Senior IT Solution Analyst

Job Description:

Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most. It’s a big ask, but it’s one that we have the power to deliver when we work together. We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Pacific Life is more than a job, it’s a career with purpose. It’s a career where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own.

We’re actively seeking a talented Senior IT Solution Analyst to join our Reinsurance Data Delivery team in Newport Beach, CA. This role can be on-site, or hybrid (local in the Newport Beach area).

As a Senior IT Solution Analyst you’ll move Pacific Life, and your career, forward by analyzing and designing transformed processes for various Actuarial functions. Your colleagues will include Data Engineers, Data Architects, fellow Solution Analysts and Actuaries. The team is multidisciplinary and looking at our Actuarial data processes end-to-end.

As part of the Reinsurance Data Delivery team, you’ll directly support project leads and collaborate with business stakeholders and technology teams to provide analysis and design for key initiatives.

How you'll help move us forward:

• Contribute to initiatives that may be strategic and/or cross-functional by conceptualizing complex business problems and translating business objectives into actionable solutions to deliver the most cost-effective innovative technology solutions for required business needs.
• Gather and analyze business requirements, industry best-practices and technical information to help design and support information technology solutions as a bridge between people, process and technology.
• Understand the connection between Finance and Actuarial teams and the interrelated data requirements to support both functions (Actuarial, Finance, Reinsurance, Data/IT) as a cross-functional liaison and interpreter.
• Document technical requirements - serve as the liaison between the business and technology regarding new business solutions or enhancements to existing business solutions. Responsible for collaborating with all levels of business and technology teams.
• Understand the business area's strategy, customers, team structures, challenges and organizational relationships (internal and external).
• Understand the technology that impacts the business area and the related baseline operational expectations.
• Partner with other technology teams to ensure business strategies and operational expectations are met or exceeded.
• Analyze complex business processes to make improvements and develop solution design approaches:
• Collaborate with subject matter experts, technology architects, various stakeholders and fellow analysts to design, manage implementation and support complex business and technology solutions.
• Provide project oversight in support of project management through monitoring and assessment of project status and actively work to mitigate risks.
• Maintain core documentation relating to process flows, data dictionaries and other key deliverables, from a Business and Technical perspective.

The experience you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, or IT related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in database query tools such as SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suit, Microsoft Visio, Lucid Chart.
• Experience supporting business analytics and/or data visualization projects.
• Experience documenting business, functional, and technical requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and solid written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work with and understand data.
• Ability to work independently.

What makes you stand out:

• Exposure to Snowflake
• Exposure to Reinsurance and/or Finance disciplines.
• Experience with Tableau, PowerBI, or other visualization tools.

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