Consulting Manager, Horizon Business Analyst

Cognizant is seeking a Consulting Manager – Horizon Business Analyst to translate complex banking needs into functional requirements and support core banking transformation and implementation initiatives on the FIS Horizon platform. The role works with banking clients, business stakeholders, and technology and delivery teams across the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Business Analysis activities for core banking transformation, modernization, enhancement, and implementation initiatives involving the FIS Horizon Core Banking platform
• Facilitate requirements-gathering workshops, stakeholder interviews, and discovery sessions, and translate business needs into detailed functional requirements, user stories, use cases, process flows, BRDs, FRDs, and functional specifications
• Analyze current-state banking processes, define future-state processes, and perform gap analysis between client requirements and Horizon platform capabilities
• Serve as the functional liaison between client business teams and technical delivery teams, supporting requirements validation, functional design reviews, testing, defect resolution, and implementation readiness throughout the project lifecycle
• Apply strong retail and commercial banking domain knowledge to guide project teams, mentor Business Analysts, and ensure consistency and quality across deliverables

Requirements:

• 7+ years of professional experience, with significant experience in Business Analysis within banking or financial services
• Hands-on working and/or implementation experience with the FIS Horizon Core Banking platform
• Strong Business Analysis experience, including requirements elicitation, documentation, process analysis, gap analysis, and functional requirements definition
• Strong knowledge of retail and commercial banking processes, products, and core banking operations, with experience supporting core banking implementations, transformations, upgrades, enhancements, or modernization programs
• Excellent client-facing, facilitation, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable requirements and manage competing priorities independently
• Previous consulting or client-facing delivery experience within banking and financial services
• Experience working on large-scale core banking transformation or modernization programs
• Experience supporting testing, user acceptance testing, implementation readiness, data migration, system integration, or post-production activities
• Experience leading or mentoring Business Analysts within complex banking programs
• Familiarity with Agile and traditional delivery methodologies