Senior Analyst, Technology (Loan IQ)

Job Description

Description

Job Summary:

Acts as a partner with the business to facilitate and implement technology solutions. Responsible for writing system requirements that will ensure the technology solution will meet the needs of the business. Leverages appropriate technical resources. Requires a high level understanding of systems, industry and end-user requirements. Demonstrates subject matter expertise and is able to integrate domain knowledge with an understanding of financial services standards and practices. Is the primary on the most complex or escalated issues and may provide direction and guidance team members. Applies specialized business knowledge and technical skills to significant deliverables and projects that involve multiple IT departments, business units and have enterprise impact. Is able to make judgements and recommendations based on the analysis and interpretation of data.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Creates detailed business requirements for functional (e.g., business processes, rules) and non-functional (e.g., data, security) capabilities.
• Validates test cases to ensure that scripts will evaluate the business function being performed.
• Gathers and interprets information from multiple sources (including databases, interviews, etc.) and makes recommendations.
• Provides support for application development teams including documenting business processes.
• Translates technical concepts to business audience and business information to a technical audience.
• Participates in developing estimates and implementation plans for technical solutions.
• Partners with team members to develop project schedules, reports and documentation. May be required to act as project lead on small to medium projects and/or provide direction to others on the team.
• Works with User Experience / Design resources to help visualize requirements into prototype.
• Understands and applies principles in risk management, issue tracking and change management.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS or related degree and five (5) years of relevant experience or combination of education, training and experience.
• Loan IQ background is highly preferred.
• Preferred Industry experience in banking and/or financial services.
• Familiarity with Bank products and systems.
• Experience working with end users, ability to engage users and strong desire to drive business solutions
• Understanding of software development lifecycle for agile & waterfall methodologies
• Experience gathering and writing requirements and creating test scripts/cases
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Knowledgeable in writing SQL queries in SQL server and Oracle Database.
• SQL experience, create simple to medium-complexity queries that access Loan IQ’s data tables
• Good understanding of Loan IQ Data Model
• Proficient in Microsoft Tools (including TFS, Excel, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint and Visio)
• Preferred Loan IQ System admin knowledge such as:
• Updating and maintain Accounting and functional tables for Business Users
• Knowledge commercial lending domain and origination/servicing of syndicated and bilateral deals in Loan IQ is preferred
• Knowledge of Loan IQ modules like document tracking, secondary sales & collateral management is also an added plus

• None required.

• Analysis: Identify and understand issues, problems and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions.
• Communication: Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Exercising Judgment and Decision Making: Use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; recommend or take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences.
• Technical and Professional Knowledge: Demonstrate a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; remains current with developments and trends in areas of expertise.
• Building Effective Relationships: Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
• Client Focus: Make internal and external clients and their needs a primary focus of actions; develop and sustain productive client relationships.