Senior IT Business Analyst - French Speaker

KLx; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Health Insurance

Training & development

Job summary

KLx, the Portuguese subsidiary of Crédit Agricole S.A., is seeking a Business Analyst to join our Lisbon team and help translate business needs into functional specs within an international banking environment.

You will bridge business stakeholders and development teams, supporting Agile ceremonies and delivering clear documentation, user stories and acceptance criteria. Fluency in French and strong English are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Proven ability to write functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with test preparation, execution and validation activities.
• Strong SQL queries and database models knowledge.
• Experience in Agile environments and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and challenge business requirements and translate them into clear functional specifications and user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Participate in design of functional solutions aligned with needs and constraints; support parametrization and configuration.
• Act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams; support Agile ceremonies and communicate status, risks and dependencies.
• Produce and maintain functional and technical documentation throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Agile delivery

SQL

Database knowledge

Stakeholder management

Documentation

French (C1)

English (B2/C1)

Job description

KLx is the Portuguese subsidiary of Crédit Agricole S.A., a large international banking group that provides IT Skills & Software Development services to the IT organizations within the group's business lines. Our mission is to assist with the IT transformation & activities of a worldwide bank capitalizing on all the skills from our international campus in Lisbon.

About Responsibilities

We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our team and contribute to the analysis, design, documentation, and delivery of business solutions within an international banking environment.

You will act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring business requirements are accurately translated into functional specifications and successfully delivered through Agile methodologies.

Your main missions will be:

Business Analysis & Requirements Management

• Gather, analyse and challenge business requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate workshops and discussions with business stakeholders to identify priorities and define solutions.
• Produce and maintain functional and technical documentation throughout the project lifecycle.

Solution Design & Functional Support

• Participate in the design of functional solutions aligned with business needs and technical constraints.
• Perform impact analysis and support decision-making processes.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to ensure requirements are correctly understood and implemented.
• Contribute to solution parametrization and configuration activities when required.

Stakeholder Management & Agile Delivery

• Act as the key point of contact between business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Support Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Communicate project status, risks and dependencies effectively.
• Promote continuous improvement and best practices within the team.

About You

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Fluent in French (C1) and comfortable working in English (B2/C1).
• Strong experience in requirements gathering, functional analysis and solution design.
• Proven experience writing functional specifications, user stories, story mapping and technical documentation.
• Experience with test preparation, execution and validation activities.
• Good knowledge of SQL queries and database models.
• Good understanding of application and technical architectures.
• Experience working in Agile environments.

Nice to Have

• Experience in the banking industry.
• Experience with parametrization and configuration activities.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary + Bonus + Flex Benefits + Health Insurance;
• Hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work;
• Open Space with a lovely location next to Tejo, 5 minutes' walk from Metro and Train Station, 15 minutes' drive from Humberto Delgado's airport;
• Parking upon request (option to charge electrical cars);
• Free coffee, hot chocolate and fruits.
• Training (Hard and Soft Skills);
• International environment with more than 15 nationalities.
• A people oriented and friendly working environment