Senior Business Analyst IT – Mortgage Loan Origination and Servicing

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency

$75K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science or equivalent experience (5-7 years)
  • 2-5 years of relevant professional experience
  • Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies
  • Ability to create and maintain complex queries for business needs
  • Experience in documenting business requirements and system configurations

Responsibilities

  • Partner with various teams to gather and validate business requirements
  • Translate complex processes into functional specifications and user stories
  • Lead workshops and stakeholder interviews to clarify requirements
  • Analyze processes to identify automation and efficiency improvement opportunities
  • Support various project delivery methodologies for system enhancements
  • Ensure mortgage applications are processed and approved per requirements
  • Collaborate with teams to optimize loan originations workflows

Benefits

  • Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
  • Opportunities to collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Potential involvement in process improvements that enhance customer experience
  • Exposure to regulatory compliance across the mortgage industry
  • Hands-on experience with mortgage servicing and originations systems
Full Job Description
Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Requirements Management

  • Partner with servicing operations, loan acquisition teams, underwriting, compliance, quality control, and IT teams to gather, document, andvalidatebusiness requirements.

  • Translate complex business processes into detailed functional specifications, user stories, process flows, and system requirements.

  • Lead requirements workshops, stakeholder interviews, and solution review sessions.

  • Analyze current-state processes andidentifyopportunities for automation, efficiency improvements, and risk reduction.

  • Support Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.

  • Create andmaintaincomplex queries to support business needs and data mining reports.

LoanOriginations& Workflow Support

  • Support and enhance the loanoriginationssystemsused to intake mortgage loan applications and associated documentation from third-party financial institutions.

  • Analyze workflow routing logic, approval processes, exception handling, and document management capabilities.

  • Ensure loans areproperly reviewed, approved, and boarded into the servicing platformin accordance withinvestor, regulatory, and internal requirements.

  • Collaborate with business teams tooptimizeoriginationsworkflows, approval hierarchies, and operational controls.

  • Assistwith integration requirements between originationsystems, servicing platforms, document repositories, and external vendor systems.

Mortgage Servicing System Support

  • Support ongoing enhancements and maintenance of the mortgage loan servicing platform.

  • Participate in servicing-related initiatives involving escrow, payment processing, investor reporting, customer communications, loss mitigation,defaultand loan transfers.

  • Analyze servicing data and workflows toidentifysystem gaps, operational issues, and compliance risks.

  • Support testing activities related to servicing system upgrades, enhancements, and regulatory changes.

Documentation & Process Improvement

  • Create andmaintainbusiness requirements documents, process maps, workflow diagrams, test plans, and operational procedures.

  • Develop clear documentation for system configurations, integrations, and business rules.

  • Recommend process improvements that enhance operational efficiency, scalability, and customer experience.

Testing & Implementation Support

  • Coordinate and support user acceptance testing (UAT), regression testing, and production validation activities.

  • Work closely with QA and development teams to ensure solutions meet business expectations.

  • Assistwith production issue analysis, troubleshooting, and root cause identification.

  • Support implementation planning, training, and post-production stabilization efforts.

Regulatory & Compliance Support

  • Ensure systems and workflows align with mortgage servicing regulations, investor guidelines, and internal audit requirements.

  • Support compliance initiatives related to CFPB, RESPA, TILA, FHA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, and other servicing/investor standards.

  • Assistin audit preparation and remediation activities.

Entry-level professional with some experience to contribute on a project or program. Role learns to use professional concepts to resolve problems of limited scope and complexity under close supervision while achieving day-to-day objectives. Works on developmental assignments that are initially routine in nature, requiring limited judgment and decision making. This level is typically focused on self-development. Requires theoretical knowledge through specific education and training.

Qualifications
Bachelor of Science - Computer and Information Science, Equivalent relevant experience (5-7 years)

Experience
Relevant professional experience (2-5 years)

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