Remote Consulting Manager — Horizon Banking Analyst

Cognizant; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan

Short/Long-term Disability

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Manager – Horizon Business Analyst to translate banking needs into clear requirements for Horizon Core Banking implementations. You will lead BA activities, facilitate workshops, and collaborate with clients and delivery teams.

Apply your deep banking knowledge to guide projects, mentor analysts, and ensure high-quality deliverables across transformations and modernization programs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in Business Analysis within banking or financial services.
• Hands-on with the FIS Horizon Core Banking platform.
• Strong BA skills: elicitation, documentation, process and gap analysis, and requirements definition.
• Retail and commercial banking knowledge with experience supporting core banking programs.
• Excellent client-facing, facilitation, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead BA activities for core banking transformation and implementation on Horizon.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, interviews, and discovery sessions; translate needs into functional specs.
• Analyze current vs. future banking processes and perform gap analysis.
• Serve as the functional liaison between client business and technical delivery teams.
• Guide project teams, mentor BAs, ensure quality across deliverables.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements Elicitation

Process Analysis

Gap Analysis

Stakeholder Facilitation

Client-Facing

Mentoring

Tools

FIS Horizon Core Banking

Job description

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Manager – Horizon Business Analyst to translate banking needs into clear requirements for Horizon Core Banking implementations. You will lead BA activities, facilitate workshops, and collaborate with clients and delivery teams.

Apply your deep banking knowledge to guide projects, mentor analysts, and ensure high-quality deliverables across transformations and modernization programs.