Cognizant (NASDAQ-100: CTSH) 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. We engineer modern businesses to improve everyday life. 

Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 194 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant. 

Business Unit Description: 

Cognizant Consulting (CC) is a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise.? We are 5,500 experienced consultants strong and growing.  As Technology becomes a more significant part of our clients’ products and services, there is even more demand for us to provide counsel, challenge our clients’ strategies in a respectful way, bring thought leadership, advance our clients’ growth agenda and make them more competitive.  Cognizant is known for transforming IT, but in addition to IT, our Industry consultants are taking a fresh look at our clients’ business models, their products and services every day.  

Our consulting team connects our clients’ aspiration to the art of the possible and the broader Cognizant team delivers the future state. Our consulting team serves as the bridge between technology and business outcomes. As part of the team, you will be driving continuous innovation and benefits realization from strategy development through execution.   

We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including: 

• Strategy and Art of the Possible
• Value Propositions
• Alternatives Analysis & Roadmap Development 
• Product Strategy
• Process Re-Engineering & Transformation 
• Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection 
• Domain Solutions 
• Benefits Realization

We serve the following industry domains:

• Banking & Financial Services
• Communications, Media & Technology
• Healthcare
• Insurance
• Life Sciences
• Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel & Hospitality
• Manufacturing, Logistics, Energy & Utilities

The CC team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner.? As a Summer Associate, you play an important role with responsibilities that range from analyzing a client's issues/objectives and interviewing key client stakeholders to developing recommendations and authoring presentations. You will participate in both strategic advisory and transformation projects.

Role and Responsibilities:  

• Work directly with our clients providing consulting services designed to help them solve their most complex business and technology issues 
• Draw conclusions from the market / industry trends, client issues and support go to market initiatives for Cognizant 
• Contribute to research, design and writing of articles/whitepapers and participate as a team member in collateral development 
• Support business development activities in the form of gathering best practices for RFI/RFP responses and writing proposals  

Basic Qualifications:  

• Currently pursuing MBA from top tier North America Business School. Degree must be completed prior to joining.? 

• Overall pre-MBA work experience of 3 to 6 years 
• Fluent English and local language skills (as required for international positions) 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills 
• Solid Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Access and Project is required 

Work Authorization:

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Desired Skills: 

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment, and manage multiple task assignments 
• Ability to work as part of a cross-cultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones when necessary 
• Ability to develop client relationships 
• Strong work ethic with a commitment to client service excellence 
• Strong project management, presentation, and facilitation skills 
• A strong interest in technology and digital modernization
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment 
• Well-developed communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills 
• Domain expertise in one of more of the following industries: Banking & Financial Services, Communications/Media/Technology, Healthcare, Insurance, Life Sciences, Manufacturing/Logistics, Energy/Utilities, Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel & Hospitality.