Consulting Manager - Asset Finance

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Manager - Asset Finance to lead a multi-disciplinary team responsible for production support, development, and platform enhancements across InfoLease and Rapport solutions. You will bridge business stakeholders with technology teams, ensuring timely delivery of operational needs and strategic initiatives.

You will guide requirements, manage incidents, and oversee testing, releases, and deployment readiness, while mentoring staff and driving Agile

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Equipment Finance, Leasing, Asset Finance, or related financial services domains.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting, configuring, implementing, or enhancing InfoLease and/or Rapport (Solifi) platforms.
• Deep understanding of equipment finance lease and loan accounting, loan origination processes, servicing operations, and portfolio management workflows.
• Experience performing system configuration, testing, implementation, and platform enhancement activities within InfoLease and/or Rapport environments.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and communicate technical solutions effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading requirements gathering sessions, UAT coordination, testing cycles, and business sign-off activities.
• Strong understanding of production support processes, including incident triage, root cause analysis, problem management, and issue resolution.
• Working knowledge of SQL and reporting tools to support data investigation and issue analysis.
• Experience with Agile delivery methodologies, sprint planning, backlog management, and collaboration tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills with the ability to work effectively across business and technology organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead application support and development activities for InfoLease and Rapport platforms, ensuring stability and ongoing improvements.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate needs into technical specifications and guide solution delivery.
• Manage incident, problem, and change management processes with SLA adherence.
• Oversee testing, release management, UAT coordination, and deployment activities.
• Lead and mentor a team while driving Agile delivery practices and operational reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

SQL

Agile delivery

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capabilities, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who’ll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

About the role

As a Consulting Manager - Asset Finance , you will make an impact by leading a team responsible for production support, ongoing development, and platform enhancements across InfoLease and Rapport solutions. You will serve as the primary bridge between Asset Finance business stakeholders and technology teams, ensuring that operational needs, system capabilities, and strategic initiatives are delivered effectively and efficiently.

In this role, you will:

• Lead application support and development activities for InfoLease and Rapport platforms, ensuring stability, performance, and continuous improvement of critical leasing and asset finance systems

• Partner with business stakeholders and technology teams to gather requirements, translate business needs into technical specifications, and guide solution delivery across support and enhancement initiatives

• Manage incident, problem, and change management processes, serving as the primary escalation point for production issues and ensuring adherence to established SLAs and operational standards

• Oversee testing, release management, UAT coordination, and deployment activities to ensure system changes and upgrades do not disrupt business operations

• Lead and mentor a support and development team while driving Agile delivery practices, stakeholder communication, risk management, and operational reporting

Work model – Remote

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you must have to be considered

• 8+ years of experience in Equipment Finance, Leasing, Asset Finance, or related financial services domains

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience supporting, configuring, implementing, or enhancing InfoLease and/or Rapport (Solifi) platforms.

• Deep understanding of equipment finance lease and loan accounting, loan origination processes, servicing operations, and portfolio management workflows

• Experience performing system configuration, testing, implementation, and platform enhancement activities within InfoLease and/or Rapport environments

• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and communicate technical solutions effectively to non-technical stakeholders

• Experience leading requirements gathering sessions, UAT coordination, testing cycles, and business sign‑off activities

• Strong understanding of production support processes, including incident triage, root cause analysis, problem management, and issue resolution

• Working knowledge of SQL and reporting tools to support data investigation and issue analysis

• Experience with Agile delivery methodologies, sprint planning, backlog management, and collaboration tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps

• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills with the ability to work effectively across business and technology organizations

These will help you succeed

• 2+ years of experience in people management, supervisory, or team leadership role

• Experience managing geographically dispersed or matrixed teams

• Familiarity with ITIL processes and best practices, including incident, problem, change, and service management

• Experience defining and managing SLAs, KPIs, and operational metrics

• Experience overseeing test strategy, regression testing, release validation, and deployment readiness activities

• Ability to manage competing priorities across production support, project delivery, enhancement requests, and strategic initiatives

• Strong customer‑focused mindset with a proactive approach to issue resolution and stakeholder engagement

• Experience supporting both business operations teams and application engineering or DevOps teams within complex enterprise environments

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.