As a Business Analyst Credit Risk at the CC BFS team, your focus will be at the interplay between business and technology, having and building a sound understanding of the business drivers and the capabilities of various technologies.

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? 
The combination of rapid growth on a global scale in an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like you — ambitious and pro-active with an entrepreneurial spirit who creates and seizes opportunities. At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, innovative, and successful. And this is your chance to be part of that story.

Your team 

CC BFS (Cognizant Consulting – Banking & Financial Services) is the consulting part of one of the largest vertical industry sectors within Cognizant. They work with tier 1 banking and insurance organizations globally and in the Benelux. The practice has positioned itself as a valuable and trusted partner to its clients by providing core banking consulting; end-to-end support through the value creation process by blending industry expertise with cross-industry solutions guided by transformational business and technology strategies. It actively furnishes the making of stronger business beyond and across geographies, size and representation in the market.
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Your role
As a Business Analyst Credit Risk & Data at the CC BFS team, your focus will be at the interplay between business and technology, having and building a sound understanding of the business drivers and the capabilities of various technologies.

Responsibilities:
• You refine the backlog to support the Product Owner of the squad
• You play an active role in the refinement of user stories to ensure user story feasibility
• You translate regulatory requirements into functional designs, ensuring compliance by design
• Aligns with the architects to make sure the designed solution is in line with the architectural roadmap
• Works closely together with various departments within the processing chain (Modelling, Reporting, Finance, Data Management etc)
• Prepares responses to ad-hoc requests from stakeholders (e.g. ECB, DNB, Internal and external auditors)
• Supporting the team in user acceptance testing and aligning with the stakeholders
• Also acting as a linking pin between the stakeholders and the implementation team/domains
• You build the bridge between business and IT.

What we offer: 
• A competitive salary based on your qualities and experience.
• Access to Udemy, Cognizant Academy digital libraries for your continuous learning.
• NS business card to cover your commute expenses.25 days of paid holiday per year.
• A laptop and a smartphone.
• A pension scheme.
• Health insurance
• Organization driven by technology – we have a tremendous technology backbone.
• Open, ‘can do’ team spirit and international environment that encourages making your ideas reality!
• 32-40 hour working week 

What will you bring to the team: 
• University degree; MSc degree (preferably Business Administration, (Business) Economics, Computer Science, Management of Technology or similar).
• 4-6 years’ experience in Business Analysis and/or Consulting or relevant project experience with a focus on the Banking and Finance domain (experience and background in commercial and consumer lending, leasing and financial subscription models is a strong differentiator).
• Experienced in working with implementation of Credit risk models (PD, LGD, EAD, etc) and regulatory requirements like Basel 3, IFRS9, Anacredit, Definition of Default, etc
• Ability to translate business (both functional and technical) requirements into solution design
• Able to understand and maintain the data model, including Reference Data
• Strong communication-and stakeholder management skills
Nice to have
• Experience in working in an Agile/Scrum team
• Experience with data warehouse tools like Oracle is preferred
• Experience with BI tools like SaS would be an advantage
• Experience in Data Quality analysis would be an advantage

Diversity and Inclusion at Cognizant
At Cognizant, we believe diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our ability to execute successfully and consistently over the long term. We recognize that our people are our most important asset. We strive to create an environment where all associates feel comfortable to be themselves, feel accepted and can therefore thrive both personally and professionally. We continue to drive D&I throughout our organization to unlock the insights, imagination and innovation of our associates, as well as reflect the diversity of our clients and communities. We are a Dutch and European Top Employer and continually drive employment recognition and engagement through employee friendly policies and affinity groups such as “Women Empowered”, “Embrace LGBTQ+” and “Race Equality Network”. For more information, see

Description of the recruitment process:
• Step 1: Written application/CV will be reviewed by the recruitment team 
• Step 2: Conversation with the recruiter 
• Step 3: Technical Panel interview 
• Step 4: Final interview with the client
• Step 5: Offer 

Recruiter contact details

Name: Quessia Rajohanesa

Email address:
Phone: +31611384544

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Feb 16 2024