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Lead Business Systems Analyst

Transamerica

Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Denver, US$100k – $125konsite

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Job Family IT - Business Analysis About Us  

  At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.   

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.  

Who We Are  

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life .   

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.  

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.  

What We Do  

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate , which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.  

Transamerica employs nearly 7 ,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide. * For more information, visit transamerica.com .   

Job Description Summary The Lead Business System Analyst – Finance IT plays a pivotal role in shaping how artificial intelligence enhances finance IT systems and decision‑making. This role leads with an AI mindset—identifying, defining, and enabling AI‑driven solutions—while serving as the bridge between ET Finance IT, Enterprise Technology teams, and business stakeholders. The position ensures Finance IT platforms/systems are future‑ready, leveraging automation, advanced analytics, and emerging AI capabilities across various application landscapes within Finance Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Operations, and Enablement. Job Description Responsibilities • Lead with an AI-first mindset to identify opportunities where artificial intelligence, automation, predictive analytics, and intelligent workflows can enhance Finance, Treasury, Tax, Cash Management, and Corporate Services processes.   • Partner with Finance business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business requirements, emphasizing AI-enabled use cases such as forecasting, anomaly detection, reconciliations, process automation, decision support, and self-service analytics.   • Translate complex finance, accounting, treasury, and tax requirements into clear technical specifications and AI-ready solutions for application development, data engineering, integration, and platform teams.   • Collaborate with enterprise architecture, data engineering, AI, cloud, and platform teams to design and deliver scalable finance technology solutions, data integrations, and modernization initiatives.   • Define and document data requirements for Finance systems, including ERP, EPM, Treasury, Tax, and reporting platforms, ensuring appropriate data quality, governance, lineage, security, and compliance standards are maintained .   • Partner with quality assurance, testing, and business validation teams to define test strategies, validate system functionality, and assess AI-driven outputs against business and regulatory requirements.   • Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic liaison between Finance business leaders and technology teams, ensuring alignment between business objectives , technology investments, and delivery outcomes.   • Research, evaluate, and recommend emerging technologies, AI capabilities, automation opportunities, and industry best practices that improve financial operations, controls, reporting, and decision-making.   • Lead and support technology roadmaps, application portfolio management, and modernization efforts for Finance systems, including SaaS platforms, cloud solutions, integrations, and enterprise applications.   • Drive adoption of AI-enabled capabilities through stakeholder engagement, change management, training, documentation, and effective communication strategies across Finance organizations.   • Ensure solutions adhere to enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, risk management practices, and regulatory compliance obligations relevant to finance and corporate systems.   • Promote responsible AI practices, including transparency, governance, explainability, data protection, and ethical use of AI across finance technology solutions and business processes.   ​

Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in business , Information Systems, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.   • Proven experience as a Business Analyst in an IT, data, or analytics ‑ focused environment.   • Demonstrated ability to translate finance business and IT needs into AI ‑ aware functional and technical requirements .   • Familiarity with da

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