Functional Analyst

Functional Analyst

Location:Brussels, Belgium
Working Model:50% Onsite / 50% Remote
Contract:6-month initial contract
Day Rate:€600 per day
Language:English mandatory; French mandatory; Dutch basic

The Role

We are supportingBNP Paribasin recruiting an experiencedFunctional Analystto join the Brussels-based Tribe International Payments team.

The team is working on the development and maintenance of IT technologies supporting international payments, with a focus on innovative payment technologies and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).

Working within a multicultural and empowered Agile squad, you will be responsible for analysing business requirements, designing functional solutions and supporting their development, testing, integration and deployment into production.

You will act as a key link between business stakeholders, Business Analysts, Product Owners, architects and technical teams, ensuring requirements are clearly understood and translated into effective functional and technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Requirements & Solution Preparation

• Work closely with Business Analysts, clients and Product Owners to understand and refine business requirements.
• Propose appropriate solution options aligned with enterprise architecture, security standards and overall strategy.
• Assess potential solutions based on cost and benefit.
• Work with architects to define the solution architecture.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical requirements, Features and User Stories.
• Coordinate with involved IT and asset teams to ensure a consistent understanding of requirements.

Functional Analysis & Solution Design

• Lead the functional elaboration of selected solutions.
• Translate business requirements into detailed specifications and analysis for Developers and Test Engineers.
• Define the functional responsibilities of different application and technical teams.
• Analyse the impact of proposed solutions across application components.
• Work with technical teams to define and document their requirements.
• Identify the data, processes and application components required to support the solution.

Development, Testing & Delivery

• Follow the development and testing process to ensure the delivered solution aligns with functional and technical specifications.
• Provide technical definitions for components supported by different teams.
• Support suppliers during development, integration and assembly testing.
• Support the implementation and ongoing improvement of APIs.
• Document solutions and functional specifications.
• Assist Test Engineers with test sets and test scenarios.
• Analyse defects and support the resolution of complex issues.
• Support release and deployment teams across different environments.
• Collaborate with other squads within Tribe International Payments and across the wider BNP Paribas Group.

Production Support

• Support operational teams and helpdesks once solutions are deployed into production.
• Analyse production incidents and coordinate their resolution.
• Maintain and update technical and functional documentation.
• Support continuous improvements following production feedback and incidents.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience as a Functional Analyst.
• Strong functional and technical knowledge of IT systems.
• Experience working with banking and payment products.
• Experience analysing payment requirements and processes.
• Strong knowledge of analysis methodologies.
• Practical experience working within Agile/Scrum environments.
• Knowledge and experience in building Swagger APIs.
• Ability to translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications.
• Experience working with multiple technical teams, stakeholders and suppliers.
• Strong documentation and analytical skills.
• Experience working in complex, multicultural environments.

Agile Experience

The successful candidate should demonstrate a strong Agile mindset, including:

• Positive and pragmatic approach.
• Willingness to learn, adapt and share knowledge.
• Strong focus on team success and collaboration.
• Ability to use feedback to continuously improve.
• Willingness to contribute beyond the primary analyst role when required to achieve sprint objectives.
• Practical experience with Scrum.

Soft Skills

• Highly analytical with the ability to absorb and process information quickly.
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