Sr. Consultant, Business Consulting (Annuity Business Readiness)

Are you passionate about being part of a team that delivers extraordinary care to help individuals and businesses prepare for and protect their retirement? If so, then Nationwide Financial could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This is a leadership role within the Annuities Business Readiness team. They will lead a team of impact managers who are accountable for business readiness activities within project delivery to support stakeholders across the Annuity organization.

The Annuity Business Readiness team is engaged throughout planning, development and the implementation of products, services, regulatory changes and digital capabilities.  They play a critical role in influencing design, recommending solutions and managing delivery risk while preparing leaders and associates for change.  In addition to day-to-day management of direct reports, this role will be responsible for the training ad onboarding of new associates, continuous improvement efforts as well as acting as an impact manager s for complex projects.

Previous experience with the Annuity business is preferred.

Skills Needed:

• Leadership (directly and influence)
• Driving business readiness
• Problem solving
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Relationship building
• Decision making
• Strategic thinking
• Bias for action

This role will be expected to work a hybrid schedule out of the Columbus office.

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Job Description Summary

We are a versatile group of individuals, working together to meet the needs of our customers. We value knowledge, strong business savvy and contributing to a stellar team environment. If you thrive in a busy, engaging work environment, we want to know more about you!

As a Senior Consultant, you'll contribute to the strategic vision and serve as a top-level contributor for the most sophisticated business transformation initiatives. You will be responsible for leading major process modeling, analysis and design efforts. You'll provide business performance management, organizational design and business risk management capabilities to drive business results.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Serves as a top consultant on all activities relating to business transformation through the strategic application of people, processes and technology. Participates in complex planning processes across multiple departments or business units. Identifies complexities, dependencies and duplications in the business model.

• Acts as top consultant on activities and functions relating to business process analysis, organizational analysis, needs assessments and cost/benefit analysis to align information technology solutions with business strategies and directions. Consults with functional groups within Nationwide Technology and internal business clients to develop long-term systems plans. 

• Leads organizational process management and consultation between business customers and systems area for development and implementation of business processes and procedures. Responsible for communicating to customers, management and external sources.

• Identifies the critical elements of a business process that needs to be managed and defines criteria of performance success. Selects and applies appropriate performance measurement tools and reports performance in a cohesive manner. 

• Contributes, as a subject matter authority, to the analysis and design of organizational structures, roles, responsibilities, governance, staffing and sourcing to support business goals, strategies and process architecture. Leads organization-wide change. 

• Leads all aspects of training for customers on business, technological, societal and environmental trends to support strategies for improving business performance.

• Drives strategic projects involved in evaluating and researching new and existing products, procedures and/or workflow needs associated with business systems. Evaluates new and sophisticated technological developments and evolving business requirements, an