Business Analyst

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Job description

Description

Sovereign Lending Group, a national direct lender, is celebrating over 16 years of service. We have been named by Inc. 5000 as one of the Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in America for 8 years in a row.

We are growing and looking for a Business Analyst to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Gather and translate precise business requirements into functional and technical business requirements.
• Ensure application functionality, including up- and down-stream interfaces
• Analyze business tasks and workflow processes for product features and enhancements
• Identify and address relevant business case scenarios to ensure a streamlined business process
• Assists other technical teams in troubleshooting complex technical or end-user scenarios
• Documents test scripts
• Develop and document the business process workflow
• Responsible for direct interaction with clients including, but not limited to, eliciting comprehensive business requirements and use cases and recommending appropriate solutions
• Initiate and facilitate meetings with Business Subject Matter Experts
• Work with Technical team to develop level of effort estimates and obtain applicable estimated costs to develop and deploy functionality
• Conduct gap analysis between the existing application and the stated customer requirements to best collaborate with Architects, Developers, etc. to estimate project impacts
• Partner with IT and Production Support teams to document desired changes
• Manage multiple competing priorities through effective planning, organization, and communication
• Recommend and implement best practices, proper methodology, and the correct tools for success
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Long/short term disability and 401(k)
• Relaxed company dress code
• Company events and team building activities to promote culture
• Espresso, latte, and coffee stations
• DoorDash Corporate Pass
• COVID 19-conscious work rules and environment

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent (BA or BS Preferred)
• 5+ years' experience in similar role in mortgage banking and/or financial services companies
• 2 years Empower experience preferred
• Ability to troubleshoot issues impacting production
• Ability to work independently and analyze data
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

We consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law in accordance with all applicable federal, and state laws. Candidates must possess authorization to work in the United States, as it is not the practice of Sovereign Lending Group, Inc. to sponsor individuals for work visas.

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