Senior Service Delivery Analyst - Aegon AM

Job Description Summary

Company Overview:

Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM) is a leading global investor. Our 385 investment professionals manage and advise on assets of US $337 billion for a global client base of pension plans, public funds, insurance companies, banks, wealth managers, family offices and foundations.

We organize our firm around four investment platforms: fixed income, real assets, equities and multi-asset & solutions, which includes a fiduciary and multi-manager business. Each investment platform has dedicated teams with deep asset-class expertise, organized globally and committed to maximizing client benefit from their specialist areas.

We are an international business: Our 1,170 employees work from 13 locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia. We share a common belief in fundamental, research-driven active management, underpinned by effective risk management and a commitment to responsible investment.

Position Overview:

As a Senior Service Delivery Analyst, you will join a team of twelve (12) in our global IT Service Delivery team where we leverage an Agile approach to get things done. You are a role model when it comes to adopting and adapting best practice for our team, self-driven, and able to bring others along with you on improvement initiatives. When implementing or reviewing processes and systems, you make a tangible difference by raising standards, adapting to changes in way we do business, and streamlining our ways of working.

You bring strong ITIL and ITSM knowledge and will have a leading role in further maturing our ways of working and identifying and implementing the right best practice adoption levels for our organization.

The Service Delivery team ensures that the business derives maximum benefit from supplier relationships. We provide structured communication to customers and suppliers, including the planning, scheduling, measurement, and control of IT service delivery, to agreed levels of service. We assist in the management and oversight of IT supplier relationships and contribute to or lead IT initiatives, in line with agreed strategies, policies and best practices. You will improve our processes in line with the IT Strategy. The role requires a combination of technical, analysis, design, project management and leadership skills as well as strong achievement orientation and communication skills. A customer focus is essential.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that service levels are agreed and met.

• Management of IT service issues and disruptions. Ensures timely and responsible resolution of service issues in line with agreed SLAs, including out-of-hours service disruptions.

• Produce Management Information, and then leverage it by identifying trends, service delivery issues and resource constraints, and taking action to address them.

• Propose improvements to (automate) processes, reports, and procedures to ensure consistency, stability and reliability of systems is maintained.

• Manage relationships with key suppliers, acting as an escalation point for supplier issues and assists with resolution of issues and incidents.

• Participate in or lead projects as assigned.

• Assists with the onboarding of new services and the transition of services effectively through appropriate communication, stakeholder engagement, and application of business knowledge.

• Adheres to key service management processes (incident, problem, change, request, configuration), implementing aspects of these.

• Use the ITSM platform to obtain and interpret relevant MI data to understand service priorities, improve the operational effectiveness of services and to add additional value to the relevant business functions.

• Provide support to Agile Delivery teams to ensure quality & timely outcomes.

• Carry out tasks as defined under internal and external audits, ensuring audit and risk actions are completed within agreed timescales.

• Keep abreast of new developments within the industry; understand the impact of current affairs on the business strategy, and projects initiated.

• Resolves complex/escalated service issues. Understands and tackles root causes.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in IT service delivery (typically five or more years).

• Expertise in ITIL configuration management, ITIL practices, and ITSM tooling.

• Proficient in change management methodology (Waterfall and Agile) SAFe, software development lifecycle (SDLC), analysis, and design.

• Project management skills.

• Negotiation and delegation skills.

• Strong customer focus.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge and a working practice of:

• Analysis Techniques.

• Estimating and Planning.

• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Knowledge of ServiceNow.

Job and compensation levels depend upon an applicant's qualifications including the extent of candidate's relevant experience and other job-related factors and will be determined by hiring supervisors/managers and HR.

At Aegon Asset Management, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We are more than a global Asset Management firm - we are a people business, and we recognize that delivering excellent client outcomes comes from embracing diverse perspectives. We value diversity in the full range of human uniqueness without limitation including race, gender, ability, language, culture, beliefs, age, origin, background, perspectives and experiences.

We are open to considering flexible working practices. Please talk to us about what this means for you.

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Why Work for Us

At Aegon Asset Management, we invest in You.

Our people are our greatest asset; with a competitive rewards program including incentive compensation, health and wellness benefits, retirement programs, and learning and development opportunities, our employees are engaged and empowered. Come be a part of driving our success!

Equal Opportunity Employer:

AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of age, religion, sex, gender identity, genetic information, race, color, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, participation in the uniformed services (e.g. U.S. Armed Forces, National Guard), physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local equal employment opportunities laws.

Applicants with physical or mental disabilities may be entitled to a form of reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state and local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will insure equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Aegon Companies. Please contact: applicantsupport@aegonusa.com if you are a job seeker with a disability, or are assisting someone with a disability, and require assistance to apply for one of our jobs.

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