Responsibilities
- Elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for business processes from users.
- Understand complex business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and help recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.
- Capture and document current or new business products and recommend improvements and efficiencies.
- Work individually and within a team setting to deliver requirements on time and within scope.
- Internal user support of questions regarding system functionality and data anomalies.
- Present approved requirements to Business, Development and Quality Assurance in walkthrough meetings.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for development and stakeholders in the assigned product space.
- Formulate and develop reports (Excel, SQL) that expedite requirement analysis or testing of large and complex projects.
- Mitigate project risk by formulating testing strategies and assist users and developers in testing of key deliverables.
- Adhere to best practices with regard to business analysis based on the group’s standards.
Knowledge and Experience
- 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst leveraging formal Business Analysis methods (Business Requirement Documents, Wireframes, Data Dictionaries) to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements.
- 3+ years of experience working with Fixed Income products, specifically TBAs, MBS, ABS, CMOs or Whole Loans.
- Strong oral and written communication skills; Strong analytical skills; Proactive attitude.
- Energetic, motivated, with a strong work ethic, willing to take on challenging tasks.
- Working knowledge of SQL and Excel.
- Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Knowledge & experience using both Waterfall & Agile development methodologies.
- General technical background required (understanding of principals and key practices in the areas of application programming, database, and system design).
- Working knowledge of VBA is a plus.
- Experience with INTEX is a plus.
- An Advanced degree is a plus.
