Senior Business Analyst: Strategy, Process & Requirements

AlmavivA de Belgique; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AlmavivA de Belgique in Brussels seeks a Senior Business Analyst to evaluate business context, elicit needs, and define solutions aligned with strategic goals. You will map processes, create visual models, document requirements, and manage risks while ensuring traceability across initiatives.

You will contribute to BRDs, Functional Specs, and User Stories with acceptance criteria, support UAT, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders, developers, and testers.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of information systems matters.
• Knowledge of large organisation administrative business processes.
• Experience with enterprise software development in large-scale, complex information systems.
• Knowledge of BABOK/IEEE 29148 modelling techniques, including user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, state diagrams, and ER models.
• Knowledge of BPMN or UML or equivalent modelling approaches.
• Diagramming, modelling and wireframing tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, UML, BPMN, Axure, Balsamiq, Pencil.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, RUP, ITIL governance methodologies.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as Jira or GitLab, backlog practices.
• Knowledge of Model Grant Agreements and Horizon Europe, LIFE, Digital Europe rules for grants.
• Awareness of GDPR, eIDAS, audit trails.
• Experience interpreting EC call docs to extract system requirements.
• Proficiency with Jira/Confluence/SharePoint/GitLab for epics, user stories, backlogs, acceptance criteria.
• Ability to use SQL and Excel to analyze usage patterns and needs.
• Experience with system integrations, APIs and data imports.
• Knowledge of UAT scripts and regression testing.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate business context, drivers, and expected outcomes to align with strategic goals and stakeholder expectations.
• Elicit, validate, and document business needs using structured techniques for clarity and traceability.
• Assess current and target business models to identify value streams and operational impacts.
• Map and evaluate existing processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
• Create visual representations of workflows using standard notations to support analysis and design.
• Compare current and desired states to identify capability gaps and solutions.
• Convert business requirements into functional specifications for solution design.
• Identify, assess, and document risks with mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to strategic documents (BRDs, vision, charters, security plans).
• Develop BRDs, Functional Specs, and User Stories with acceptance criteria.
• Define and manage acceptance criteria; support test design and UAT.
• Maintain requirements traceability and manage change requests.
• Document non-functional requirements alongside functional ones.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication among stakeholders, developers, and testers.

Skills

Onboard quickly

Stakeholder communication

Multilingual meetings

Teamwork & autonomy

Clear presentations

Structured analysis

Strategic alignment

Quality standards

Influence decisions

Leadership

Delivery focus

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

GitLab

Microsoft Visio

Lucidchart

UML

BPMN

Axure

Balsamiq

Pencil

SQL

Excel

Job description

AlmavivA de Belgique in Brussels seeks a Senior Business Analyst to evaluate business context, elicit needs, and define solutions aligned with strategic goals. You will map processes, create visual models, document requirements, and manage risks while ensuring traceability across initiatives.

You will contribute to BRDs, Functional Specs, and User Stories with acceptance criteria, support UAT, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders, developers, and testers.