Functional Analyst

Context and objective

The role is within the banking domain, with a focus on investment trading. The mission is to translate business requirements into functional and non-functional specifications, support solution design, and collaborate closely with delivery teams in a Scrum environment.

Main responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements documentation
• Create functional and non-functional specifications based on business requirements
• Detail solution design in collaboration with the Architect and Development team
• Design service specifications
• Define the data model with the Data Architect
• Write functional requirements, including user stories in Jira and documentation in Confluence
• Collaborate closely with the Product Owner, Business Analyst, Architect and Scrum team members
• Support the Scrum team in software development and testing activities
• Decompose high-level information from different sources into detailed and structured artifacts understandable by the development team

Required profile

Domain knowledge:
• Knowledge of financial investment products, trading and advisory business

Technical skills:
• Strong knowledge of functional and non-functional requirements
• Strong knowledge of UML, including activity diagrams and sequence diagrams
• Strong knowledge of SQL
• Knowledge of file formats such as XML, JSON and CSV
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneDrive, SharePoint and Copilot
• Experience with Jira in a Scrum context
• Knowledge of AI
• Understanding of application servers, POD, containers, micro-services, service orchestration, message bus and ETL

Experience and qualifications:
• Degree in Business, Economics or Computer Science
• More than 5 years of relevant experience as a Functional Analyst
• Native-level Dutch or French, with fluent English

Soft skills:
• Strong analytical and technical capabilities
• Proven communication skills
• Profound knowledge of methods and tools for functional specifications
• Technical background and strong appetite for technology
• Team player
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience working with different vendors, locally and/or offshore, in a multicultural environment