Consultant, Annuity Data Analyst

Consultant, Annuity Data Analyst

Nationwide Financial invites you to join a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales. The Consultant, Annuity Data Analyst serves as a strategic partner between the Annuity business, technology teams, Enterprise Data Office, and Data Governance organizations. This role leads complex cross‑functional data initiatives that translate business strategy into actionable data, technology, and operational solutions.

• 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 work streams, 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.
• Assess 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.
• Evaluate business use cases and identify opportunities where data enhancements can improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, and generate business value.
• 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.

• 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.

• Experience supporting data governance, data stewardship, and enterprise data management initiatives.
• Experience with data migration, modernization, or large‑scale transformation programs.
• Knowledge of Snowflake or other enterprise data platforms.
• Insurance and annuity industry experience.
• Familiarity with annuity administration platforms such as PALLM, CALIPSO, and CIS.

The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor who connects business strategy, data, and technology to drive meaningful outcomes. They will improve the quality and usability…