Functional Analyst

OneSource Consulting; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

OneSource Consulting is recruiting a bilingual Functional Analyst for a long-term hybrid role in Belgium. You will drive stakeholder engagement, analyze needs, and translate requirements into practical solutions including API specs and data models.

The position runs in an Agile/Scrum environment with backlog management and continuous delivery. Responsibilities include collaborating with business users and technical teams, producing SRS, data models, and test plans, and ensuring timely delivery

Qualifications

• Several years of experience managing multiple stakeholders (business and IT).
• Ability to run workshops and interview French- or Dutch-speaking interlocutors.
• Customer and solution orientation.
• Good conceptual capacity for complex projects.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodology.
• Knowledge of REST APIs and JSON format.

Responsibilities

• Develop solid relationships with stakeholders (business lines, projects, team leaders and partners).
• Identify, analyze, describe and validate functional and non-functional needs of users.
• Translate business requirements into operational solutions: screen definitions, API specifications, data modelling, diagrams, etc.
• Collaborate with the technical team to validate the functional design and translate into technical specs.
• Ensure end-to-end monitoring of feature delivery, including testing.
• Produce documentation for project phases.
• Work with business analysts and developers under supervision to refine solutions.
• Collaborate with project managers to ensure progress reporting and risk management.
• In Agile/Scrum context, manage backlog: write stories (Jira), define priorities and releases.
• Deliverables: Software requirements specifications, data model, test plan and cases.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Needs analysis

API specifications

API contracts

Tools

OpenAPI/Swagger

Job description

MODE OF WORK: FULL TIME AND HYBRID (2-3 DAYS ONSITE PER WEEK)

CONTRACT DURATION: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - 31/12/2027+POSSIBLE OF EXTENSION

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• In the context of the total rewriting of a critical application for the federal social inspection services, we were looking for a bilingual functional analyst for a long-term assignment (end of 2027 minimum, possible extension of one or two years).
• The new app expands the scope of the old app to provide more added value. The new solution is based on web components that can be deployed in different decentralized environments, while having to set up a transversal layer to interact with web components (whose functionalities have yet to be identified).

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop solid and lasting relationships with stakeholders (business lines, projects, team leaders and partners).
• Identify, analyze, describe and validate in detail the functional and non-functional needs of users.
• Translate business requirements into operational solutions by performing functional analyses and application designs: screen definition, API specifications, data modelling, activity diagrams, navigation diagrams, etc.
• Collaborate with members of the technical team to validate the functional design and ensure its translation into technical specifications.
• Ensure end-to-end monitoring of the delivery of new features and/or applications, including testing of developments.
• Produce all the documentation necessary for the different phases of the projects.
• Work closely with business analysts and developers, under the supervision of the project manager or coordinators, to refine and validate proposed solutions.
• Collaborate closely with project managers to ensure progress reporting, facilitate decision-making, manage risks and perform necessary escalations.
• As the project takes place in an Agile/SCRUM context, the functional analyst is also in charge of managing the backlog: writing stories (jira), defining criticality, priorities, releases, etc.

The analyst is responsible for delivering, within the deadlines, the following deliverables:

• Software requirements specifications (including needed diagrams, analysis, ...)
• Data model
• Test plan and cases

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• The candidate must have several years of experience in a context with the management of several stakeholders (business and IT). A senior level is sought.
• Ability to manage workshops and conduct interviews with French- or Dutch-speaking interlocutors
• Customer and solution orientation
• Good conceptual capacity required in the context of the project
• Knowledge and expertise of Agile/Scrum methodology
• Knowledge of REST APIs and JSON format

Mandatory skills:

• Agile/Scrum
• Needs analysis and requirements definition
• API specifications and API contracts, including OpenAPI/Swagger