Consultant, Systems Analyst

About the role

Nationwide is a dynamic organization that supports a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales. We're seeking passionate individuals to join our Technology team, where you'll help drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the business to understand business needs and outcomes and provide a range of analysis skills related to understanding and achieving those outcomes.
• Translate business outcomes into solution requirements using techniques such as facilitation and visual management.
• Lead or partner with business stakeholders, Architects, and technology professionals to understand business needs, desired outcomes, and solution context, align requirements with target architecture and technical guardrails, and identify impacts, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Manage complex requirements and drive business alignment through facilitation, visual management, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Support or lead the complete requirements lifecycle from idea through implementation across complex initiatives.
• Develop, clarify, and maintain detailed requirements work products and supporting documentation.
• Drive verification, traceability, and management of functional and non-functional requirements, as well as secure software and systems engineering practices, throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Provide complex analysis of business processes, systems, data, and performance measures to support business outcomes, identify quality improvement opportunities, and strengthen decision-making.
• Use technical knowledge, business analysis expertise, and interpersonal skills to communicate, negotiate, and solve problems with stakeholders and team members.
• Coach less experienced analysts and raise the quality, consistency, and repeatability of analysis and requirements practices.

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of the insurance industry, with a focus on Excess and Specialty lines; 5+ years of relevant experience preferred.
• Experience supporting and/or managing policy administration software within the insurance industry.
• Experience with Guidewire platforms, preferably Guidewire InsuranceNow, in one or more of the following capacities: project implementation, major enhancement delivery, or ongoing production support.
• Experience leading analysts, either directly or indirectly, including coaching less-experienced team members in day-to-day responsibilities and strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to work across business operations and technology teams—understanding business needs and translating them into effective technical solutions.
• Experience using technology and productivity tools to support analytical work and multiple technical initiatives, including Agile delivery tools, Jira, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, AI language models, and collaboration and communication platforms.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage executive business and technology leaders, cross-functional teams, capability peers, and individual contributors working in Agile environments.

Qualifications

• 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 solving problems using a collaborative style.
• Engaged in work efforts at all scales, ranging from minor defect fixes and enhancements to the development of new applications.
• Worked on all types of solution approaches (e.g., custom development, package implementation) and domains (e.g., all application types, data warehouses, web, and cloud).

Skills

• Knowledge of planning and the ability to influence, negotiate, and set priorities as needed.
• Ability to facilitate requirement sessions using visual techniques with senior leaders.
• Insurance/financial services industry knowledge is a plus.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision
• Life insurance
• Short and long term disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Unity Day paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company-paid pension plan
• Business casual attire

Pay

$118,000.00 - $222,000.00

Schedule

Hybrid to normal office environment. Some travel may be required.