Practical Information
- Position: Business Functional Analyst
- Domain: Business Analysis / IT & Application Projects
- Seniority: Medior (3-5 years of experience)
- Working environment: Collaboration with business stakeholders, IT teams, Project Managers and external partners.
- Location : Bruxelles
- English: Fluent.
- Fluent in French and/or Dutch
Business Functional Analyst
Job Overview
We are looking for an experienced Business Functional Analyst to join an established team and help translate business needs into effective technology solutions.
In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, Project Managers, IT teams, external partners and vendors to understand business challenges, clarify requirements and support the successful delivery of functional solutions.
You will play a key role throughout the project lifecycle, from initial analysis and requirements gathering to solution design, testing, implementation and post-go-live support.
You combine strong analytical and communication skills with a pragmatic mindset. Beyond documenting business requests, you seek to understand the underlying needs, challenge assumptions constructively and contribute to defining the right solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Business & Functional Analysis
- Facilitate workshops, interviews and working sessions with business stakeholders to understand objectives, challenges and requirements.
- Analyse and document current and future business processes, business rules, data flows and system interactions.
- Challenge business requests where appropriate and translate needs into clear functional requirements, user stories, use cases and acceptance criteria.
- Assess impacts, dependencies and risks, ensuring alignment between business objectives, technical feasibility and project scope.
Functional Design & Documentation
- Create process models, functional design documents, data mappings, mock-ups and prototypes where needed.
- Support solution design and collaborate closely with development, architecture, vendor and testing teams to define fit-for-purpose solutions.
- Maintain clear functional documentation and requirement traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
Bridge Between Business & IT
- Act as a key point of contact for functional questions throughout design, development, testing and implementation.
- Work closely with Project Managers, Developers and Test Engineers, supporting scope clarification, impact assessments, dependencies and requirement-related risks.
- Ensure that decisions and requirements are clearly understood across business and IT teams, from initial analysis through deployment.
Testing & Validation
- Prepare functional test scenarios and support regression testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), in collaboration with the Test Engineer.
- Support business users during UAT and validate that delivered solutions meet agreed business and functional requirements.
- Analyse defects and root causes with business and technical teams and contribute to appropriate corrective actions.
Continuous Improvement
- Proactively identify process improvements, automation opportunities and system enhancements.
- Support change and rollout activities, including documentation, training materials and business readiness where required.
- Contribute to roadmap discussions and help shape the evolution of the application landscape.
Required Experience & Skills
Professional Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in a Business Analyst, Functional Analyst or similar analytical and process-oriented IT project role.
- Proven experience in requirements analysis, functional design or software implementation.
- Hands-on experience with business process modelling and functional documentation, including use cases, user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Experience supporting end-to-end solution delivery.
Technical & Functional Knowledge
- Familiarity with tools and systems such as:
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- Azure DevOps
- Confluence
- ERP solutions
- Microsoft 365
- Comfortable working with data-related concepts, integrations and APIs.
- Ability to understand business processes and translate them into clear functional requirements.
- Experience supporting testing and validation activities.
Personal Profile
We are looking for someone who is:
- Analytical, structured and solution-oriented.
- Self-motivated, curious and proactive.
- Flexible and comfortable adapting to change.
- Able to anticipate needs, ask the right questions and challenge assumptions constructively.
- Capable of bringing structure to ambiguous situations.
- Reliable and able to manage priorities effectively.
- Comfortable moving between business discussions and detailed functional conversations with IT teams.
- An effective communicator who can manage complex stakeholder interactions diplomatically and professionally.
- Collaborative, with a strong team spirit and willingness to share knowledge.
- Interested in continuous learning and professional development.
