Senior Consultant, Insurance (Life & Pensions)

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Senior Consultant, Insurance (Life & Pensions)

The Company

Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.). Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Cognizant Insurance Consulting

Cognizant's Insurance Consulting unit is seeking talented consultants with extensive business analysis and consultative experience of executing large scale business change and IT solutions for Insurance UK & European Insurance clients. This role provides an opportunity to join a rapidly growing, high energy and entrepreneurial team working with leading UK & Europe based Insurance clients.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Performed Senior Functional Architect/ Analyst roles on complex Business & Technology Transformation Programs, with Insurance clients; assisting them achieve their business, technology, strategic and operational goals.
• Individual should be a Subject matter expert in Pensions domains with good knowledge of Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution schemes.
• Individual should have experience in design and architecture of Pension and Life Policy Administration systems.
• Ability to develop creative strategic solutions to solve clients' business problems and create accompanying execution roadmaps to implement the changes. Individual will liaise with Client and provide regular updates for the PAS applications.
• Experience in analyzing existing business & data models and reporting to advise enhancements to existing applications.
• Individual will work with Client architects, research, analyze and evaluate the design specifications, new product tools , client strategies to validate the functional & technical aspects of the system.

Industry Experience:

• Deep experience of the UK Pensions Industry. Experience of working on Pensions Dashboard projects is preferable.
• API, Data and Cloud knowledge would be advantageous.
• Exposure of working on regulatory projects in a time pressured environment.
• Business Analysis skillset including data analysis and reporting, process modelling, gap analysis, stakeholder management skills.
• Hands-on experience across Insurance value chain is highly desirable.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to build strong relationships with clients and colleagues as well as on your own.
• Excellent communicator able to deliver a concise message either verbally, or in writing to senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Creative thinker, able to quickly analyze problems and identify appropriate solutions.
• Open-minded and pragmatic, with ability to guide teams to build customized tools/ templates for the engagements.
• Flexible and enthusiastic about gaining new experiences across different clients and adapting to different, challenging environments.

Contribution to Development of Practice:

• Contribute to practice activities such as Capability Development, Knowledge Management, Proposition or Solution Development.
• Develop focused industry 'points of view' or 'white papers' .
• Coach and Mentor members of the team.

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Experience on industry specific COTS solutions (Life & Pensions).
• Insurance domain accreditation.

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
• We don't just dream of a better way - we make it happen.
• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what's right.
• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that's right for you.

About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World's Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.