Data Analyst

ata Analyst - Hybrid - Reston, VA About the Role We are looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Financial Business Requirements/Data Analyst to support a key platform initiative within the mortgage finance industry. This position is based in Reston, VA with a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite / 2 days remote). The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nation's housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career Key Responsibilities • Analyze and document business requirements, process flows, and data algorithms for financial applications. • Collaborate with business stakeholders, product managers, and technology teams to translate requirements into functional specifications. • Conduct functional, integration, and regression testing to validate implementations. • Perform advanced data analysis using SQL, Excel, and BI tools (MicroStrategy/Tableau) to support pricing, valuation, and risk-related decisions. • Support data governance efforts, including issue recognition, metadata documentation, and communication with data owners/stewards. • Work on derivatives valuation, asset analytics, and development of risk indicators. • Ensure processes are well-documented and aligned with internal and external audit standards. • Provide ongoing insights into fixed income instruments, such as MBS, Loans, and CMOs, and support risk management through hedging principles and related derivatives (e.g., swaps, swaptions). Required Skills & Experience • Use advanced requirements analysis and data analytics to create business process flows and algorithms that will be used in analytical or product development processes. • • Develop or refine computer applications that provide deeper analysis of prospective f inancial asset performance, asset pricing, new asset classes, or information needed to measure and hedge risk. • • Provide ongoing analysis of new financial asset classes and suggest program modifications as necessary. • • May test applications for accuracy and functionality before putting them into service. • • Lead periodical execution for various derivatives valuation, analytics and modeling tasks owned by the team • • Establish and maintain well-managed processes; document processes and controls to support internal and external reviews or exams • • Develop solid knowledge of our Fannie Mae's portfolios and underlying risk drivers and communicate effectively to the management and downstream users. Prepare and communicate results to the senior management and related committees • • Experience of working on any Data Governance and Management industry solution is preferred. • • Provide data governance support to the enterprise data team, and Data Owners and Data Stewards in the business, including recognizing issues and recommend solution alternatives. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE • • Confer with product managers, business unit management and capital markets staff to determine analytical or product-related needs regarding product features, investment instruments, market activity, or complex transactions to be analyzed. • • Report in quantitative manner on data attributes and parameters of proposed purchase, sale, market transactions, or risk factors and the degree to which they could affect outcomes. • • Perform ad hoc analyses as needed and assist managers of specific product lines with analytical, valuation, or pricing projects. • • Redefine and implement the components of new risk indicators. Consult with the business owners, design and implement an interface to record key indicators, research industry best practices of analyzing and reporting key performance indicators. • • Design test cases and test applications for systems used for a variety of analytical, pricing, risk management or credit pricing to ensure the business needs are met and analytics are correctly implemented. Minimum Required Experiences • • 4 years Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, or related Desired Experience and Skills • • 4-6 years of related experience • • Experience with requirements analysis and documentation • • Exposure to relational and dimensional data model concepts • • Technical skills: Data analysis using SQL, Excel, Business Intelligence Reporting using MicroStrategy/Tableau • • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) • • Strong collaboration and organizational skills • • Experience with business process re-engineering and/or continuous process improvement preferred • • Experience with Fixed Income Instruments, Risk Management, System & Data Analysis, preferred • • Subject matter expertise in mortgage finance, fixed Income analysis and risk management, mortgage instruments (MBS, Loan, CMO) data, hedging principles and hedging instruments using swap and swaptions, preferred • • Experience working in AWS environment is a plus • • FRM or CFA Certification is a plus Responsible for identifying functional requirements. The candidate works directly with internal customers to understand needs. Identifies relevant design, process and specification issues and then documents and translates these into systems requirements. The candidate may be required to manage business and/or system issues during project life cycle as well as post implementation. Skills: 1) Expertise with Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) 2) Strong oral and written communication skills 3) In-depth knowledge of client-server, object-oriented, and web-based systems, applications, environments and relevant tools/technology 4) Prior management experience 5) Strong analytical skills. Ability to identify and evaluate several alternative solutions and help the team arrive at the best functional requirement set to meet the business need 6) Knowledge of requirements tools such as Rational Requisite Pro desired Education/Work Experience: Bachelor Degree or Equivalent 10+ years software development experience wi