Senior Functional Data Analyst

NextLink is having an existing position as a Senior Functional Data Analyst in Brussels area Belgium.

General information:

- Start date: ASAP

- Duration: 12 months

- Workload: full time 2 days onsite

- Work location: Brussels area Belgium

Description :

Data analysis is becoming more and more important in today s world of business decision making. Who hasn t heard about Advanced Analytics and Machine learning In order to be fully prepared for tomorrow s challenges our Data Management Team has put in place a new platform new tools and new detailed and aggregated data for our business clients to support them in their analysis. The department IS Corporate Clients is working closely with the Data Management Team and with the HR-department to combine business concepts and develop well reflected systems to respond a maximum to reporting needs. Our department is looking for a senior Functional Data Analyst that will support the project teams in the Data analysis and Data modelling tasks of several projects.

He/She will support the project teams in following activities and/or perform activities him/her self : Data analysis

Organization and moderating workshops with the business client in order to define their business needs.

Analyse requests for new datasets (or new reports requiring new data) from business requirements gathering/clarification to functional analysis (including definition/clarification of business rules data profiling quality criteria security rules and source-to-target mapping)

Build detailed design of solution for data ingestion storage transformation distribution and consumption and for model automation in line with business requirements.

Designing the different data patrimonies and keep it coherent in the time Data modelling

Understand and translate business needs into conceptual and logical data models according to company standards and guidelines

Explaining the functional contents of the projects to the development team

Ensure consistency across data models and foster integration/reuse across the departments of the organization

Understand the architecture infrastructure security requirements and set-up data platform structure and organization as well as the interfaces to data sources the tools supporting automated data loads Support

Support the colleagues of the HR department in the use of the new Data platform in the Cloud.).

Profile:

Language : English dutch French fluent

Minimum 5 years of experience

University Graduate or Professional bachelor Ideally University graduate Master in information Science Management or Industrial Engineer.

Business and functional analysis

Data modelling

Combination of technical training plus 2 years experience and knowledge of data application development and/or management required.

Good computer skills proficient with Microsoft office applications including Microsoft BI Tools.

Data querying (SQL) and analysis

Experience in data modelling

Understanding development life cycles

Data management and governance

Bonus :

Experience in functional Enterprise modelling and Architecture

Knowledge of HR processes

Business Process Analysis

Thorough understanding of corporate and industry practices processes standards etc. and their impact on project activities

MS Azure cloud and data (architecture hands-on experience)

DataGalaxy (or similar)

Experience in functional Enterprise modelling and Architecture(trough projects)

Scheduling principles and techniques

Data modelling tools like Erwin

Soft Skills :

Independent and team player

Structured and Pro-active

Flexible

Pragmatic

Hands on and problem solver

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Stress resistant

Quality driven