Athene Annuity And Life Company
Business Systems Analyst II - Finance IT
West Des Moines, Iowa · Mid
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About the role
- If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company.
- The Business Systems Analyst plays a key part in maintaining data integrity, supporting financial reporting, and driving efficiency through technology.
- Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities
- Partner with IT, Finance and Accounting teams to understand business processes, challenges, and system needs.
- Assist 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 successfully 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 to support effective delivery and transparency.
- Create and maintain effective communication and working relationships with own team, business partners, IT, and management
Requirements
- 3+ years of Business Systems Analysis experience supporting Finance, Accounting, Insurance, financial systems, or other relevant experience.
- Experience working with ERP and financial software systems (e.g., Oracle, Workday, SAP, Hyperion, or similar platforms).
- 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 effectively influence both business and technical stakeholders while navigating ambiguity and competing priorities.
- Demonstrate ability to analyze business problems, review system mappings, data, and technical artifacts, and develop well-reasoned recommendations prior to escalation.
- Demonstrate critical thinking, adaptability, continuous improvement mindset, and an understanding of how AI can be leveraged to improve analysis, documentation, and delivery outcomes.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Company info
- More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products.
- We foster a culture grounded in our BEAM values-Believe in your co-workers, Engage actively, Act like owners, and Make it happen-where collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are at the center of how we work.
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