Loan IQ Business Analyst-Raleigh NC - Georgia IT Inc.

Loan IQ Business Analyst 
Location: Raleigh NC
Duration: Contract/Full time
Rate: DOE
 
U.S Citizen, Green Cards, TN Visa and EAD preferred. No Sponsorship available for this contract to hire
 
Responsibilities:

• Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Loan IQ Business Analyst will act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and possess an excellent functional/operational knowledge of the activities performed by the various teams
• Work with users to identify requirements and issues and work closely with development teams to define optimal solutions
• Manage deliverables of the Banking and Lending program through analysis, design, testing, migration and implementation
• Loan IQ Business Analyst will lead functional requirements gathering sessions with the business. Document and validate functional requirements with the business
• Assist in the review of functional requirements with IT
• Loan IQ Business Analyst will interact with business users to help define the business processes as well as gather, analyze, and document business requirements (use cases, flow diagrams, etc.)
• Define & manage business specifications end-to-end and act as facilitator between various groups - IT reporting, finance, operations & compliance etc.
• Execute Analysis & Design in different stages of the project
• Loan IQ Business Analyst will be involved in thorough test planning and coordination of testing activities front-to-back in cooperation with other involved areas and work with QA and Business Owners to develop QA/UAT test plans/cases
• Manage deliverables and timelines for all initiatives under the responsibility of their team
• Review deliverables and ensure that change control procedures are properly followed
• Escalate issues impacting the business in a clear concise and timely manner
• Coordinate and liaise with local and Head Office IT on behalf of local users, ensuring that subject matter experts and stakeholders are appropriately engaged
• Make recommendations to improve effectiveness and overall process efficiency
• Ensure that all issues/alerts are coordinated, monitored, logged, tracked, resolved, and appropriately documented
• Provide clear and concise project reporting to the IT management
• Meet regularly with their team to gain feedback, status and insight
• Organize client touchpoints and meetings as required, provide metrics, and manage client expectations;
• Foster collaboration between your team, the business and local and global colleagues
• For specific IT or Business project impacting Finance on NY side, you will also be the IT finance representative for NY in the decision making & the follow up of the project delivery for NY IT regarding finance  

• 8 years' experience Business Analyst
• Highly motivated self-starter with ability to operate in, and adapt to, a dynamic environment while learning new processes and tools quickly and efficiently
• Experience with data manipulation using tools or languages such as Business Object, SQL over huge data sets
• Strong MS Office skills including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project etc.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with multiple types of analysis: current state operating model, data reconciliation, quality review, workflow analysis, process improvement, strategic vision, and functional requirements
• Experience driving system implementation, developing and executing testing strategies, supporting model validation and remediation. Required Education and Experience:
• BS/MS in Finance, Engineering or Computer Science required
• Minimum 5 years of work experience with LOAN IQ in Operations, Finance and Regulatory and/or Information Technology is preferred
• Minimum 4 years' experience with a financial services organization preferred. Keywords
• Required: LOAN IQ, Finance and Regulatory, Business Object, SQL, MS Office