Business Analyst

Xquisit; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Xquisit in Belgium seeks a Business Analyst to join the Credit Risk Data squad. You will gather requirements, write business requirements for IT, prepare and execute tests, and develop queries, reports and dashboards in collaboration with IT and business stakeholders.

You bring at least 3 years of relevant experience, strong SQL and MS Office skills, and a proactive, team‑oriented mindset. Multilingual capabilities are a plus in a diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master or equivalent by experience.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Medium to expert knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and VBA.
• Thorough SQL experience.
• Functional / Technical analysis skills.
• Programming capabilities.
• Testing capabilities.
• Experience with SAS (preferable).
• Experience in a large, complex business environment.

Responsibilities

• Gathering of requirements & writing of business requirements for IT.
• Preparation and execution of tests – GO/NO GO meetings.
• Development of queries, reports, dashboards, …
• Collaboration with the IT department & project team during implementation phase.
• Collaboration with different requestors, mostly from business side

Skills

Team player

Pro-active

Good communication

Analytical skills

Synthesis skills

Autonomy

Deadline driven

Education

Bachelor/Master or equivalent by experience

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Access

VBA

SQL

SAS

Job description

Functie

Mission context

In the department Credit Risk Management, the squad "Credit Risk Data" is in charge of the sourcing of risk data and a significant part of the calculation infrastructure.
The aim of this squad is to keep the Risk Infrastructure - specifically data sourcing & dissemination, LGD, EAD and securitisation - up and running + extend to answer to new needs of the Risk and other departments, leveraging on all the applications in its portfolio for the different missions of the Risk department.
Several initiatives are currently supported by the squad:

• CRR3
• model recalibration & enhancement
• structural model reviews
• data quality review & improvement
• funding: improvement of ALM and funding capabilities
• accounting projects (further roll‑out of the new accounting system, Forbearance, IFRS, …)

Function description

Main tasks as Business Analyst:

• Gathering of requirements & writing of business requirements for IT
• Preparation and execution of tests – preparation of the GO/NO GO meetings.
• Development of queries, reports, dashboards, …
• Collaboration with the IT department & project team during implementation phase.
• Collaboration with different requestors, mostly from business side

Language requirements

• Dutch:Fluent/good in speaking & understanding, basic/good in writing (required at least for either Dutch or French)
• French:Fluent/good in speaking & understanding, basic/good in writing (required at least for either Dutch or French)
• English:Fluent in writing, good in speaking & understanding

Education:Bachelor/Master or equivalent by experience

Required experience / knowledge

At least 3 years of relevant experience

Technical experience

mandatory

• Medium to expert knowledge of standard MS tools and technologies: Word / Excel / PowerPoint / Access / VBA
• Thorough SQL experience
• Functional / Technical analysis skills.
• Programming capabilities.
• Testing capabilities.

preferable

• experience with SAS

Business experience

mandatory

• experience with working in a large company/complex business environment

preferable

• credit / credit risk knowledge (CRR3, Basel III, …)
• knowledge of bankingenvironment (business side and/or IT department)

Soft skills

• team player, project minded
• quick self-starter, pro-active attitude
• good communication and influencing skills
• good analytical and synthesis skills
• autonomy, commitment and perseverance
• precision – good communication skills in writing – respect of the deadlines – attentive to the quality of the deliverables
• ability to work in a dynamic and multi-cultural environment