Functional Analyst bilingual - SMALS

ADJUGO; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SMALS seeks a senior bilingual Functional Analyst to drive the complete rewrite of a critical application for federal social inspection services. The role covers requirements analysis, screen design with UX, API specs, data modelling and diagrams, in an Agile/Scrum setup, with hybrid work in Brussels and onsite workshops.

French and Dutch fluency are essential. Key responsibilities include backlog management, user stories, release planning, and close collaboration with business and technical

Qualifications

• Senior functional analysis experience in large-scale projects.
• Fluent French and Dutch language skills.
• Ability to facilitate workshops in a bilingual setting.
• Experience coordinating with business analysts, developers and project managers.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Agile/Scrum backlog: write stories in Jira, define priorities and releases.
• Deliver analysis documentation and software requirements specifications on time.
• Create data models, diagrams and API specifications.
• Collaborate with technical teams to validate functional design.
• Ensure project documentation is complete and consistent.

Skills

Senior functional analysis

French knowledge

Dutch knowledge

Bilingual workshop facilitation

Tools

Jira/Confluence

OpenAPI/Swagger

REST APIs

UML

JSON

Job description

Dates: 2026-11-10 — 2027-12-31

Arrangements: Full time; hybrid with up to 3 teleworking days per week; flexibility required for onsite workshops and stakeholder availability.

SMALS seeks a senior bilingual Functional Analyst to support the complete rewrite of a critical application for federal social inspection services. The new application expands the scope of the existing solution to deliver greater added value. Its architecture uses web components deployable in different decentralised environments. A transversal interaction layer must also be defined, with its functionalities still to be identified.

The analyst builds lasting relationships with business, project, team and partner stakeholders. The role identifies, analyses, describes and validates functional and non-functional requirements in detail. It translates business requirements into operational solutions through functional analysis, screen design with the SMALS UX Design team, API specifications, data modelling and diagrams. Close collaboration with business analysts, developers, technical teams and project managers supports solution validation and delivery.

The project operates in an Agile/Scrum context and includes backlog management, user stories, criticality, priorities and release definition. Deliverables include analysis documentation, software requirements specifications, a data model, user stories, and test plans and cases, all delivered to deadline. The full-time hybrid assignment is based at Brussels-Midi, with up to three teleworking days weekly and flexibility for onsite needs. Active French and Dutch are required, and all documentation must be written in one of those languages; the mission runs through at least the end of 2027, with a possible one- or two-year extension.

Top Reasons to Apply

Critical application transformation

Long-term project continuity

Decentralised web components

End-to-end functional ownership

Hybrid working flexibility

Responsibilities

Build lasting stakeholder relationships with business teams, projects, team leaders and partners.

Identify, analyse, describe and validate detailed functional and non-functional user requirements.

Translate business requirements into operational solutions through functional analysis and application design: define screens with SMALS UX Design, API specifications, data models, activity diagrams and navigation diagrams.

Collaborate with technical teams to validate functional design and ensure its translation into technical specifications.

Track end-to-end delivery of new functionalities and/or applications, including development testing.

Produce documentation for all project phases.

Collaborate with business analysts and developers under the project manager or coordinators to refine and validate proposed solutions.

Collaborate with project managers on progress reporting, decision support, risk management and necessary escalations.

Must Have

Senior functional analysis

Active French knowledge

Active Dutch knowledge

Bilingual workshop facilitation

Detailed Responsibilities and Skills

Additional Responsibilities

• Manage the Agile/Scrum backlog: write stories in Jira and define criticality, priorities and releases.
• Deliver analysis documentation within deadlines.
• Deliver software requirements specifications, including required diagrams and analyses, within deadlines.
• Deliver the data model within deadlines.
• Deliver user stories within deadlines.
• Deliver the test plan and test cases within deadlines.
• Senior functional analysis profile; the platform rates Functional Analyst as Confirmed, with most recent experience accepted at any time.
• Several years of experience managing multiple business and IT stakeholders; the exact minimum number of years is not specified.
• Active knowledge of French is fundamental and required.
• Active knowledge of Dutch is fundamental and required.
• All project documentation must be written in either French or Dutch.
• Ability to facilitate workshops with French-speaking or Dutch-speaking participants.
• Ability to interview French-speaking or Dutch-speaking stakeholders.
• Customer orientation.
• Solution orientation.
• Good conceptual ability is required in view of the project context.
• Work in Brussels with flexibility for onsite workshops and stakeholder availability; teleworking is possible up to three days per week.

Technical skills

• Knowledge and expertise in Agile/Scrum; Confirmed platform level; most recent experience accepted at any time.
• Knowledge of UML: context, use case, navigation, sequence and collaboration diagrams; Functional Analysis (UML) at Confirmed level; most recent experience accepted at any time.
• Knowledge of REST APIs.
• Knowledge of the JSON format.
• Requirements analysis and definition at Confirmed level; most recent experience accepted at any time.
• API specifications and API contracts, including OpenAPI/Swagger, at Confirmed level; most recent experience accepted at any time.
• Test Analysis & Design at Confirmed level; most recent experience accepted at any time.
• User story writing at Confirmed level; most recent experience accepted at any time.

Tools

• Jira / Confluence at Confirmed level; most recent experience accepted at any time.