Business Program Manager

Job Opportunity At Cognizant

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, helping clients modernize technology, reinvent processes and transform experiences. We are looking to expand our team and your skills are needed. Are you interested in supporting the Director and Business Program Manager? We require a candidate proficient with Excel and competent with spreadsheet numbers. While calendaring skills are nice, Excel skills are most important. Someone who can add columns, length columns, look at templates, and understand them to complete them. Leadership will provide the template but needs someone comfortable in Excel. Someone who knows document management within Teams / Sharepoint and is familiar with directories of knowing files and shared folders. We would like to find someone who is familiar with Teams. We need someone with at least three years of experience in Administration and proficiency in Microsoft Office. We need someone with a curiosity to understand, learn, build relationships and work their way through problems, plus strong skills using Microsoft products, such as Excel, Teams, and Outlook excellent delegated calendaring, basic but competent Excel, and Teams meetings, breakouts, notes, and actions. We also need someone who can work quickly, juggle multiple tasks, and speak up when they need help and support. Our ideal candidate would be someone with very strong admin skills who's worked in a busy team with multiple priorities.

Main Responsibilities

Supports discretionary budget reconciliation and reporting

Identifies and resolves expense and supply related issues (e.g., missing purchase orders, account imbalances) by communicating with Business Support team and Finance as applicable

Hardware / Supply Management

Contributes to purchasing, tracking, audit, and adjustment of equipment / inventory

Database Management and Audit

Report auditing, listing scrubs and data updates - Identifies and resolves discrepancies, makes adjustments supporting Business Support and Finance as applicable (Regional Distribution Listings, Cost Centre adjustments, project and ad hoc)

Research / Procurement / Administration

Research and data analysis and reporting

Procurement research and support ad hoc

Administrative support requests

Event Coordination and Logistics

Supports team experience activities as needed. Assists Business Support team with execution of event logistics (room bookings, catering arrangements) as needed.

Calendar Management and Meeting Logistics

May support calendar management for organization and meeting room / location bookings as needed, based on direction from others.

Additional Skills and Responsibilities

Budgeting

Business Acumen

Business Process Improvement

Collaboration

Company Acumen

Compliance Management

Conflict Resolution

Cross-team Communication

Decision Making

Detail Oriented

Discretion

Documentation

High Impact Communication

Oral Communication

Organization Skills

Problem Solving

Scheduling / Meeting Orchestration

Team Facilitation

Written Communication

Desired Skills and Experience

3+ year(s) Administrative, Business Support, or customer service experience in an environment with an emphasis on business support and administration work.

Associate's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Business Administration) or equivalent experience

Hourly Rate and Other Compensation

The annual salary for this position is between $80,000-$85,000 per year, depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements :

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term / Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer

The hourly rate, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

LA County (only) : Qualified applicants with arrest and / or conviction records will be considered for employment. Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future. Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.