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MLEU Consultants- Functional Architect/FO/MO/BO

Location not specified · 7–15 yrs

Experience: 7–15 yrs
Salary: Not disclosed
Location: Location not specified
Work mode: Not specified
Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Closing date not listed
Posted: 11 Feb 21

About this role

Cognizant’s MLEU Consulting team has open opportunities 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.

Professional Qualifications And Skills

Full time MBA from any top tier B School (preferably in Ops/Finance/IT/Systems)
7-15 years of work experience as Business Analyst/ consultants

Role 1: Functional Architect/Lead [ Must have 10+ years of experience; 8+ years of Business Analysis experience (Functional designs, product solution design/BRD/FSD/User stories/epics/Agile); excellent communication skills & trade life cycle in Commodity trading domain (Energy, Agri , Metals, Bulk concentrates) ]

Work Location: Pune/Chennai/Bangalore

Must Haves:

Problem solving mindset with experience on complex design and large product development projects using Agile.
Strong experience in IT consulting and business analysis – business process definition, requirements gathering, functional designs, product solution design, proficiency in writing complex BRD, FDD, FSD and user stories.
Ability to clearly communicate information to stakeholders.
Knowledge/ experience of SQL for data extraction.
Experience in creating data models, ER diagrams, and application architecture.

Big Plus:

Detailed knowledge of trade life cycle in Commodity trading domain (Energy, Agri, Metals).
Experience of working in multi-vendor setup.
Experience in using Visual Paradigm, Draw IO, Confluence, Jira.

Responsibilities

Identify opportunities to deliver value to business by building new capabilities or resolving existing issues.
Closely work with Global Product Managers and support them in their initiatives.
Gather and analyse requirements, evaluate options, propose solution, design IT application architecture and manage dependencies.
Act as a key point of contact to the Business departments, IT BA, and technical leads throughout the solution design and implementation.
Contribute and take ownership for various project related tasks / planning activities as the programme evolves.
Support UAT and migration activities.
Review artifacts produced by IT BAs.

Role 2: Middle office BA [Must have 8+ years of experience; 5+ years of BA experience; excellent comm skills & logistics/supply chain domain expertise/understanding of ETRM/CTRM]

Work Location: Pune/Chennai

Must Have:

Majority of experience should be on Trading (Physical/derivatives) platforms.
Should have detailed knowledge of trade life cycle in Commodity trading domain. (Energy, Agri, metals, concentrates)
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)
Strong experience in IT consulting and business analysis - process definition, requirements gathering, Proficiency in writing BRD, FSD and user stories

Role 3: Front Office BA [ Must have 8+ years of experience; 5+ years of BA experience; excellent comm skills & deal capture, deal pricing, Hedging, PnL , Valuation, close of business, Derivatives, trade capture, commodity contracts, P&L, Hedging, Order Management]

Work Location: Pune & Chennai

Must Have:

Majority of experience should be on Trading (Physical/derivatives) platforms.
Should have 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
Strong experience in IT consulting and business analysis - process definition, requirements gathering, Proficiency in writing BRD, FSD and user stories

Role 4: Back-office BA [Must have 8+ years of experience; 5+ years of BA experience; excellent comm skills & Invoicing expertise]

Work Location: Pune

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:

Supply Chain/Logistics/Freight Transportation

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

Skills

Information Technology