BUSINESS ANALYST

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst

Location: [Mc Lean,VA]

Experience: 10-12 Years

Employment Type: Contract

Work Model: Onsite

Position Overview:

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Business Analyst / Product Manager with 10-12 years of experience in business analysis, agile delivery, and product management preferably within the mortgage and financial services domain. The ideal candidate will possess a strong mix of business and technical acumen, exceptional communication skills, and hands-on experience in API-based application development, SDLC, and Agile frameworks.

Candidates with U.S. education (preferably undergraduate degree in the U.S.), experience in Big 4 consulting firms (e.g., Booz Allen, Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG), or top-tier consulting backgrounds are highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather, document, and validate business and technical requirements for mortgage-related systems and applications.

• Write user stories, define acceptance criteria, and maintain product backlogs in Agile tools such as JIRA or Rally.

• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring clarity, alignment, and timely delivery of business requirements.

• Translate complex business needs into functional and technical specifications for API-based and web service-driven applications.

• Partner with Product Owners to prioritize features, define product roadmaps, and support sprint planning sessions.

• Facilitate workshops and requirement elicitation sessions to define system processes, data flow, and integration needs.

• Demonstrate strong understanding of the mortgage lifecycle, including loan origination, underwriting, servicing, and secondary markets.

• Provide business insights and process improvements based on extensive GSE (Government-Sponsored Enterprise) experience, preferably with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

• Support implementation of regulatory, compliance, and operational changes within mortgage systems.

• Work closely with development teams to design and review web services, API specifications, and data integration flows.

• Perform feasibility analysis, define project objectives, and support both manual and automation testing efforts.

• Participate in System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and post-deployment validation.

• Develop and document UAT strategies, plans, test scripts, and execution reports.

• Utilize tools such as Postman, SoapUI, and Swagger for API validation and test automation.

• Embrace Modern Delivery principles, encouraging a customer-centric mindset within the Agile team.

• Collaborate with Product Owners to define user-centric features and ensure continuous delivery of business value.

• Support technical requirement definition, feasibility assessment, and system design through an iterative and Agile approach.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 10-12 years of progressive experience as a Business Analyst, Product Manager, or Consultant in financial services or mortgage technology.

• Proven experience in requirement gathering, business process design, data flow mapping, and technical documentation.

• Hands-on expertise in API documentation and testing (Postman, SoapUI, Swagger).

• Excellent understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and user story creation.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to engage business and technical teams effectively.

• Solid understanding of manual and automation testing concepts.

• Demonstrated ability to interface between business stakeholders, technical teams, and QA engineers.

• Familiarity with MS-Office, JIRA, Confluence, Visio, or equivalent requirement management tools.