Consultant/Sr Consultant

Consultant/Senior Consultant, Front Office/Middle Office/Back Office

If you are like us, you have big ideas. At Cognizant Consulting, we're exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate technology products that create new value—by connecting people with things, insights, and experiences.

Cognizant's MLEU Consulting team has open opportunities for Senior Consultant designations in its Trading and Risk Management consulting practice. We are a team of advisory consultants & product managers working for global oil and gas/commodities trading clients to create significant business value. The team leverages their technology savviness, functional expertise to lead and execute digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key point of contact to the Business Transformation Services, Business Analysis, and Functional Architecture and Solution Architecture groups throughout the implementation
• Interface with business stakeholders to determine key design/process decisions, and contribute to overall delivery plan.
• Deliver assigned tasks complete and on time as designated by the Programme Office to ensure smooth progress of the implementation.
• Contribute and take ownership for various project related tasks / planning activities as the programme evolves

· Knowledge and Practical experience of Project Management methodologies – ability to configure delivery work stream frameworks to progress timelines and delivery milestones

· Demonstrate ability in planning consulting/functional work & ownership of project outcomes

Professional Qualifications and Skills

· Any Graduation/Full time MBA from any B School (preferably in Ops/Finance/IT/Systems)

· 5 to 13 years of work experience

Must Have

· Strong experience in IT consulting and business analysis – business process definition, requirements gathering, Functional designs, product solution design, proficiency in writing complex BRD, FSD and user stories

· Majority of experience should be in business consulting in either of the following domains:

o Physical Trading/Commodities Trading

o Derivatives/Capital Markets

o Supply Chain/Logistics/Freight Transportation

Preferred Skillset for Front Office:

· Detailed knowledge of trade life cycle in Commodity trading domain (Energy, Agri, metals, concentrates)

· Broad exposure (deal-to-cash) and specialization in front office functions of Commodity Trading landscape – deal capture, deal pricing, Hedging, PnL , Valuation, close of business, Derivatives, trade capture, commodity contracts, P&L, Hedging, Order Management

Preferred Skillset for Middle Office/Back Office:

· Detailed knowledge of trade life cycle in Commodity trading domain (Energy, Agri, metals, concentrates)

· Broad exposure (deal-to-cash) and specialization in front office functions of Commodity Trading landscape – deal capture, deal pricing, Hedging, PnL , Valuation, close of business, Derivatives, trade capture, commodity contracts, P&L, Hedging, Order Management

· Broad exposure (deal-to-cash) and specialization in middle office functions of commodity Trading landscape – Middle Office (Logistics, physical delivery, inventory management, procurement, supply chain, Storage, transport, invoicing)

Location: Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Bangalore.

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