BI Functional Analyst

HumanInTech; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

HumanInTech seeks a BI Functional Analyst to transform business needs into data-driven solutions. You will bridge business stakeholders and technical teams, shaping data platform capabilities for informed decision-making.

You will define functional analyses, technical specs, source-to-target mappings and data models while ensuring data quality and solution reliability across projects in Brussels with a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher required.
• At least 8 years of proven BI/analytics experience.
• At least 5 years as BI Analyst or Consultant.
• Experience as BI Functional Analyst in two sectors.
• Proven experience with Erwin, Power BI, SAS EG, SAS VA.
• Proven experience in logistics reporting on SAP S/4HANA.
• Senior-level requirements gathering experience.
• Strong analytical mindset and stakeholder skills.
• Fluent in French or Dutch.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into data solutions and maintain functional analyses.
• Design data models and information flows for Enterprise Data Warehouse and datamarts.
• Define source-to-target mappings and integration logic.
• Perform functional tests and validate solutions with stakeholders.
• Support governance, security requirements and project success.
• Ensure traceability between requirements, data sources and delivered solutions.

Skills

Power BI

SAS Enterprise Guide

SAS Visual Analytics

Erwin Data Modelling

Dimensional modelling

Stakeholder management

Communication

Autonomy

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Erwin

SAS EG

SAS VA

Exadata

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

What you will do

As a BI Functional Analyst, you will play a key role in transforming business needs into valuable data-driven solutions. Acting as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, you will help shape the data platform capabilities that enable informed decision-making.

Understand and support business needs

• Collaborate with business data analysts, business experts and project stakeholders to understand reporting, analytics and data requirements
• Support the refinement and formalisation of business needs, ensuring requirements are clearly documented, consistent and actionable
• Ensure traceability between business requirements, business rules and delivered data solutions

Translate business needs into data solutions

• Produce and maintain functional analyses, business rules and detailed specifications
• Collaborate closely with business data analysts, business process analysts, data engineers, IT analysts and project teams
• Prototype and validate business rules with stakeholders
• Ensure traceability between business requirements, source systems and delivered solutions

Design data models and information flows

• Contribute to the functional design of enterprise data warehouse, datamart and analytical data models
• Define source-to-target mappings and integration logic
• Participate in the design of scalable data flows and modern data architectures supporting future business needs

Ensure data quality and solution reliability

• Analyse and profile operational data sources
• Identify data quality issues and contribute to their resolution
• Validate the consistency and integrity of business rules throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Ensure that delivered solutions meet both business expectations and quality standards

Support solution validation and project success

• Define and execute functional tests to validate implemented solutions
• Assist in defining business-oriented access rights and security requirements
• Assess impacts, risks, priorities and dependencies related to ongoing initiatives
• Provide functional expertise and recommendations to project managers and delivery leads
• Contribute to estimating effort, defining scope and identifying mitigation actions when required
• Promote continuous improvement in data governance, delivery practices and stakeholder collaboration

Your key deliverables will include functional design documents, source-to-target mappings, logical data models, test plans, test evidence and issue logs.

What we are looking for

Essential requirements

• Master's degree
• At least 8 years of proven experience in the BI or analytics domain
• At least 5 years of proven experience as a Business Intelligence/Data Analytics Analyst or Consultant
• Experience as a BI Functional Analyst in at least two distinct business sectors, demonstrating your ability to adapt to different business contexts
• Proven experience with Erwin Data Modelling tool
• Proven experience with Power BI
• Proven experience with SAS Enterprise Guide (EG)
• Proven experience with SAS Visual Analytics (SAS VA)
• Proven experience in logistics reporting on SAP S/4HANA
• Senior-level experience with business requirements gathering
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to understand complex business processes
• Ability to conceptualise processes and data domains
• Ability to present your ideas in a clear and structured way
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Autonomous, proactive and solution-oriented
• Fluent in French or Dutch

Desirable experience

• Certification or proven experience as a project manager
• Proven experience in a gas and electricity distribution network operator
• Proven experience in utilities
• Proven experience with Exadata
• Proven experience with SAS Data Integration

Technical knowledge

• Familiarity with data modelling concepts (dimensional modelling, star schema, data integration flows)
• Experience working with reporting, data warehousing and analytical solutions
• Interest in modern data platforms, cloud technologies and evolving analytics ecosystems is an advantage

The setting

This assignment runs for one year, starting in October 2026. The role is based in Brussels with a hybrid working model requiring a minimum of three days on-site per week. You will work within the data management and analytics service, which develops and maintains the data platform aimed at producing value-added information to support decision-making, business steering and performance management.

You can join us for this assignment as a freelancer or as an employee of HumanInTech. Same role, same team. If you join as an employee, your employment continues beyond this assignment. When it ends, we’ll work together to find your next assignment.

Location: Brussels, hybrid

Work address: Belgium

Employer / contracting party: HumanInTech

Applications close (Brussels time): October 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM

Engagement: Freelance or employed by HumanInTech

Working hours: Full-time

Experience: 6–10 years or more

Education: Master's or more

Published: October 2026