Specialist Software Engineering - Treasury/Tax

Transamerica•Cedar Rapids, IA

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Specialist Software Engineer is focused on the design and delivery of technology solutions to support Financial Operations processes at Transamerica. This includes supporting transaction processing, general accounting, treasury, and tax management functions. Our Financial Operations technical role will help define the Financial Operations ecosystem and cloud strategies, grow capabilities, and through our chosen partners implement enterprise-wide solutions by providing technology leadership, insight on new developments within the application solution space, and guidance in design, framework, and platform decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent experience
Six years of Core Java or.NET experience
Expertise in coding platforms/frameworks (e.g. .NET/C#, JAVA, OOD, OOP, Functional Programming, Spring Framework, J2EE Development, OOP, Service Oriented Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Core Architecture)
Five years of experience and expertise in database design techniques and philosophies (e.g. RDBMS, Document, Star Schema, Kimball Model)
In-depth knowledge of NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MS Cosmos DB, Apache Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB)
Three years of development experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS/Azure) utilizing various support tools (e.g. EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, VMs, Blob, Cosmos, Data Factory, SQL Data warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs)
Expertise in build and deployment tools - (Visual Studio, Git/Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, SQL Management Studio)
Expertise in developing distributed computing (MS HPC, Sagemaker, Spark)
Five years of experience with integration and service frameworks (e.g. API Gateways, Apache Camel, Swagger API, Zookeeper, Kafka, messaging tools, microservices)
Expertise with Microservices and REST based API development (e.g. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Entity Framework,  IIS, Swagger, Odata, .NET API 2, .NET API Core, AutoMapper)
Experience leveraging continuous integration/development tools (e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Containers, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container automation) in a Ci/CD pipeline
Familiarity with modern frontend development frameworks (Angular, React, Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS, Ajax)
Advanced understanding of software development and research tools
Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus
Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Technical communication skills and the ability to present information to all levels of the organization
Problem-solving and technical communication skills
Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree
Knowledge of Financial, regulatory and consolidating reporting in the financial services industry
Experience with Treasury Systems, Tax Systems, Internal Automations, and/or Transaction Accounting applications
Experience supporting Financial Reporting and Analysis (management reporting)
Knowledge and understanding of multiple accounting bases (IFRS, STAT, GAAP, etc.)
Expertise with Oracle Databases, Hyperion Essbase and surrounding tools
Oracle Cloud (ERP/EPM) certifications
Understanding of advanced analytics and machine learning concepts and technology implementations
Experience with big data and real time streaming analytics processing architecture
Experience with data warehousing architecture and implementation, including source to target mappings and ETL.
Technology or platform certifications (e.g. AWS, Microsoft)
Knowledge of the financial services industry

Responsibilities

Lead analysis and complex architectural design across platforms toward the development of end-to-end solutions; translate architectural guidance into detailed technical design.
Lead vendor resources to work collaboratively with other technology teams and functional business process owners in an agile environment
Recommend solutions taking into account cost, business needs and technical foot print impacts
Manage 20 to 30 applications supporting the Financial Reporting process
Collaborate with production services to ensure applications receive necessary support
Partner with key business users to ensure a clear functional roadmap exists and how technology will need to help enable the future vision
Collaborate with PMO to ensure alignment with intake requests, annual execution planning and solution delivery
Manage budget and resources necessary to complete assigned work
Perform design and analysis for deliverables. Lead large team design sessions. Review vendor output and confirm deliverables and acceptance criteria is met
Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies
Utilize third-party software development frameworks, open-source libraries, and APIs to rapidly develop basic application solutions.
Lead delivery teams, including contract and off-shore developers; may have supervisory responsibility over employees.
Learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the field and rapidly grasp new technologies to support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.
Prepare presentations and lead development meetings.

Benefits

Competitive Pay
Bonus for Eligible Employees
Benefits Package
Pension Plan
401k Match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition Reimbursement
Disability Insurance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Employee Discounts
Career Training & Development Opportunities
Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Back-Up Care Program
PTO for Volunteer Hours
Employee Matching Gifts Program
Employee Resource Groups
Inclusion and Diversity Programs
Employee Recognition Program
Referral Bonus Programs