SUMMARY The Business Analyst position is responsible for managing business analysis, solution design and project management. The Business Analyst will help drive the Bank's strategy to optimize internal processes and deliver a customer-centric approach in the development of internal and customer-facing systems. This position will partner with leaders and executives across the company to identify opportunities and execute projects to improve efficiency, reduce risk, generate growth and create a superior customer experience. This role is based out of the Chicago, IL headquarters and reports to the Director of Development with daily interaction with the CIO, COO and other executives. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Business Analyst Promote idea generation and collaborate to identify new opportunities. Create programs to encourage innovation across the organization to align with organization strategy. Foster an organizational culture to drive collaboration and embrace risk. Partner with business units to determine key issues and challenges needing to be improved and to determine effective solutions. Solutions may include a combination of process improvement, technology, organizational change and policy development. Understand as-is processes and design to-be processes to automate and improve the business. Gather functional requirements for the to-be process, design testing conditions and lead the testing effort, and plan implementation and training support. Conduct interviews and perform analysis to create business cases for initiatives. Review requirements, specifications, test plan support and training plans to ensure they are in line with business objectives. Drive prioritization decisions for scarce resources and develop build-versus-buy recommendations. Identify technology products available to meet business needs and evaluate product functionality and integration. Evaluate integration feasibility considering the existing environment. Evaluate speed to market, cost, and sustainability for software products. Develop acquisition or build strategy for cost, delivery timeline, integration, and ongoing support. Support the implementation and integration of new solutions whether build or buy. Promote the use of performance metrics and analytical reporting. Work with the business to design measurable metrics to track the implementation of business improvements. Assist the business partners to own the business outcomes, including analyses, recommendations and influencing and collaborating on execution. Project Management Plan and manage systems projects from a functional perspective - scope, schedule, budget, quality, effort, staffing, risks and issues. Coordinate users, Bank IT resources, and service provider staff to implement solutions that will meet or exceed customer, management and regulator expectations. Manage and own project delivery within budget, scope, quality and time requirements Identify and manage risk and issues throughout the project. Monitor project progress, ensure deliverables are met, and communicate status to sponsors throughout the project. Create appropriate documentation for projects include task plans, Gantt charts, resource plans, status reports, risk logs, etc. Develop implementation test plans and assist implementation vendors with information security applications, hardware and systems testing as needed. Facilitate integration among different technical teams for planning and executing projects. Establish project management standards and develop new project management techniques. Include best practices, methodologies, analysis techniques, tools, templates, and performance metrics. Other Actively seek suggestions for improvement of the Business Analyst function. Maintain a training plan the Business Analyst function. Maintain a positive work environment. Facilitate knowledge transfer between development resources and business stakeholders. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Bachelor's degree in business, business analytics, economics or related field Master's degree (MBA) in business preferred Project management (PMP) and Business Analysis certification a plus Prior mortgage experience in any of the following areas is preferred Finance, Secondary, Consumer Lending and Construction Loans Operations-Closing, Post-Close, Loan Servicing Operations - Processing, Underwriting, Quality Control Experience taking multiple projects from inception, through user acceptance testing and onto deployment is preferred Find Us on Facebook! httpswww.facebook.comBeaconHillStaffing Follow Us on Twitter! httptwitter.com!BHStaffingGroup Beacon Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply. 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