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Product Business Analyst

Expert In Recruitment Solutions, Fairfax, VA, United States


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Product Business Analyst Location: Bethesda, MD - 100% Remote

MUST have strong financial/mortgage industry exp

Need strong linkedin profile with 2 professional referrences

USFT is seeking a dynamic individual to support its product delivery team. The ideal candidate is passionate about business analysis, is a self-starter and able to work independently with minimal supervision. The business analyst will be responsible for defining, analyzing and documenting business requirements to support the creation of a new Mortgage-Backed Securities securitization platform. Additionally, they will participate and play an active role throughout the product delivery lifecycle.

Key Job Functions

" Gather business requirements and break them down into relevant, accurate and detailed user stories and/or functional requirements.

" Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources and decompose high level information and translate it into business documents.

" Collaborate with product owners and key stakeholders to manage and prioritize the product backlog.

" Contribute effectively to the design discussions w/ software developers incl. solutions architect level developers

" Ability to interact w/ customers and breakdown the requirements into business process flow and wireframes

" Ability to guide the conversation on UI front-end development

" Able to communicate and present documents with external clients and other non-Product delivery teams such as Info Sec and Risk etc.

" Demo the feature(s) of application the BA is responsible for to internal clients and other applicable stakeholders as needed

" Lead reviews of operations documentation (procedures, operating manuals) with internal and external stakeholders, as needed.

" Review test cases for quality assurance and to ensure they cover all the relevant business scenarios.

" Prepare and present meeting materials for key internal and external meetings (agenda, action items, minutes)

" Triaging incidents and defects as part of the SDLC process

" Familiarity on maintaining JIRA hygiene for created stories such as fix version, account and EPIC link.

" Participate in status meetings with business and other key stakeholders.

Education

" Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required

Specialized Knowledge & Skills

" Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

" Can work independently and proactively seek guidance from others as needed

" Strong team player and has the capacity to work collaboratively and effectively with cross functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

" Result oriented, accepting responsibilities and challenges that take them outside their comfort zone.

" Client focused.

" Understanding of software development and Agile Methodology

" Partners well with peers, subordinates, managers and functional partners

" Possess capability to manage and handle escalations by partnering with the internal & external stakeholders of the business.

" Have excellent organizational skills, time management skills and the ability to prioritize a full plate.

" Conceptual understanding of serverless architecture and Infrastructure as a code

" Experience creating screens and wireframes in FIGMA

" Experience in working with DynamoDB, AWS AppSync, AWS Lambda is a plus

" Knowledge of MBS Securities and securitization is a plus