Business Systems Analyst – Lending Experience

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with lending business stakeholders to gather, assess, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements.

• Convert business needs into functional specifications, user stories, process flows, and data mappings.

• Serve as the main point of contact between business units and development teams throughout the entire delivery lifecycle.

• Evaluate lending systems and processes, such as loan origination, underwriting, and servicing, to uncover gaps and opportunities for improvement.

• Assist with system implementations, upgrades, and integrations from the discovery phase through deployment and post-launch stabilization.

• Facilitate requirements workshops and encourage cross-functional discussions.

• Organize and support user acceptance testing, including test planning, defect triage, and resolution tracking.

• Ensure that solutions adhere to regulatory, compliance, and risk considerations pertinent to banking and lending.

• Offer guidance and mentorship to junior analysts.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience as a Business Systems Analyst or in a similar role.

• Proven experience in supporting lending within a banking context, encompassing loan origination systems, underwriting, and loan servicing platforms.

• Strong skills in requirements elicitation, documentation, and process modeling.

• Ability to connect technical and business viewpoints and collaborate with development teams and business stakeholders.

• Openness to take direction and provide guidance when necessary.

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum and/or traditional waterfall delivery methodologies.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, suited for both technical and executive audiences.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a detail-oriented and structured approach.

• Experience in wealth management lending or related financial services fields is preferred.

• Knowledge of data analysis and querying, such as SQL, is preferred.

• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience is preferred.

• Successful completion of a background investigation may be necessary.

• Ability to meet applicable U.S. employment and assignment requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including a profit participation program.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Basic life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.

• Matching contributions through a 401(k) plan.

• CGI share purchase plan.

• Paid accrued vacation leave, ranging from 10 to 20 days annually.

• 10 paid holidays each year.

• At least 80 consecutive hours of paid sick/safe leave, unless state/local law mandates more.

• Paid parental leave, ranging from 20 to 70 consecutive business days.

• Bereavement leave, ranging from 1 to 7 days per year.

• Paid jury duty leave, up to the time summoned.

• Opportunities for learning and tuition assistance.

• Wellness and well-being programs.

• Flexible remote work arrangement.