Business Analyst

Signature IT World Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a domain consultant with a robust background in commercial loan accounting. This role involves ensuring that a newly developed commercial loan processing system aligns with business requirements and accounting standards. The ideal candidate will engage with clients throughout the project lifecycle, analyze business needs, and provide technical oversight to ensure optimal solutions. If you have a passion for financial systems and a knack for problem-solving, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in financial services or banking applications.
• Strong knowledge of commercial loan accounting and financial products.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate business needs and determine how IT can support leveraging banking software.
• Guide the team in configuring applications and managing client requirements.

Skills

Commercial Loan Accounting

Defect Investigation

Root Cause Analysis

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Bachelor’s degree in Finance

Chartered Accountant

Tools

Azure DevOps

JIRA

ALM

Sopra Financial Platform

Job description

Short Description: Seeking domain consultant with deep expertise in commercial loan accounting. The ideal candidate will leverage their accounting background to test and ensure that newly built commercial loan processing system meets the business requirements and accounting standards.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Extensive experience in Commercial Lending Management solution.
2. Will be responsible for evaluating business needs from various business units and determining how IT can support those needs leveraging Lending Banking software.
3. Will determine, develop, and improve technical solutions, provide technical oversight to the team members aligning with overall IT strategy.
4. Engaging with the client in the life cycle analyzing business requirements, detailing user stories, interacting with business and other BAs to detail the same for the process within the product/package so as to enable optimum utilization.
5. Worked as BA on new software application development effort under Agile mode of working, from initial request all the way to postproduction.
6. Review requirements and solution alternatives, guide the technology team.
7. Guide the team in configuring the application in line with the Design Documents, plan the activities for configuration and development with PM, work with the client to get requirement clarifications and user sign off on key changes.
8. Experience in analyzing financial statements, conducted credit risk assessment, structuring commercial loans, and prepared underwriting report.

Nice to Haves:

1. Collaborate with the automation testers to functionally guide automating critical scenarios.
2. Conduct manual testing for scenarios that are complex.
3. Experience in execution of test cases in Sopra Financial Platform.

Skill / Competencies / Experience:

1. Strong knowledge of commercial loan accounting and related financial products.
2. Hands-on experience in tools like Azure DevOps, JIRA, ALM.
3. Excellent analytical skills with the ability to perform defect investigation and root cause analysis, especially in financial systems.

ESSENTIAL

1. Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
2. 8+ years of exposure to financial services or banking applications.

PREFERRED

1. Chartered Accountant.
2. Highly motivated self-driven with a positive attitude.

ADDITIONAL

1. Familiarity with financial systems, commercial loan life cycles, and regulatory compliance is a plus.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Part-time

Job function

Business Development

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting