Business Analyst

Salary $50k - $65k USD

Required Language Skill

• English skill set must be Upper Intermediary or Advanced.
• Russian skill set must be Advanced or Native speaker.

HFS Financial is a leader in the home improvement loan marketplace in the U.S. We exist to help consumers make their dream home a reality and to help our partners achieve their financial goals.

HFS is currently seeking a Business Analyst in Eastern Europe with a passion for: learning, assisting in process improvement projects, gathering and translating project requirements, and assisting in the configuration and integration of multiple systems.

HFS is looking to grow its home improvement lending market share through excellent programs and web applications that provide a great experience for our customers and partners. This is a fully remote position that will be hired to work directly for HFS.

If you are looking for a dynamic workplace that is constantly building new tools and programs to aid in its mission, while working with a fun group of individuals, then HFS will be the place for you.

This is a fully remote position that will be hired to work directly for HFS.

• Learn and maintain all our products and workflows within our Loan Origination System (LOS) and participate in the configuration of the system per project requirements or user requests. The position is expected to become an expert in our LOS, but on-the-job training and learning will be provided.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and define business requirements for new projects and user requests.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications for the development team.
• Analyze current business processes, identify system issues, and areas of improvement within systems and workflows.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure requirements are clearly understood.
• Participate in manual testing.
• Participate in the development team’s regular meetings (daily stand-up, sprint planning) as well as other department and project-based meetings.

• Proven experience as a Business or System Analyst of at least 2-3 years.
• Understanding of system changes description in the format AS IS / TO BE.
• Knowledge and practical experience with business processes modeling (UML / BPMN / FlowChart).
• Experience in describing requirements in the “Use Case” / “User Story” format.
• Basic understanding of client-server application architecture.
• Basic understanding of different data types.
• Knowledge of different system integration methods.
• Experience with API integrations.
• Experience with working in Agile teams (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience with requirements and task management tools (Jira, Confluence)
• Languages: English (B2+), Russian (C1+)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to multitask.

• Previous experience with a Loan Origination System or Customer Relationship Management system.
• Previous experience with API testing tools (Postman).
• Basic knowledge of interface design tools.