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Job Title: Business Analyst (Accounting Systems)

Company Name: Fannie Mae - Dallas

Location: Dallas, TX

Profession: Accounting

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Job Description:

JOB INFORMATION

Examine, assess, and document business operations and procedures of operating or administrative unit. Relate these procedures to IT/IS systems and applications that are designed to enable the operating unit to accomplish its objectives. Assist operating unit staff by developing reports, downloads, and analyses from discipline-specific systems and applications. Provide input to IT/IS specialists in development projects to assist in developing specifications and functionalities in IT systems.

KEY JOB FUNCTIONS

Assess business operations and processes of assigned office or business unit to understand procedures, information flows and handoffs, decisions, communications pathways and the like.

Participate in meetings and projects with client staff, project managers, and developers to automate, upgrade, or expand applications that accomplish business operations of assigned work unit(s).

Create, design, and format technical specification documentation including architecture diagrams, process flows, and other information or processes needed to describe required system changes for development, QA, and other internal customers.

May provide support to applications in production by tracking production problems and troubleshooting them to sustain application in production.

Develop queries, analyses, or reports from applications for operations or management staff of assigned business unit(s).

Provide guidance or technical supervision to less experienced staff performing similar functions.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Master or Other Advanced Degree - preferred

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

5 years of related experience

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• CPA or CFA preferred. Experience with complex accounting and financial systems, understanding of GAAP principles and REO accounting policies and mortgage experience strongly preferred

• Demonstrated experience in preparing business requirements documents, use cases, process flows and thorough analysis with minimal supervision. Required experience with Test plans, Test execution, etc.

• Experience with SOX, key controls and process improvements in Accounting close process and/or cash processing

EMPLOYMENT

As a condition of employment with Fannie Mae, any successful job applicant will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen and to successfully complete a background investigation, which may also include a credit check for positions in some areas of our business.

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