Specialist, IT Business Systems Analysis

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IT - Business Analysis

About Us 

 

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.  

 

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there. 

     

Who We Are 

  

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.  

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them. 

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms. 

What We Do 

 

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs. 

 

Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.* For more information, visit transamerica.com.  

Job Description Summary

Manage the most complex analysis and provide mentorship to teams of IT Business Systems Analysts responsible for the facilitation and gathering of business/functional requirements and support of systems, services, and applications that help drive business decisions and outcomes within the organization. Act as a strategic analytical advisor to business areas and represent the business as product owner as needed.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Ensure key areas, including business and functional teams, adhere to priorities of the strategic roadmap.

• Serve as mentor to build and transfer knowledge to less experienced peers; reinforce company objectives to help motivate teams to exceed expectations.

• Represent the business strategy as an acting Implementation Manager/Product Owner; prioritize team backlog as needed.

• Communicate to stakeholders as an acting member of the Scrum team; serve as a decision maker to escalate and resolve issues, clarify user stories, and define acceptance criteria.

• Understand, appreciate and promote the importance of systems development life cycle methodologies, project management techniques, quality assurance and testing methodologies, and enterprise architecture principals.

• Adhere to SDLC and