Senior Business Analyst

Almaviva Group; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Almaviva Group in Belgium is seeking a results-driven Business Analyst to align strategic goals with stakeholder expectations. You will elicit, validate and document business needs using structured techniques to ensure clarity and traceability.

You will map processes, identify gaps, define BRDs and user stories with acceptance criteria, and support UAT. The role requires knowledge of BABOK, UML/BPMN and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of BABOK and IEEE 29148 techniques (user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria).
• Experience with modelling approaches (BPMN, UML) and diagramming tools.
• Familiarity with enterprise software development in large-scale information systems.
• Experience with requirements management tools (Jira, GitLab, Confluence).
• Ability to document non-functional requirements (NFRs) alongside functional ones.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate context, drivers, and outcomes to align with strategic goals and stakeholder expectations.
• Elicit, validate, and document business needs with structured techniques for clarity.
• Map and assess current/target business models, value streams, and capabilities.
• Analyze processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and improvements.
• Create visual workflow representations to support analysis and communication.
• Convert requirements into functional specs guiding design and development.
• Define acceptance criteria; support test design and UAT.
• Maintain traceability and manage change requests across the lifecycle.
• Document NFRs (performance, security, usability) with functional requirements.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication among stakeholders, developers, and testers.

Skills

Onboard quickly

BA deliverables

Tailor communication

Synthesize info

Structured analysis

Strategic alignment

Quality standards

Multilingual meetings

Influence decisions

Teamwork

Autonomy

Leadership

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

GitLab

Lucidchart

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluate business context, drivers, and expected outcomes to ensure alignment with strategic goals and stakeholder expectations.
• Elicit, validate, and document business needs using structured techniques to ensure clarity and traceability.
• Assess current and target business models to identify value streams, capabilities, and operational impacts.
• Map and evaluate existing processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities using industry-standard techniques.
• Create visual representations of workflows using standard notations to support analysis, communication, and solution design.
• Compare current and desired states to identify capability gaps, improvement areas, and potential solutions.
• Convert business requirements into functional specifications that guide solution design and development.
• Identify, assess, and document risks related to business processes, systems, and change initiatives, including mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to strategic documentation that defines scope, objectives, value proposition, and governance for initiatives (e.g. business cases, vision documents, charters, and security plans).
• Develop clear deliverables such as Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Specifications, and User Stories with acceptance criteria.
• Define and manage acceptance criteria; support test case design and user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure requirements are met.
• Maintain requirements traceability (e.g., story/feature with test case) and manage change requests throughout the lifecycle.
• Document non-functional requirements (NFRs) (e.g., performance, security, usability) alongside functional requirements.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication among stakeholders, developers, and testers to ensure shared understanding and alignment.

SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGIES

• Good knowledge of information systems matters.
• Good knowledge of large organisation administrative business processes.
• Experience with enterprise software development in large-scale, complex information systems.
• Knowledge of analysis and modelling techniques aligned with BABOK and IEEE 29148, including user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, state diagrams, and entity relationship models.
• Good knowledge of BPMN or UML or equivalent modelling approaches.
• Good knowledge of diagramming, modelling and wireframing tools (e.g. Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, UML, BPMN, Axure, Balsamiq, Pencil).
• Knowledge of software development and governance methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, RUP, and ITIL.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as Jira or GitLab, including backlog practices (epics, user stories).
• Practical knowledge of Model Grant Agreements and programme-specific rules such as Horizon Europe, LIFE, and Digital Europe for Grant Agreement preparation, amendments, and reporting.
• Awareness of European Commission compliance requirements such as GDPR for participant data, eIDAS for digital signatures, and financial audit trails.
• Experience interpreting European Commission call documentation such as Work Programmes and Guides for Applicants to extract system requirements.
• Proficiency in requirements management, software development and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, SharePoint and GitLab for creating, managing, and prioritising epics, user stories, backlogs, acceptance criteria and documentation.
• Ability to use data analysis tools such as SQL and Excel to assess usage patterns and identify user needs.
• Experience with system integrations, including APIs and manual data imports.
• Knowledge of testing methodologies for validating functionalities, including UAT scripts and regression testing.

SKILLS

• Ability to onboard quickly, understand context, and contribute with minimal supervision.
• Ability to prepare business analysis deliverables while facilitating stakeholder input.
• Ability to tailor communication to business and technical audiences.
• Proficiency in synthesising complex information into clear presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Ability to apply structured analysis techniques to support evidence-based decisions.
• Ability to balance strategic alignment with detailed requirements and solution design.
• Ability to apply high quality standards.
• Ability to participate in multilingual meetings.
• Ability to build trust and influence decision-making.
• Ability to work in a team as well as autonomously.
• Results-oriented mindset, focused on delivering.
• Effective leadership and team management skills.