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<strong>Who We Are<br><br></strong>Join a team that puts its People First! As a member of the First American family of companies, First American Trust is a federal savings bank that has provided banking, wealth management, and trust solutions on a national, full-service basis for more than five decades. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for ten consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.<br><br><strong>What We Do<br><br></strong>First American is seeking a techno functional Product Analyst with extensive experience building solutions on a modern core banking platform. In this role you will enable new product offerings for our customers and implement operational improvements for our business. You will analyze issues reported by business users, define associated problem statements, make recommendations, and evaluate proposed solutions. Working closely with your Product Owner, you will participate on a self-organized cross-functional team that delivers new and enhanced capabilities to meet the evolving needs of our customers. You will perform and support knowledge sharing on value-add solutions, enabling business colleagues to fully utilize system capabilities, meet the changing needs of our clients and enable growth of our client base.<br><br>You will be an active participant in our continuous learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued. In this hybrid remote role, you will be required to travel to our headquarters location in Santa Ana, CA.<br><br>In this role, you will utilize your good working knowledge of a core banking platform (preferably FISERV DNA), its accompanying modules and integration capabilities to enhance the product’s capabilities. Your strong client focus and agile mindset will help you to deliver on these key responsibilities:<br><br><ul><li>Build strong relationships with internal partners (your product team, Banking Operations, New Accounts, Customer Relationship Management, Compliance/Risk, InfoSec, and other technology teams)</li><li>Review and understand in-house cloud-native and vendor products, configurations, integrations in order to:</li><ul><li>Elicit and capture desired business outcomes</li><li>Document and map current and future state business processes to build understanding across stakeholders</li><li>Coordinate with partner teams on impacts related to pending releases</li><li>Participate in the creation and completion of functional and non-functional stories to achieve desired business and architectural outcomes</li><li>Manage implementation of product updates and maintain related application configurations</li><li>Establish relevant documentation and training for stakeholders</li></ul><li>Manage work items within the product backlogs, collaborating with vendor partners and in-house teammates on delivery</li><li>As Subject Matter Expert for core banking applications, provide the highest level of support to diagnose issues and provide resolution</li><li>Perform quality assurance and assist relevant stakeholders in their execution of acceptance testing</li><li>Work with internal teams on completing internal and external audit requests</li><li>Determine top use cases and core banking product synergies to drive continuous delivery of value<br><br></li></ul><strong>What You'll Bring: <br><br></strong><ul><li>Bachelor of Science degree in a technical discipline, business, or related field</li><li>5-7 years of experience in Information Technology in a business systems analyst or similar function</li><li>Strong functional banking experience (retail or commercial) with at least 4 years of experience maintaining or supporting a modern core banking platform, preferably FISERV DNA</li><li>Experience working in a fast-paced, test-to-learn, and iterative software delivery environment utilizing Agile development methodologies, techniques and tools</li><li>Technical experience supporting or administering internally developed and SaaS platform products</li><li>Experience working with and troubleshooting published APIs</li><li>Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel</li><li>Experience in incident management, triaging issues and implementing resolutions</li><li>Working knowledge of Azure Fundamentals (or AZ-900 certification) or similar cloud fundamental knowledge</li><li>Ability to discern complex explicit and implicit needs and desired outcomes from various business and technical stakeholders</li><li>Ability to convey complex business and technical information in a concise manner</li><li>Ability to quickly learn the objectives, structures, processes, and policies of relevant business areas</li><li>Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication</li><li>Experience with configuring and integrating the FISERV DNA platform in a techno functional analyst role</li><li>Strong proficiency of Agile development methodologies, techniques, and tools, preferably within a Scaled Agile (SAFe) environment.</li><li>Working Knowledge of SQL</li><li>Proficiency with ChatGPT, Copilot or other similar AI tools</li><li>Business Analysis certification (CBAP or similar)<br><br></li></ul>Pay Range: $112,400.00 - $149,800.00 Annually<br><br>This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.<br><br><ul><li> Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **<br><br></li></ul>First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).<br><br>First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.<br><br><strong>What We Offer<br><br></strong>By choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.<br><br>Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.

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