Lead Business Systems Analyst

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.

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.
* Leads the effort in which the BSA group conducts business process analyses and needs assessments in an effort to align information technology solutions with business initiatives.
* Use Business Process Modeling techniques and tools to create business process models.
* Lead effort to develop new or revised processes or procedures in lieu of system development.
* Facilitates the elicitation of business and systems requirements, utilizing comprehensive understanding of applicable business systems and industry requirements.
* Provides leadership to analyze business unit requests and understand business requirements. Work with various technical staff members to determine possible solutions and communicate business and system impacts to IT and Operations staff.
* Prepare complex documentation for business and system requirements in various formats.
* Leads project teams that are developing or modifying highly complex information systems. Includes leading the analysis and documentation of business and system requirements.
* Conducts research and analysis to quantify business opportunities and develops formal recommendations to management.
* Participates in the Enterprise Architecture program. This may involve providing input as to how data is created, stored and used (re used) as it relates to our business processes.
* May use project management and program management methodologies to support a systems development methodology to meet project deliverables.
* May be responsible for instructing, directing, mentoring, and checking the work of other business systems analysts. Plans, conducts and may supervise assignments.
* Bachelor’s degree, preferably in IT or a business area discipline (i.e. accounting, investments, or marketing) or equivalent education/experience.
* Minimum of 8 or more years of experience in business systems analysis.
* 2-4 years of industry experience also preferred.
* Two years of experience managing technical projects in a complex environment.
* Knowledge of and experience in life insurance operations. Strong organizational and analytical skills with attention to detail. Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills. Working knowledge of systems methodology, project management, quality assurance and testing methodologies. Conceptual knowledge of graphical user interfaces, relational database management systems and data storage.
* Experience with Salesforce administration, including user management, integrations, automations, security settings, and configuration of standard objects.
* Familiarity with Salesforce declarative tools (e.g., workflows, validation rules, reports, dashboards).
* Understanding of Salesforce Clouds such as Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and/or Financial Services Cloud, including their core features and use cases.
* Salesforce Administrator certification (ADM-201) preferred.

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $97,000-$125,000 annually.  
*** Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including
*** qualifications, experience, geography, work…