Functional Analyst

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Technology

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We are looking for an experienced Functional Analyst to join our team and play a key role in the development and delivery of technology projects that support our Tax & Legal core business. As a Functional Analyst, you will be responsible for gathering, analyzing, and documenting requirements for custom-developed applications, primarily within the Microsoft .NET framework, that are critical to our core business functions.

In this role, you will work closely with stakeholders, including business users, the development team, and global Deloitte member firms, to ensure that project requirements are accurately captured, thoroughly understood, and effectively communicated and documented. You will also be tasked with analyzing complex business processes, identifying potential improvements, and translating business needs into clear, actionable specifications that guide our development efforts.

Your responsibilities:

1. Supporting business owners to identify product vision & mission.
2. Helping product owners to translate mission statements into product roadmaps.
3. Analyzing business requirements on the roadmap and using functional decomposition to define high-level epics, features, and user stories to create a well-organized, value-driven flexible delivery.
4. Documenting interrelationships and associated business process flows.
5. Participating in Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum Stand Up, and Sprint Retrospective meetings.
6. Writing individual user stories that are very clear, concise, and easy to understand for smooth implementation by the development team.
7. Guiding the development teams to break down large and complex user stories into simplified versions for execution.
8. Creating test and release plans to ensure the right business requirements are implemented at the agreed timing in close collaboration with the scrum master and product owner.
9. Organizing user acceptance and functional testing in close collaboration with the scrum master and product owner.
10. Working with the product owner to maintain an up-to-date product backlog.
11. Documenting acceptance criteria and facilitating sign-off.
12. Accountable for product release and associated acceptance signoff.
13. Active participant in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) continuous improvement track for the Tax & Legal technology organization.
14. Identifying improvements in the ALM and flexible delivery processes and tools and/or functional analyst way of working.

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The ideal candidate will have a strong background in requirements analysis, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to navigate project dependencies and stakeholder relationships in a fast-paced, agile environment.

KEY SKILLS:

• Ability to collaborate closely with SMEs, product, and business owners.
• Identify and analyze core business requirements and key product features.
• Coordinate and facilitate interviews and workshops to gather and analyze requirements.
• Develop functional and non-functional requirement specifications, creating detailed use cases and process flow diagrams to support identified specifications.
• Provide comprehensive support to all stakeholders through training and documentation.
• Ability to translate business requirements into a quantified product backlog.
• Development and grooming of product backlogs.
• Writing user stories resulting in a clear, detailed, and complete understanding of features.
• Ability to assist offshore/nearshore and onsite testing.
• Experience working with agile methods and tools.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in an international environment.
• Very good documentation skills with the ability to provide structure.
• Profound presentation and communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps is a plus.
• Ability to think out of the box.
• Team player.

If you are passionate about bridging the gap between business needs and technology solutions, and are ready to contribute to impactful technology projects, we would love to hear from you.

Deloitte Tax and Legal lies at the crossroads of tax, law, business, and innovation, so it is subject to constant change. We thrive on this complexity and see the opportunities. It’s what keeps us sharp. We help our clients connect for impact by anticipating change, unlocking the full potential of their people, extracting strategic insights from data, and creating new value through digital technologies.

We provide industry-leading audit and assurance, tax and legal, consulting, and related services. We are committed to driving innovation across offerings to help our clients address their challenges while giving our professionals opportunities to learn and grow in this era of transformation.

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• My Benefits My Choice, a flexible rewards plan tailored to your lifestyle and priorities.
• Sustainable transport options offered by Mobility@Deloitte.
• Flexible work arrangements for all and initiatives supported by Parents@Deloitte.
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• Topped off with other health benefits and insurance opportunities.

Empowering our employees with flexible work arrangements remains essential in today's reality:

• Hybrid workplace: combination of home office and on-site (+10 offices in Belgium or client's premises).
• Part-time employment: all our jobs are open to part-time work under a 90% or 80% regime.

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