Longbridge (LBF) is seeking an analytical Business Data Analyst to serve as the bridge between raw data and strategic business decisions, interpreting complex datasets and providing insights directly to executives.
Requirements
- Strong command of SQL with ability to write efficient and complex queries.
- Experience interpreting large datasets and translating data into business insights.
- Statistical Analysis: Experience with t-tests, ANOVA, PCA/Factor Analysis, and clustering/segmentation techniques.
- Predictive Modeling: Proficiency in regression analysis, time series methods (ARIMA, VAR), and machine learning approaches (Random Forest, LCA).
- Familiarity with BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
- Experience with data warehousing or ETL processes.
- Experience analyzing mortgage data, including conventional, FHA, VA, and reverse mortgage products (HECM), with understanding of loan performance metrics, servicing data, and regulatory reporting requirements
Responsibilities
- Analyze and interpret data using SQL queries to support business operations, performance tracking, and strategic decision-making.
- Design and execute complex SQL queries against SQL Server databases to extract and validate data for business reports.
- Provide clear and concise data visualizations and executive summaries to non-technical stakeholders.
- Develop documentation to support data definitions, business rules, and source-to-target mapping.
- Work closely with BI and data engineering teams to align reporting structures with organizational KPIs.
- Identify data quality issues and inconsistencies and work with data stewards to resolve them.
- Support ad hoc data requests and recurring business analysis initiatives across the enterprise.
Other
- Collaborate directly with executives and department leaders to gather data needs and deliver actionable business insights.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Experience working with executive stakeholders and handling sensitive business questions with discretion.
- Familiarity with capital markets concepts, including interest rate movements, bond pricing, and secondary market activities, with ability to apply this knowledge to support business analytics and reporting
- Comfort working in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
