrated examples of building and launching products The embodiment of Cognizant's Core Values of: Work as one, Raise the bar, Dare to Innovate, Do the right thing, Own it * Ability to be on-site or at the client location or cognizant location as needed Salary and Other Compensation The annual salary for this position is between $64,000 - $102,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans. 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 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 position. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. 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.) 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.