Business Analyst

BMO is currently sourcing for a Technology Business Analyst to support the US Whole Loans business and Centricity platform within Securitization Technology.This is a hybrid contract role in Toronto (2 days in office per week). Role Overview This role provides dedicated business analysis for the establishment of the US Whole Loans business and the Centricity platform, from requirements through implementation and production readiness. The analyst works with front office stakeholders, Securitization Technology, the Centricity vendor and upstream and downstream technology teams to turn business needs into well-defined technology solutions. A portion of the role also supports the existing securitization portfolio, including SecureHub and Promerit.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with US Whole Loans front office, Operations, Finance, Risk and Technology stakeholders to gather and document business and functional requirements Develop current-state and target-state process maps, data flows and system interaction diagrams Work with the Centricity vendor and internal technology teams to translate requirements into implementable solutions Define requirements for integrations with upstream and downstream systems, including file interfaces, APIs and data exchanges Perform gap, impact and dependency analysis and raise risks that could affect delivery Support SIT, UAT and end-to-end testing, including test scenarios, requirements traceability and defect triage Support implementation and production readiness, and provide BA and L2 support for SecureHub and Promerit

Must-Have Skills

5+ years of business analysis experience in capital markets, securitization, whole loans, mortgage finance or a similar financial services technology environment US Whole Loans and residential mortgage products, including the mortgage lifecycle Securitization, MBS, ABS and/or fixed income business processes Implementation, integration or enhancement of a capital markets or mortgage technology platform Requirements management: elicitation, functional specifications, process mapping, gap analysis, impact analysis and requirements traceability End-to-end workflow analysis, including data movement between upstream and downstream applications Data modelling, static and reference data, data repositories, file-based integration and application interfaces SIT, UAT, end-to-end testing, defect management and production readiness

Nice to Have Skills

Working knowledge of SQL and Oracle databases Centricity or a comparable whole loan or mortgage technology platform, including SitusAMC applications Direct experience with US whole loans, mortgage trading, loan acquisition, aggregation or securitization SecureHub, MortgageHub, Promerit or other securitization platforms APIs, SFTP and file-based integrations, and downstream reporting and data feeds Coordinating requirements, testing, releases and production issues with third-party technology vendors Capital markets technology implementations from requirements through production go-live

Ideal Candidate

Experience working directly with front office traders on a capital markets desk Background supporting the launch or build-out of a new trading business or platform Experience documenting complex, multi-system architectures with many downstream dependencies within a bank or other regulated institution