Cognizant North America
Senior Manager - M&A Consulting
Cognizant North America, Teaneck, New Jersey, United States,
Senior ManagerCognizant Consulting, Mergers & AcquisitionsABOUT USCognizant 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. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.COGNIZANT CONSULTINGWithin Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value.The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we're growing!The RoleWe're looking for
Senior Managers
who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a
Senior Manager
(which is an Associate Director level position), this means partnering with clients and project stakeholders. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.Within the Consulting group is our Post-Merger Integration Advisory practice, which assists the Fortune 2000 in developing a competitive advantage for their organizations by strategically aligning IT with business objectives and emerging industry needs. We are seeking people who are passionate about transformation, want to make an impact, and love working together to deliver flawless results for an end-client.We believe that involving IT teams early and often during M&A can help enterprises realize more value from the operational and market synergies that bring businesses together. Our team supports projects that are highly visible in the market and you'll have a chance to use your entrepreneurial spirit along with your knowledge and experience to help clients shape their future state and future successes. As part of our overall portfolio, we help clients create a successful business outcome through the M&A Process. We focus on Integration Management, IT Assessments, Production Synergies, IT Operating Models, Portfolio Rationalization, Cost Strategies, and enabling business process optimization to transform the business and contribute to the overall success of the merger.ResponsibilitiesLead M&A advisory engagements end to end from IT Due-diligence, Day 1 to Post close integration and help client realize synergies.Conduct IT Due-Diligence assessments to identify potential IT integration risks and red flags for executives and IT management.Define Day 1 strategy, create Day 1 plan/checklist and manage the Day 1 cutover.Identify M&A process improvement opportunities and work with the client to create repeatable solutions.Conduct the AS-IS assessment of the acquired company's IT application & infrastructure landscape and define the interim/end state of the acquisition.Manage cross-functional teams to deliver M&A engagements across all phases of the M&A lifecycle including due-diligence, pre-close, and post-merger integration.Assess acquired company's current IT organizations and define To-be operating model.Conduct and lead Application Portfolio assessments to determine the best technology disposition of IT application portfolio following mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures.Create approach, identify appropriate tools and methodologies, lead client workshops and discussions, perform analysis, draw conclusions, formulate strategic recommendations, and develop business cases and roadmaps.Actively contribute towards industry specific offerings, whitepapers, RFP/ RFI responses and client discussion documents.Ensure the quality of the Practice's work continues to be truly distinctive through innovative, Intellectual Capital development with a focus on client impact and tangible results.Help recruit, develop, and retain other consulting professionals to support the firm's ambitious growth targets.Qualifications15+ years of management consulting experience, with a track record of business generation, practice building and on-going client relationships across assignments with experience in M&A Advisory.A significant track record of success in M&A advisory consulting across industries serving leading companies on a diverse set of strategic and operational issues.A broad general manager perspective, including understanding of strategy and marketing, operations, IT, business transformation and performance improvement.A minimum of 6 years of experience in leading or managing small teams effectively including planning/structuring analytical work, facilitating team workshops, and developing recommendations.Knowledge and experience with leading initiatives spanning M&A advisory, establishing IT IMO/PMO, Managing Day 1, TSA management, Defining Integration Strategy, Post Merger Integration, Business Driven IT Strategy, Operating Models, Technology Integration.Experience in developing detailed, compelling, and analytical PowerPoint/Excel/Word/Visio deliverables to convey complex thoughts and ideas to various stakeholders.Thought leadership; at least an understanding, if not a track record, of how to develop commercial knowledge capital and build it into the fabric of a practice.Senior client leadership experience and executive presence to represent Cognizant confidently and convincingly among the highest levels of client executives.The ability to work successfully in a flat, collaborative, highly matrixed environment and be effective with the Cognizant leadership team.MBA or master's degree strongly preferred; Bachelor's degree required.Ability to travel up to 80%.Work AuthorizationCognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without company sponsorship.
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Senior Managers
who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a
Senior Manager
(which is an Associate Director level position), this means partnering with clients and project stakeholders. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.Within the Consulting group is our Post-Merger Integration Advisory practice, which assists the Fortune 2000 in developing a competitive advantage for their organizations by strategically aligning IT with business objectives and emerging industry needs. We are seeking people who are passionate about transformation, want to make an impact, and love working together to deliver flawless results for an end-client.We believe that involving IT teams early and often during M&A can help enterprises realize more value from the operational and market synergies that bring businesses together. Our team supports projects that are highly visible in the market and you'll have a chance to use your entrepreneurial spirit along with your knowledge and experience to help clients shape their future state and future successes. As part of our overall portfolio, we help clients create a successful business outcome through the M&A Process. We focus on Integration Management, IT Assessments, Production Synergies, IT Operating Models, Portfolio Rationalization, Cost Strategies, and enabling business process optimization to transform the business and contribute to the overall success of the merger.ResponsibilitiesLead M&A advisory engagements end to end from IT Due-diligence, Day 1 to Post close integration and help client realize synergies.Conduct IT Due-Diligence assessments to identify potential IT integration risks and red flags for executives and IT management.Define Day 1 strategy, create Day 1 plan/checklist and manage the Day 1 cutover.Identify M&A process improvement opportunities and work with the client to create repeatable solutions.Conduct the AS-IS assessment of the acquired company's IT application & infrastructure landscape and define the interim/end state of the acquisition.Manage cross-functional teams to deliver M&A engagements across all phases of the M&A lifecycle including due-diligence, pre-close, and post-merger integration.Assess acquired company's current IT organizations and define To-be operating model.Conduct and lead Application Portfolio assessments to determine the best technology disposition of IT application portfolio following mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures.Create approach, identify appropriate tools and methodologies, lead client workshops and discussions, perform analysis, draw conclusions, formulate strategic recommendations, and develop business cases and roadmaps.Actively contribute towards industry specific offerings, whitepapers, RFP/ RFI responses and client discussion documents.Ensure the quality of the Practice's work continues to be truly distinctive through innovative, Intellectual Capital development with a focus on client impact and tangible results.Help recruit, develop, and retain other consulting professionals to support the firm's ambitious growth targets.Qualifications15+ years of management consulting experience, with a track record of business generation, practice building and on-going client relationships across assignments with experience in M&A Advisory.A significant track record of success in M&A advisory consulting across industries serving leading companies on a diverse set of strategic and operational issues.A broad general manager perspective, including understanding of strategy and marketing, operations, IT, business transformation and performance improvement.A minimum of 6 years of experience in leading or managing small teams effectively including planning/structuring analytical work, facilitating team workshops, and developing recommendations.Knowledge and experience with leading initiatives spanning M&A advisory, establishing IT IMO/PMO, Managing Day 1, TSA management, Defining Integration Strategy, Post Merger Integration, Business Driven IT Strategy, Operating Models, Technology Integration.Experience in developing detailed, compelling, and analytical PowerPoint/Excel/Word/Visio deliverables to convey complex thoughts and ideas to various stakeholders.Thought leadership; at least an understanding, if not a track record, of how to develop commercial knowledge capital and build it into the fabric of a practice.Senior client leadership experience and executive presence to represent Cognizant confidently and convincingly among the highest levels of client executives.The ability to work successfully in a flat, collaborative, highly matrixed environment and be effective with the Cognizant leadership team.MBA or master's degree strongly preferred; Bachelor's degree required.Ability to travel up to 80%.Work AuthorizationCognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without company sponsorship.
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