Job Description

If youre passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwides Information Technology team could be the place for you!

The Investments Business Solution Area supports the technology needs of Nationwide Investments and Nationwide Asset Management. Nationwide Investments manages the invested assets of Nationwide supporting property and casualty and financial services companies. Additionally, Nationwide Investments sub-advises certain fixed income mutual funds and third-party accounts. Assets under management are in excess of $100 Billion.

This Systems Analyst will work on an agile team in Investments Technology. The Analyst will be responsible for eliciting data and/or functional requirements from investment professionals and creating specifications for applications or data interfaces between various proprietary systems and our centralized data warehouse/analytics platform. Assignments may be new work or enhancements of earlier work.

The successful candidate should have these skills:

* Able to formulate and define system scope, update requirements asset for the application suite, and analyze impacts of proposed modification.

* Able to decompose functional and technical requirements into detailed system specification work products.

* Able to develop, write, and communicate systems design, functional system specifications.

* Able to analyze and review existing system logic and flowcharts for dependent or interfacing systems.

* Able to analyze the current state of application using the interfaces, data and code to further define the future state of changes needed.

* Able to analyze applications to determine strengths and weaknesses and provide system improvements/ modifications.

* Investigate, resolve and escalate problems and develop recommendations for resolution.

* Able to elicit and collaborate on requirements, as well as write story cards and use cases.

* Familiar with SQL, can read and understand procedural code written in PL/SQL, familiar with Oracle and data warehouse concepts.

* Can read and understand Informatica mappings/workflows.

* Has demonstrated learning agility by mastering similarly complex business or technical domains in previous work.

* Has a curious mindset, critical thinking skills, and good communication skills.

* Work Experience in Financial/Investment industry or understand basic investment concepts is very beneficial.

This position can be filled at Specialist, Technology Analysis (F4) or Sr Analyst, Technology Analysis (E4) depending on candidates experience.

Job Description Summary

If youre passionate about delivering technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As a Technology Analyst you will partner with the business to understand business needs and outcomes as well as provide all types of analysis skills related to understanding and meeting business outcomes. They translate business outcomes into solution requirements using techniques such as facilitation and visual management. A Technology Analyst should have broad technology and analysis experience including: facilitation with large stakeholder groups, managing the complete requirements lifecycle, conducting structured analysis using both quantitative and qualitative techniques, analyzing data and application suites, and problem-solving using a collaborative style. Technology Analysts are engaged in work efforts at all scales ranging from minor defect fixes and enhancements to development of new applications. You will also work on all types of solution approaches (e.g. custom development, package implementation) and domains (e.g. all application types, data warehouses, Web, and Cloud).

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

* Partners with the business and other technology professionals to understand business needs and outcomes.
* Translates multiple business outcomes into solution requirements.
* Executes moderate requirements and ensures business alignment using facilitation and visual management techniques.
* Documents and clarifies requirements work products.
* Provides mid-level analysis related to understanding and meeting business outcomes.
* Partners with others to verify, trace and manage functional and non-functional requirements.
* Possess a good understanding of the applications used to support the business in a specific Business Solution Area(s) (BSA).
* Conducts quality improvements by providing complex analysis of relevant data.
* Executes the complete requirements lifecycle from idea through implementation.
* Leads or partners to facilitate requirement sessions with business leaders and other technology professionals using visual facilitation techniques.

May perform other duties as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Technology Manager or Director.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, or a related field is preferred.

License/Certification/Designation: Technology certifications or designation are not required but encouraged.

Experience: Six years of relevant work experience including software delivery or educational experience within a technology domain. Experience with delivering Technology and/or business solutions across industries, platforms and/or lines of business (LOB) within the insurance and/or financial services industries. Demonstrated capability in managing the requirements lifecycle, including facilitation, elicitation, and documenting requirements.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Strong analytical and communication skills, knowledge of planning. Ability to influence, negotiate and set priorities needed. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Other criteria, including leadership or technical skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring managers leader and HR Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values and Guiding Behaviors.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible).

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Some travel maybe required.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Evaluation Activity: KLG 5/2020