Senior Business Analyst (Hybrid)

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At Prudential, we believe talent is key to achieving our vision. When you join Prudential, you’ll unlock a motivating and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions!
Prudential’s Financial Management Transformation, Data Strategy & Stewardship Architecture team is seeking talented applicants for a Senior Business Analyst position located in Newark, NJ. The primary focus of this position is to transform, design, build, test, and deliver the data architecture meeting the analysis, modeling, and reporting needs of our finance and actuarial business partners.
The current EWA for this position is hybrid and requires your on-site presence on a recurring basis as determined by our business team. Your manager will provide additional details relative to the specific number of days you are expected to be on-site.
What you can expect:

The individual will collaborate across functional teams (Actuarial Pricing & Valuation, and Technology) to support and execute on multiple large-scale projects to deliver best-in-class technology solutions to support input automation, reporting and analytics across modeling systems.

• Collaborate with the Institutional Retirement Valuation Team and Global Technology team on a high visibility actuarial infrastructure project to modernize financial management processes.
• Support the centralization and automation of the data feed process with cloud-based solutions.This includes, but not limited to, contributing to future-state design, gathering and assembling business requirements, and partnering with developers to build the future-state vision.
• Develop and drive test plans and perform unit testing on data management solutions
• Provide data and reporting analytics consulting services to the Retirement Valuation team and other business users.
• Support Integrated Modeling team for seamless outcomes between model data inputs, model execution, and model outcomes in the hands of the user.
• Own and maintain detailed documentation for the data warehouse, including data dictionary, business glossary, data enrichment logic and user guide.
• Develop and maintain model input documentation, including functional requirements, defect logs, test plans and release memos.
• Research and recommend process improvements to enhance stability, capability and efficiency.
• There is an expectation that applicants will pursue the actuarial exam track with the goal of becoming qualified actuaries. Exam support provided.

What you’ll need:

• Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Economics, Business, Computer Science, Science-base, or analytical field.
• Knowledge of Institutional Retirement products, data, and/or processes is very advantageous.
• 3+ years of process testing experience, preferably with data warehouse solutions.
• Experience with Agile operation model is a plus.
• Preferred knowledge of end-to-end modeling process and model inputs/outputs.
• Knowledge of AWS, relational databases, Oracle Business Intelligence suite and data warehousing concepts is preferred.
• Strong technical skills preferred: proficient in Excel, VBA, Access, SQL, Python, and Oracle BI.
• Strong project and process management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives, competing priorities, and drive projects to completion in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Actuarial exams are a plus.

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level. 

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave. 

• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%). 

• Company-funded pension plan. 

• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs. 

• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.  

• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.  

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service. 

Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.