Business Systems Analyst II - Finance IT

Athene • West Des Moines, IA

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About The Position

The Business Systems Analyst II serves as a liaison between Finance and IT, supporting the effective implementation, enhancement, and maintenance of financial systems. The role partners with Accounting, Product, Development, QA, and other business stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions that improve operational efficiency, financial accuracy, and business outcomes. It also supports data integrity, financial reporting, and process efficiency through technology.

The analyst works across a portfolio of financial platforms and enterprise integrations, contributing to technology innovation, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities. The role supports analysis and delivery across financial applications and interconnected business processes, while maintaining clear documentation and strong working relationships with business partners, IT, and management.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of Business Systems Analysis experience supporting Finance, Accounting, Insurance, financial systems, or other relevant experience.
• Ability to analyze business problems, review system mappings, data, and technical artifacts, and develop well-reasoned recommendations before escalation.
• Experience with JIRA, business requirements documentation, process modeling, data mapping, QA/UAT coordination, defect management, and release readiness activities.
• Strong communication, collaboration, ownership, and attention to detail, with the ability to influence business and technical stakeholders and navigate ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Critical thinking, adaptability, a continuous improvement mindset, and understanding of how AI can improve analysis, documentation, and delivery outcomes.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with ERP and financial software systems such as Oracle, Workday, SAP, Hyperion, or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Partner with IT, Finance, and Accounting teams to understand business processes, challenges, and system needs.
• Assist with requirements gathering, business process analysis, data mapping, documentation, QA/UAT support, defect triage, and go-live readiness for assigned initiatives.
• Support the maintenance, enhancement, and troubleshooting of financial applications such as Oracle, Workday, or Hyperion.
• Partner with Accounting, Product, Development, QA, and business stakeholders to ensure requirements are clearly defined, understood, and delivered.
• Analyze upstream and downstream impacts across policy administration, commissions, payments, ledger, FAH, and accounting processes to support end-to-end solution design.
• Maintain comprehensive JIRA documentation, including business context, business impact, priorities, ownership, next steps, and resolution status.
• Use critical thinking, innovation, AI fluency, and sound judgment to identify process improvements, improve solution quality, and accelerate delivery while balancing Day 1 and future-state priorities.
• Create and maintain effective communication and working relationships with the team, business partners, IT, and management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level