Senior Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Ready to join thousands of talented team members who are making the dream of home ownership possible for more Americans? It’s all happening on UWM’s campus, where our award-winning workplace packs plenty of perks and amenities that keep the atmosphere buzzing with energy and excitement.

It’s no wonder that out of our six pillars, People Are Our Greatest Asset is number one. It’s at the very heart of how we treat each other, our clients and our community. Whether it’s providing elite client service or continuously striving to improve, our pillars provide a pathway to a more successful personal and professional life.

From the team member that holds a door open to the one that helps guide your career, you’ll feel the encouragement and support on day one. No matter your race, creed, gender, age, sexual orientation and ethnicity, you’ll be welcomed here. Accepted here. And empowered to Be You Here.

More reasons you’ll love working here include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) after just 30 days
• Additional parental and maternity leave benefits after 12 months
• Adoption reimbursement program
• Paid volunteer hours
• Paid training and career development
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401k with employer match
• Mortgage discount and area business discounts
• Free membership to our large, state-of-the-art fitness center, including exercise classes such as yoga and Zumba, various sports leagues and a full-size basketball court
• Wellness area, including an in-house primary-care physician’s office, full-time massage therapist and hair salon 
• Gourmet cafeteria featuring homemade breakfast and lunch
• Convenience store featuring healthy grab-and-go snacks
• In-house Starbucks and Dunkin
• Indoor/outdoor café with Wi-Fi

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with multiple stakeholders to
• Facilitating information gathering sessions
• Ensuring business needs are satisfied within a given technical solution
• Conducting business process assessments; determine as-is state
• Performing gap analysis; creating future state roadmap and transition plans
• Creating diagrams and models to provide additional clarity
• Mentoring and leading junior BAs on projects
• Coordinating User Acceptance Testing; assisting with issue resolution
• Assisting in project vision refinement and prioritization

Qualifications

Required:

• Computer-related degree or equivalent
• Five years or more of business analysis experience
• Ability to manage tasks and deliverables effectively
• Ability to quickly become an expert in various business domains
• Critical thinking, emotional intelligence and situational awareness
• Ability to work well under pressure in a challenging, changing, fast-paced environment
• Negotiation skills between application development team and business partners
• Work with a diverse group of stakeholders including executives, leaders, direct reports, and subject matter experts
• Deep understanding of BA role in an Agile environment
• Understand the BA role within the Software Development Lifecycle
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic
• Comfortable in a fast-moving environment
• Ability to multitask and adapt
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Onsite, full-time attendance

Preferred:

• Mortgage or financial experience
• Experience working with C-Level or other senior leaders
• BPMN
• Relational database knowledge; SQL
• Vendor integrations and API management