Illustrations Systems Analyst – Impactful QA & Testing

Pacific Life; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Wellbeing Reimbursement Account

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

401k with company match

Job summary

Pacific Life’s CMD Illustrations team in Newport Beach, CA develops and maintains desktop and web applications used by financial professionals to create life insurance illustrations. The team analyzes business requirements, performs QA testing, and collaborates across departments to ensure accurate calculations and compliant outputs.

The role emphasizes learning life insurance products, working in a collaborative environment, and delivering high-quality illustrated results for customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in applied mathematics, actuarial science, or a related field.
• Strong concentration and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and recommend solutions.
• Self-motivated, independent with the ability to collaborate in a team.
• Willingness to learn technical and business aspects to own responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex life insurance & annuity product specifications, including actuarial formulas and UI requirements, to define testing scope and identify issues.
• Review requirements and create detailed technical documentation to guide software development.
• Collaborate with developers, business stakeholders and cross-functional teams for alignment.
• Maintain and develop advanced testing tools with full calculation specifications for life insurance products.
• Develop comprehensive test strategies, build test cases, and define expected results.
• Test software functionality, calculations and regression, and prioritize defects.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Independence

Education

Bachelor's degree in applied mathematics, actuarial science, or a related field

Tools

Excel

Macros

Job description

Pacific Life’s CMD Illustrations team in Newport Beach, CA develops and maintains desktop and web applications used by financial professionals to create life insurance illustrations. The team analyzes business requirements, performs QA testing, and collaborates across departments to ensure accurate calculations and compliant outputs.

The role emphasizes learning life insurance products, working in a collaborative environment, and delivering high-quality illustrated results for customers.