Home Loans Business Analysts

Location: Melbourne (remote)
Contract length: 7 months (extensions likely)
Rate: $800-900 including super, per day

Overview:
Our Banking client is seeking skilled (Senior) Business Analysts with experience in loan origination and home lending to join a strategic initiative aimed at shaping the future state of lending processes. You'll play a key role in simplifying products, streamlining onboarding workflows, and enhancing the customer experience across the lending lifecycle.

This is part of a broader initiative focused on target state lending, with current and future state analysis already in motion. The role involves working within a collaborative Agile team alongside UX, product owners, and platform specialists.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of a future state view for lending and help simplify both product offerings and the customer journey.
• Work on loan origination processes, including home loans, from pre-approval to fulfillment.
• Partner with other Business Analysts to define requirements, drive discovery sessions, and ensure end-to-end process alignment.
• Assist in designing and implementing new workflows for onboarding and product delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into clear, actionable requirements.
• Operate within an Agile delivery team, actively contributing to sprint activities and ceremonies.
• Identify and support the management of downstream impacts such as customer data (Salesforce) and BI reporting.
• Engage with teams working on platforms like Simpology to ensure seamless integration with the lending platform.

Required Experience & Skills:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in the lending or financial services domain.
• Solid understanding and experience of loan origination, particularly home loans.
• Exposure to the entire lending lifecycle from pre-approval through to settlement.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments working closely with Product Owners and UX designers.
• Ability to support multiple streams of work in-flight while contributing to strategic future-state planning.
• Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with Simpology or similar lending platforms.
• Previous work on projects with Salesforce, BI reporting, or downstream data systems.
• Experience with workflow redesign or onboarding automation.

Why Join?

• Be part of a high-impact, customer-centric transformation in the lending space.
• Work with a collaborative and experienced team, including a senior BA acting as a thought leader.
• Opportunity for contract extension based on project continuity and performance.