Description
Mortgage Business Analyst
DETAILS
Location: Dallas Fort Worth, TX Area
Type of Position: 3-6 Month Contract (with possible conversion)
Hourly/Salary: BOE!
ABOUT THE POSITION
Immediate hire for a strong Business Analyst with experience in Reports creation and the entire MS Office Suite including Visio. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of liaising among multiple stakeholders and providing leadership in defining business systems requirements, and coordinating complex business systems projects.
A BA performs advanced planning of automation needs necessary to define business system project objectives and prepares project plans, and manages projects to ensure objectives are met within the time frame specified.
Graduation from a 4-year college or university with major course work in a discipline related to the requirements of the position is preferred. Will consider the equivalent combination of job experience & education that demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of this job.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
5+ years of experience in the following skill sets
Conducts user interviews to collect business and functional requirements.
Analyzes business and user needs, and translates them into proper system requirement specifications.
Documents business, functional and system requirements in a clear and concise manner that will provide clear definition of application functionality.
Formulates and defines system scope and objectives based on: user needs, how the request impacts other systems and business processes, industry requirements, business goals, objectives and risk factors the organization is facing (current and projected).
Works with other system business analysts to understand and manage project dependencies.
Writes and executes thorough test plans.
Keeps teammates informed of changes by issuing Change Management Notifications.
Actively participates in providing end user training.
Documents test user scripts to ensure requirements effectively developed and signed off prior to deployment.
Understanding of Mortgage Servicing systems and terminology a must - experience with LSAMS, Fortracs, IVR, LPS Desktop, Equator, Lewtan preferred Working knowledge of MS SQL and SQL Reporting Services.
Experience with gathering requirements for reports associated with Investor and Loan Portfolio reporting Excellent verbal and written communication skills Excellent planning and task-tracking skills.
Excellent analysis and assessment of business needs and cross-system impacts Proficient in using Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Project and Visio.
MS/SQL data analysis and programming interpretation.
Excellent team-play skills, able to work in fast-paced environment on multiple projects/jobs concurrently.
Minimum of 3 years Business Analysis experience Minimum of 2 years experience with, and comprehensive understanding of, Mortgage Servicing processes and associated Mortgage Lines of Business.