Consulting Manager - Asset Finance

Cognizant; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Manager - Asset Finance to lead a remote team responsible for production support, development, and platform enhancements across InfoLease and Rapport solutions.

You will bridge Asset Finance stakeholders with technology teams, ensuring operational needs and strategic initiatives are delivered effectively, with a focus on stability and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Equipment Finance or Asset Finance experience.
• 5+ years supporting InfoLease and/or Rapport (Solifi).
• Deep understanding of lease/loan accounting and servicing workflows.
• Experience configuring, testing, and enhancing InfoLease and/or Rapport.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical specs for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading requirements gathering, UAT coordination, testing cycles, and sign-off.
• Strong production support incl. incident triage and root cause analysis.
• SQL knowledge and reporting tools for data analysis.
• Experience with Agile, sprint planning, backlog management, Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership across biz and tech.

Responsibilities

• Lead application support and development for InfoLease and Rapport platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and tech teams to capture requirements and guide delivery.
• Manage incident, problem, and change processes with SLAs and standards.
• Oversee testing, releases, UAT coordination, and deployment readiness.
• Mentor the team and drive Agile practices, reporting and risk management.

Skills

Equipment Finance

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Agile delivery

SQL

Tools

InfoLease

Rapport (Solifi)

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.