Position: Senior Mortgage Business Analyst
Location: NYC NY (Onsite)
Duration: 812 months Contract
Job Description:
Core Responsibilities and Essential Duties:
Requirements
- Bachelors degree; MBA or relevant technical degree preferred;
- Minimum of 7 years of successful experience as a business analyst and proven history managing and delivering largescale complex multiyear project working in mortgage companies;
- A strong background in technology analysis and critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources; experience decomposing highlevel information into details distinguishing user requests from the underlying true needs and developing solution ideas from requirements
- Proven experience successfully working in a team setting and ability to reconcile conflict ;
- Experience in related professional business / project analyst capacity;
- Proven experience writing business requirements documentation (BRDs) and functional requirements documentation (FRDs) including creating workflow/process flow diagrams (Candidate will be expected to produce examples of written materials from previous experience);
- Experience managing/working on projects through all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC);
- Extensive organizational skills to manage agency expectations and project artifacts;
- Excellent listening skills and the ability to elicit pertinent information from key staff;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills;
- Proven work experience in process reengineering;
- Excellent technical skills;
- Knowledge of process related standards;
- Analytical thinker with interpersonal skills;
- Experience in finance/housing (e.g. mortgages mortgage insurance)
- Experience in public sector a plus;
- Experience with Microsoft Office Project Excel and Visio;
- Experience with SQL is a plus;
Description:
The Business Analyst to gather and create business requirement from the current Client by documenting current state processes and systems. On the basis of the current state analysis the Business Analyst will use lean methods to reengineer processes through collaborative and datadriven efforts in order to create the business requirements for a future state Client. The new business requirements will drive the replatforming of muchimproved processes on new technology.
The Business Analyst will play a vital role in helping client revamp outdated systems. The ideal candidate will demonstrate critical thinking skills when solving problems and making recommendations for new solutions.
Responsibilities
Business Analysis
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and subject matter experts to elicit analyze communicate and validate functional and strategic needs asis processes and the development of tobe resultoriented solutions.
- Throughout an approved project conduct requirements gathering identify business rules prepare test plans monitor and document test results and report status issues and risks.
- Investigate errors in systems and processes and work with technical staff to develop implement and test resolution plans.
- Apply Lean concepts in accordance with the NYS Lean Initiative using methods to help achieve datadriven outcomes within diverse teams
- Assess processes take measurements and interpret data
- Design run test and upgrade systems and processes
- Develop best practices routines and innovative solutions to reduce waste and improve the quality of output and results
- Perform process simulations
- Manage multiple competing priorities in process design; weighing and helping process owners assess ways to make progress on multiple fronts while prioritizing the most important outcomes.
- Conceptualize develop coordinate prepare and help implement plans to support HCRs key initiatives.
- Create tracking mechanisms help identify resources required for successful implementation establish and implement timetables and control methodologies to ensure robust project management.
- Support HCR program staff by collecting information preparing materials helping coordinate resources and sharing information freely and proactively