Product Business Analyst

Product Business Analyst

Location: Bethesda, MD - 100% Remote MUST have strong financial/mortgage industry exp

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.
• Able 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