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Athene Sr. Business Systems Analyst (Technical) in West Des Moines, Iowa
We are Athene. At Athene, we are driven to do more. We are a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. We see every day as a new opportunity to measure ourselves against the best - and then we don't stop until we've set the bar even higher. We're ready to help you achieve more.
Purpose:
The Senior Business Systems Analyst (BSA) plays a critical role within the Data Integrations team. Their responsibilities include supporting both strategic projects and production items. For projects, they handle inbound application processing and ensure seamless integration with downstream systems. These projects often involve complexity, ambiguity, and risk across multiple business areas. As a lead analyst, the BSA coordinates efforts with other BSAs and demonstrates techniques for creating business and functional requirements. Additionally, they engage with business and technology partners, capturing user requirements and translating them into actionable user stories. The BSA also proposes process re-designs to enhance efficiency and actively manages change. Their continuous improvement mindset ensures they stay informed about best practices in business analysis.
Accountabilities:
Supports projects and production support items encompassing inbound application processing and the downstream integration with other impacted systems.
Supports sophisticated projects involving ambiguity and risk encompassing multiple multi-functional business areas.
Fosters relationships as well as facilitates and leads interviews with business and technology partners to coordinate comprehensive needs and potential interdependencies.
Partners with Product Owners to identify requirements for system and process enhancements as well as production support.
Captures user requirements and acceptance criteria from business partners and translates them to user stories for the product teams to work from.
Leads analysis efforts and coordinates efforts of other BSAs.
Leads/demonstrates techniques to create business and functional requirements (artifacts).
Analyzes business problems and makes recommendations for creative solutions.
Facilitates, prioritizes, and proposes business process re-designs to improve process results.
Participates in vendor requests for information or proposals (RFI/RFPs).
Embraces change and provides encouragement to guide others through change; manages conflict.
Increases business acumen and awareness of best practices to continuously improve business analysis capabilities.
Proficient at right-sizing the message to the audience.
Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent combination of education and work experience required. Military experience will be considered in lieu of formal degree.
5+ years of progressive responsibility & successful business system analysis experience required; with 3+ years of experience operating as a Business System Analyst within an Agile framework.
Annuity order entry systems, DTCC, and other related downstream system knowledge preferred.
Proficient in business analysis concepts (business process modeling (BPM), context diagrams, use cases, user stories).
Proficiency with techniques used in requirements elicitation, project scoping, requirements analysis, project planning, and analysis activities.
Knowledge in Annuity domain is preferred.
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