The Company
Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 350,000 employees as of January 2025. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.
Purpose of the Role:
Work within a high energy and entrepreneurial Business & Technology Consulting Practice providing end to end Consulting and Business Analysis services to UK & Ireland based Insurance clients.
The role will focus on providing Insurance clients with Consulting and Business Analysis services, while at the same time contribute to the growth and vitality of both the local and global Insurance practices. It will also entail developing strong customer relationship and be a ‘Go-To’ person that client wants to bring back for future engagements.
Essential Consulting Skills & Experience:
Building trusted advisor relationships, influencing senior stakeholders, and negotiating mutually beneficial outcomes.
Translating complex strategies into clear, compelling narratives for diverse audiences.
Ability to create phased transformation roadmaps connecting people, process, and technology.
Deep understanding of business models, industry trends, and market dynamics to anticipate disruptions and craft long-term strategies.
Contribution to Development of Practice:
Support practice management activities such as Proposition or Solution Development, Community & Communications, Sales & Operations Management.
Contribute to Insurance practice by thought provoking ‘points of view’ or ‘white papers’.
Essential BA Skills & Experience:
Perform Business Analysis roles on complex Business & Technology Transformation Programmes, within Insurance clients; assisting them achieve their business, technology, strategic and operational goals.
Able to gather, prioritize, analyze, specify and validate requirements including the facilitation & co-ordination of user workshops.
Experience in using AI tools across life cycle to improve productivity and efficiency.
Experience in effectively defining problem/scope, gathering/analyzing data, and structuring recommendations, creating presentations, and making compelling recommendations to clients.
An appreciation for both business and technical requirements and the ability to bridge the gap between the two.
Full project life-cycle experience Business Analysis experience - with demonstrable knowledge of different project life cycles: waterfall, agile; with hands on experience in agile (Scrum).
Experience of working in matrix environment and able to provide examples of proactively building and winning trust of relevant business/IT stakeholders.
Previous experience of working in a similar capacity in other Consultancy or Insurance Industry.
Excellent knowledge in General Insurance, with strong years of experience.
Personal Attributes:
A ‘best practice practitioner’ Business Analyst (BA), with outstanding full project lifecycle Business Analysis skills.
Able to work on simultaneous projects.
Comfortable working in a team, building strong relationships with clients and colleagues as well as on your own.
Comfortable facilitating workshops, e.g. to develop business requirements.
Organized and able to prioritize competing responsibilities.
Excellent engagement, communication skills (both written and verbal) and numeracy skills, able to deliver a concise message.
Proficient in use of MS Visio and MS office suite, specifically excel
Self-motivated, actively seeks responsibility and driven to achieve results.
Ability to challenge the status quo and disrupt thinking, suggesting viable alternatives.
Creative thinker, able to quickly analyze complex problems and identify appropriate solutions underpinned by logic and analytic approach.
Open-minded and pragmatic, willing to work with the tools available on assignment, or build them from scratch if required.
Demonstrable accuracy and attention to detail.
Ability to work independently and ensure successful delivery of assigned tasks.
Ability to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Degree educated or have a recognized business professional qualification.
Willing to Travel to client sites across UK &I Mon-Friday.
What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Other employment-related information
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. 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 characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
