About the Role
Cognizant is seeking a highly skilled Business Analyst, Senior Consultant to join our consulting team. This role sits at the intersection of business and technology, partnering with stakeholders to translate complex business needs into scalable, actionable solutions.
The ideal candidate brings strong analytical capabilities, experience working in Agile environments, and a proven track record of delivering high-quality business requirements and process improvements across enterprise initiatives.
In this role, you will:
Business & Requirements Analysis
· Partner with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and validate requirements through interviews, workshops, and process walkthroughs
· Translate business needs into well-defined user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria
· Maintain comprehensive documentation, including business rules, process flows, and functional artifacts
Process Improvement & Solution Design
· Analyze current-state business processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design future-state processes aligned to business goals
· Develop visual representations such as workflow diagrams, swimlanes, and process maps
Stakeholder Management
· Act as a liaison between business stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams
· Facilitate clear communication to ensure alignment across all phases of the project lifecycle
· Support decision-making by providing insights, analysis, and recommendations
Agile Delivery & Project Support
· Contribute to backlog creation, refinement, and prioritization
· Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
· Monitor progress, identify risks, and support mitigation strategies
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
· Support UAT planning, coordination, and execution
· Develop test scenarios and assist business users during testing cycles
· Track defects, gather feedback, and ensure issues are resolved before deployment
What you must have to be considered
· 4–8 years of experience as a Business Analyst within consulting, technology, or transformation programs
· Strong expertise in requirements gathering, user story development, and business process modeling
· Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
· Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
· Proficiency with process modeling tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, or similar
· Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable documentation
These will help you succeed
· Prior consulting experience with global or enterprise clients
· Experience supporting large-scale transformation or digital initiatives
· Familiarity with UAT processes, defect tracking tools, and test management frameworks
Work Model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 2-3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Washington DC. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
Compensation: $70,000 – $101,500 annually based on experience, skills, and location.
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
401(k) plan and contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Employee assistance program
10 paid holidays plus PTO
Paid parental leave and fertility assistance
Learning and development certifications and programs
À propos de nous :
Cognizant (NASDAQ : CTSH) est un concepteur d’IA et un fournisseur de services technologiques. Avec notre gamme de solutions IA full-stack, nous accompagnons nos clients au carrefour de l’investissement dans l’IA et de la valeur ajoutée. Notre grande expertise sectorielle, des processus et de l’ingénierie nous permet de convertir le contexte propre à chaque entreprise en systèmes technologiques amplificateurs du potentiel humain, générateurs de résultats tangibles et garants de l’avantage des acteurs internationaux dans un monde en constante évolution. Découvrez notre méthode sur www.cognizant.com ou suivez @cognizant.
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