Core Banking Transformation Lead - FIS Horizon (Remote)

Cognizant; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Manager – Horizon Business Analyst to translate complex banking needs into clear functional requirements and support delivery of core banking transformations on the FIS Horizon Core Banking platform.

You will lead business analysis activities, facilitate workshops, and serve as the functional liaison among client stakeholders and delivery teams, applying deep banking domain knowledge to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in Business Analysis within banking or financial services.
• Hands-on working and/or implementation experience with the FIS Horizon Core Banking platform.
• Strong Business Analysis experience, including requirements elicitation, documentation, process analysis, gap analysis, and functional requirements definition.
• Strong knowledge of retail and commercial banking processes, products, and core banking operations, with experience supporting core banking implementations, transformations, upgrades, enhancements, or modernization programs.
• Excellent client-facing, facilitation, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable requirements and manage competing priorities independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead Business Analysis activities for core banking transformation, modernization, enhancement, and implementation initiatives involving the FIS Horizon Core Banking platform.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering workshops, stakeholder interviews, and discovery sessions, and translate business needs into detailed functional requirements, user stories, use cases, process flows, BRDs, FRDs, and functional specifications.
• Analyze current-state banking processes, define future-state processes, and perform gap analysis between client requirements and Horizon platform capabilities.
• Serve as the functional liaison between client business teams and technical delivery teams, supporting requirements validation, functional design reviews, testing, defect resolution, and implementation readiness throughout the project lifecycle.
• Apply strong retail and commercial banking domain knowledge to guide project teams, mentor Business Analysts, and ensure consistency and quality across deliverables.

Skills

Banking domain knowledge

Requirements elicitation

Functional specification

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Manager – Horizon Business Analyst to translate complex banking needs into clear functional requirements and support delivery of core banking transformations on the FIS Horizon Core Banking platform.

You will lead business analysis activities, facilitate workshops, and serve as the functional liaison among client stakeholders and delivery teams, applying deep banking domain knowledge to ensure high-quality deliverables.