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Athene Sr. Business Systems Analyst in Woodland Hills, California
We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.
Purpose:
Elicits, analyzes, and documents business and technical software development needs for strategic projects for the Annuity Policy Administration System (ALIP), coordinating comprehensive needs and potential interdependencies. Supports medium-to-large complex projects involving ambiguity and risk encompassing multiple cross-functional business areas. Develops critical Statement of Work and requirement documentation; identifies data needs and solves risk data needs. Conducts Sprint review sessions and drives development. Develops critical requirements for the custom Risk/Derivative Hedging platform. Reviews QA testing plans to ensure that existing and proposed software applications meet IT standards, as well as business and customer requirements. Facilitates, prioritizes, and proposes business process re-designs to maximize process results. Fosters relationships across multiple business and technology areas. Participates in vendor requests for information or proposals (RFI/RFPs). Increases business acumen and awareness of best practices to continuously improve business analysis capabilities.
Accountabilities:
Education and Experience Requirements. Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Management Information Systems, or related field plus 3 years of experience as a Sr. Business Systems Analyst, Module Lead, Software Engineer, or similar duties under a different job title.
Specific skills or other requirements: Experience to include 3 years in: software development experience within annuity and/or retirement savings insurance industry; data process modelling, mocking data interfaces, project tracking and reporting, and U/I data interface mock-ups; WinScp and Team Track; ALIP Annuity platform; ALIP Data Structure; and ALIP Configuration tools and designs; JIRA and Confluence; Business Requirements Analysis and Gap Analysis; Java, XSLT, XSD, XML, and AWS; data requirements gathering and analysis; facilitating/participating in Scrum Sprints and Retros; and implementing under SAFe Agile Framework.
Hours per week/Wage: 40 hours per week; salary range between $144,414 to $154,000/yr
Address of worksite: 21600 Oxnard Street, Ste. 850, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 with the option to work from home 1 day per week at manager’s discretion.
Apply to: LAthene Annuity and Life Company, 7700 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, IA 50266 or HRServiceCenter@Athene.com . EOE. This opening is being posted in connection with a future filing of an application for a permanent alien labor certification. Any person may provide documentary evidence bearing on the application to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5311, Washington, DC 20210.
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.
ALIP Application 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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