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