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Consulting Manager, Cloud Security

Cognizant · Charlotte, NC · 2 days ago
HybridFull-time

About the Role

As a Senior Consultant – AWS Cloud Security & Finance Business Analysis, you will make an impact by aligning AWS cloud security controls with finance and accounting business needs while driving user experience improvements across financial platforms and processes. You will be a valued member of the consulting team and work collaboratively with finance stakeholders, technology teams, security teams, and business leaders to deliver secure, compliant, and user-centric solutions.

In This Role, You Will

  • Drive end-to-end consulting engagements that align AWS cloud security controls with finance and accounting processes, ensuring secure and compliant handling of financial data
  • Lead business requirements discovery sessions with finance stakeholders, translating accounting policies, reporting obligations, and operational needs into functional and technical specifications
  • Conduct detailed assessments of financial workflows, system usage patterns, and user experiences to identify opportunities for process optimization, efficiency gains, and improved usability
  • Design and recommend AWS security architectures, control frameworks, monitoring approaches, and remediation plans that strengthen protection of finance applications and sensitive financial data
  • Develop consulting deliverables including assessment reports, process documentation, data flows, gap analyses, UX evaluations, and business recommendations while supporting solution adoption and continuous improvement

What You Must Have To Be Considered

  • Strong experience with AWS cloud security concepts including identity and access management, encryption, logging, monitoring, and security controls
  • Experience conducting business analysis within Finance and Accounting domains, translating business requirements into structured functional and non-functional specifications
  • Strong understanding of finance and accounting processes including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, financial reporting, and period-close activities
  • Experience facilitating stakeholder workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and cross-functional collaboration activities
  • Experience documenting business processes, data flows, control frameworks, and solution requirements
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess current-state processes, identify gaps, and develop actionable recommendations
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate complex finance and technology concepts to diverse audiences
  • Experience working within hybrid delivery environments and coordinating activities across distributed teams

These will help you succeed

  • Experience conducting UX assessments, heuristic evaluations, task analyses, and user feedback reviews for business applications
  • Experience evaluating and improving finance application interfaces, portals, and user journeys
  • Knowledge of cloud-based finance platforms, integrations, and reporting solutions
  • Experience performing AWS security posture assessments and defining remediation roadmaps
  • Familiarity with audit, governance, risk, and compliance considerations related to financial systems and data protection
  • Ability to monitor user adoption, gather feedback, and drive continuous process and experience improvements
  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to validate financial data flows, identify requirement gaps, and support auditable business processes

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