Specialist, Process Management (Transformation)

Are you passionate about being part of a team that delivers extraordinary care to help individuals and businesses prepare for and protect their retirement? If so, then Nationwide Financial could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization.  Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

Internal Compensation Grade: F3
Location: This position can be filled as Hybrid 3 days a week in Columbus, OH
 

The Business Transformation Team is a dynamic and impactful organization, dedicated to driving meaningful results, process improvement, and operational excellence. Our team collaborates across various departments to implement transformative projects that enhance efficiency, accountability, and overall success.

The Specialist, Process Management role is responsible for supporting process management activities within the Business Transformation organization. This role will play a crucial part in documenting and maintaining processes and procedures, while also providing project and transformation support.

The role will be responsible for:

• Supporting process improvement initiatives to streamline operations and enhance efficiency.

• Assisting in the development and maintenance of detailed project plans.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to support the implementation of transformative solutions.

• Supporting training to ensure successful adoption of new processes.

• Continuously updating work plans and maintaining visibility to senior leadership.

• Identifying and addressing critical issues to drive business success.

• Documenting processes and procedures to ensure consistency and clarity.

• Demonstrating flexibility, agility, and adaptability to manage ambiguity in assignments and meet ever-changing business needs.

Ideal candidates are driven by results and impactful work, possess strong communication and collaboration skills, have the ability to support complex projects, and demonstrate attention to detail. They should be passionate about continuous improvement, have a desire to make a meaningful impact on the organization, and possess a deep understanding of the Emerging Markets Retirement Solutions sector.

This role offers the opportunity to develop skills in process management and transformation, providing a pathway for growth within the Business Transformation team.

Job Description Summary

Are you process focused and detail oriented? Do you thrive in a busy, engaging work environment? If so, we want to know more about you!
As a Specialist, you'll work on complex business and/or system process analysis, design, implementation and operations. We'll count on you to competently analyze existing processes, procedures and methods to ensure and promote effective business and systems operations through standardization, improvement, simplification or discontinuance. In addition, you'll have opportunities to create process change by integrating new processes with existing ones.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops, customizes, documents, deploys, maintains and updates business and system processes and procedures.

• Performs day-to-day operations of business and systems processes, including the operation of process-related tools. Facilitates key process events and fulfills customer requests and process deliverables through all phases of the process lifecycle.

• Initiates, enables and supports process redesign and/or re-engineering initiatives and projects through continues process improvements. Identifies, facilitates, markets and implements new and creative business process redesigns.

• Performs process evaluations and develops recommendations utilizing benchmarks, pilots, prototyping and modeling to assess potential use of new methods and workflows within a business process. 

• Develops and provides recommendations on possible process, tool and control improvements to increase the quality and optimization of business services and resources. Facilitates ongoing process design activities for a given set of customers or organization as a team member and advisor.

• Works and consults with customers and project teams to develop business cases and comprehensive project plans to identify, quantify and deliver process design efforts in support of business objectives. Monitors and manages process design project plans.

• Serves as subject matter expert on project team involved with development, implementation, administration and operation of new processes, which may include multiple functions, product lines and business activities. Facilitates post-implementation and conformance reviews for complex processes to ensure conformance to process requirements.

• Maintains and operates moderately complex process designs, operational and measurement tools and methods to improve business and/or system processes. 

• Mentors, educates and trains others on the use of process design techniques, methods and tools.

• Maintains collaborative relationships with vendors, partners and suppliers to support customer plans. Facilitates service evaluations regarding outside consulting service vendors.

• Coordinates activities for a process project team and helps monitor project schedules and costs.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Manager/Director and does not have direct reports. 

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate degree in business, mathematics or related field preferred.

License/Certification/Designation: Process-related certifications preferred. Product-related technical insurance course work, e.g., CPCU, CPU, LOMA, preferred.

Experience: Typically, six or more years of experience in business process design or operations.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Maintains and comprehends business process operations or redesign techniques, methods and tools. Understanding of business trends to support process design and operations to improve performance. Demonstrated experience in process analysis, process design and process implementation. Understanding of project management concepts and techniques required. Understanding of customer business environment preferred. Competency in process development or process operations preferred. Good communication skills required for interactions with others. 

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the Director and HR Officer.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Occasional travel, non-standard or extended work may be required based on project needs.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

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Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.