Senior Functional Analyst

The consultant is expected to integrate fully into the squad and actively contribute to its delivery and continuous improvement.

Primary Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Translate business needs into clear functional analyses and user stories aligned with Agile practices.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Owner to refine requirements and ensure business value.
• Coordinate and support the implementation of software solutions within the squad.
• Define functional specifications in collaboration with the architecture team.
• Actively support architects and software engineers during the development and implementation phases.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (refinement sprint planning reviews retrospectives).
• Test solutions in the integrated environment and/or support internal clients during acceptance testing.
• Support release management activities and ensure functional readiness.
• Identify risks issues and dependencies and propose optimal functional solutions.
• Analyze the impact of changes on existing modules and proactively report potential issues.
• Share lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement within the squad.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation and functional knowledge through self-learning and knowledge-sharing sessions.

Secondary Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Quality assurance and functional impact analysis
• Validation of final solutions from an end-user perspective
• Functional documentation and reporting
• Application of best practices and continuous improvement actions
• Providing functional advice and expertise to stakeholders
• Support during software deployment and post-release phases
• Creation of user guides and functional manuals

Technical profile requirements:

• 5 years of experience in a similar role
• Very knowledge of MS Office tools
• Very knowledge of Business Analysis
• Very knowledge of IT architecture
• Good knowledge of business rules modeling
• Good knowledge of software testing
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture
• Working knowledge of project management
• Working knowledge of Jira and Confluence

Non-Technical Profile Requirements:

• Strong sense of ownership and responsibility toward internal client satisfaction
• strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Ability to maintain a helicopter view and identify improvement opportunities
• Comfortable working on multiple topics in parallel with limited supervision
• Quick learner proactive and autonomous
• Strong collaboration mindset and team-player attitude
• Able to work effectively in a self-organized Agile team

Methodology / Education:

• Masters Degree in Computer Science OR equivalent through experience.

Language Skills:

• French : mandatory
• English : is a strong plus
• Dutch : is a strong plus

IT Skills Requirements:

• Business Analysis
• Business Intelligence (BI)
• Business Rules Modelling (BPMN)
• Functional Analysis
• IT Architecture
• Software Testing

Required Skills:

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