Consulting Manager - Senior Financial Engineer

Cognizant; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Financial Engineer to develop and enhance pricing, risk, P&L, and trade lifecycle solutions for financial markets operations. You will collaborate with Front Office traders, Risk Management, Finance, Data, and Technology to deliver scalable, compliant solutions.

You will work in a hybrid model with 3–4 days onsite in New York, balancing client needs and internal governance. A strong quantitative background and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in financial engineering or related roles.
• Strong knowledge of FX and/or Interest Rate products.
• Advanced SQL skills with complex queries and views.
• Solid understanding of pricing methodologies, market data, Greeks, VaR, and P&L.
• Experience with trade lifecycle processes and data flows across Front/Middle/Back Office.
• Experience with full software development lifecycle including documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to non-technical stakeholders.
• Advanced degree in Financial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
• Certifications or coursework in quantitative finance or risk management (a plus).

Responsibilities

• Design, validate, and enhance pricing, risk, P&L, and hedging processes.
• Translate trading desk requirements into scalable solutions covering capture, valuation, data integration, and reporting.
• Analyze P&L drivers, VaR, Greeks, and hedging effectiveness with root-cause analysis when needed.
• Design and optimize complex SQL queries, views, and stored procedures for analytics and data quality.
• Deliver end-to-end solutions with requirements, design, testing, deployment, and governance.

Skills

Financial engineering

Front Office analytics

FX/IR products

Advanced SQL

Pricing methodologies

Trade lifecycle

SDLC

Communication skills

Education

Advanced degree in Financial Engineering or related field

Tools

Murex MX.3

Python

Pandas

VBA

Job description

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice. We’re a global community of 5,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, 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 Senior Financial Engineer, you will make an impact by developing and enhancing pricing, risk, P&L, and trade lifecycle solutions supporting financial markets operations.
You will be a valued member of our Financial Services Consulting team and work collaboratively with Front Office traders, Risk Management, Finance, Data, and Technology teams. You will combine financial markets expertise, quantitative analysis, and technical problem-solving to deliver scalable solutions in a complex, regulated environment.

In This Role, You Will

• Partner with FX and Interest Rate traders, Risk Management, and Finance stakeholders to design, validate, and enhance pricing, risk, P&L, and hedging processes.
• Translate trading desk requirements into scalable solutions covering trade capture, valuation, market data integration, risk reporting, and data lineage.
• Analyze and explain P&L drivers, sensitivities and Greeks, Value at Risk, stress-testing results, and hedging effectiveness, including performing root-cause analysis when required.
• Design and optimize complex SQL queries, database views, and stored procedures to support analytics, reporting, data quality, and system performance.
• Contribute to end-to-end solution delivery, including requirements gathering, design, model implementation, testing, deployment, production support, documentation, and governance controls.

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 3-4 days per week onsite at a client or Cognizant office in New York, New York. 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

• At least 10 years of experience in financial engineering, Front Office quantitative analysis, trading-focused business analysis, risk analytics, or a closely related role supporting trading desks.
• Strong knowledge of FX and/or Interest Rate products, such as spot, forwards, swaps, options, cross-currency products, basis products, and Interest Rate derivatives.
• Advanced SQL skills, including experience writing complex queries and working with database views and stored procedures.
• Solid understanding of pricing methodologies, market data, Greeks, Value at Risk, stress and scenario analysis, and P&L explain.
• Experience with trade lifecycle processes and data flows across Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Risk, and Finance.
• Experience delivering solutions through the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, SIT, UAT, release management, production support, and documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical and quantitative concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• An advanced degree in Financial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

These will help you succeed

• Hands-on experience with Murex MX.3, particularly simulation capabilities, FX products, and Front Office, Risk, or Back Office modules.
• Experience with Interest Rate curve construction, volatility calibration, pricing libraries, and market data integration.
• Knowledge of P&L attribution frameworks and risk-to-P&L alignment.
• Experience implementing model controls, including back-testing, benchmarking, documentation, and governance processes.
• Familiarity with Python, pandas, VBA, or other programming and scripting tools commonly used by trading and risk teams.
• Experience with business intelligence or reporting tools used to distribute financial analytics.
• Relevant certifications or coursework in quantitative finance, risk management, or data engineering.

We’re excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Compensation

The annual salary for this position is $81,000 - $129,000 annually, depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and applicable benefits.