Lead Business System Specialist - Retirement Plans

Lead Business System Specialist - Retirement Plans
Remote - USA
Retirement Plans
Full-time

This position is remote and does not require regular in-office presence.

At Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways, but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services.

This position assists and contributes to the design, development, and deployment of business systems to meet our Retirement Plans division goals and objectives. Develop and utilize a deep understanding of how various retirement plans systems communicate and share data with each other. Act as team subject matter expert on issues relating to report generation and reporting issue trouble shooting. Work with external vendors on certain systems, and work with internal IT group on internal proprietary applications.

What you do

• Works with Center of Excellence/Expertise teams to implement and effectively utilize systems.
• Represents the business team in all meetings (I.e. sprint planning, steering team, etc).
• Submits tickets for work needed to execute strategies.
• Develops and submits requirements for enhancements.
• Works with leaders to meet their needs and troubleshoot issues relating to systems; develops solutions to best utilize systems in the organization.
• Performs required system testing and other requirements in the center of excellence/expertise process.
• Provides training and answers any ad hoc questions.
• Troubleshoot system and software issues across multiple platforms.
• Works closely with IT Support team on escalations with proprietary software and systems.
• Manages complex processes and projects on reoccurring basis (i.e. monthly/quarterly reporting)
• Works closely with Payroll team on integrations.
• Monitors daily exception reporting to research and resolve issues across platforms.
• Reviews system setups for accuracy

What you bring

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• 3-5 years related retirement plan and business system analyst experience required
• Experience working with Relius Administration (FIS) system required
• SQL Experience preferred
• BluePrism (RPA) experience preferred
• Experience with Crystal Reports, PowerBI, Salesforce, and/or STATA or some combination of all strongly preferred

What We Offer

• Our company motto is "Fulfilling Life" and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and providing quality products and services that help our customers create a brighter future.
• Being a mutual-based organization, the return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our members/customers.
• We're committed to professional development, opportunity, inclusion and diversity. Team building and collaboration are also priorities.
• A total rewards package with all the comprehensive health and welfare benefits you'd expect, including competitive pay and incentives, 401(k), flexible work schedules and time off to care for yourself and others.
• Additional popular benefits, including tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment, an incentivized well-being program, adoption assistance, paid time off for volunteering, training, and career development opportunities.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we're committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude, and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Salary range $73,571 to $121,391/year.