Consultant, Annuity Data Analyst

About the role

The Consultant, Annuity Data Analyst serves as a strategic partner between the Annuity business, technology teams, Enterprise Data Office (EDO), and Data Governance organizations. This role leads complex, cross-functional data initiatives that translate business strategy into actionable data, technology, and operational solutions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary business liaison across Annuity business partners, Information Technology, Enterprise Data Office, and Data Governance teams to support ongoing data initiatives and issue resolution.
• Translate business objectives into actionable data requirements, business rules, user stories, backlog items, process impacts, and delivery priorities.
• Lead business-side definition, prioritization, and execution of annuity data initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and operational needs.
• Facilitate cross-functional discussions to drive consensus, resolve issues, and establish priorities across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Partner with Data Governance and Data Stewardship teams to establish and promote effective governance practices, standards, and controls.
• Define, validate, and monitor data quality controls related to conversions, workflows, defects, and migration activities.
• Lead efforts to identify, prioritize, and remediate data quality issues impacting reporting, operations, and stakeholder confidence.
• Drive adoption of enterprise data solutions by ensuring data is understandable, accessible, and trusted by business users.
• Partner with technology teams on PALLM modernization initiatives, data migrations, and related transformation efforts.
• Serve as Product Owner for assigned technology workstreams, as needed, providing business direction and backlog prioritization.
• Guide the design and organization of annuity data within Snowflake and other enterprise platforms to support reporting, analytics, and decision-making.
• Avoid assessing upstream and downstream impacts across annuity administrative systems and related operations to ensure successful solution implementation.
• Analyze data flows, business processes, and system dependencies across platforms such as PALLM, CALIPSO, and CIS.
• Connect business requirements with technology execution while balancing strategic objectives against day-to-day delivery demands.
• Support stakeholder understanding, adoption, and effective use of annuity data assets and reporting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Approximately 7+ years of experience leading business and technology-enabled data initiatives.
• Experience managing or influencing product backlogs, prioritization activities, defect management, roadmap planning, and requirements development.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex and ambiguous business needs into actionable data and technology solutions.
• Proven ability to operate independently and exercise sound judgment in a complex, cross-functional environment.
• Deep understanding of annuity administrative systems, data structures, and the relationship between upstream and downstream business processes.