BI Functional Analyst

CONTRACT DURATION: 19/10/2026 - 19/10/2027+WITH POSSIBLE OF EXTENSION

JOB DESCRIPTION:

FUNCTIONAL ANALYST DATA & ANALYTICS:

MISSION:

• The data functional analyst plays a key role in transforming business needs into valuable data-driven solutions.
• Acting as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, he/she helps shape the data platform capability that enable the company to make informed decisions.
• The data functional analyst contributes to the design and evolution of our data platform, ensuring that business requirements are translated into robust, scalable and high-quality data products.
• As our data landscape continues to evolve, he/she may have to opportunity to participate in the adoption of modern data technologies and cloud-enabled architectures.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT BUSINESS NEEDS:

• Collaborate with Business data analyst, business experts and project stakeholders to understand reporting, analytics and data requirements.
• Support the refinement and formalisation of business needs, ensuring requirements are clearly documented, consistent and actionable.
• Ensure traceability between business requirements, business rules and delivered data solutions.

TRANSLATE BUSINESS NEEDS INTO DATA SOLUTIONS:

• Produce and maintain functional analyses, business rules and detailed specifications.
• Collaborate closely with Business data analyst, Business Process Analysts, Data Engineers, IT Analysts and project teams.
• Prototype and validate business rules with stakeholders.
• Ensure traceability between business requirements, source systems and delivered solutions.

DESIGN DATA MODELS AND INFORMATION FLOWS:

• Contribute to the functional design of enterprise data warehouse, datamart and analytical data models.
• Define source-to-target mappings and integration logic.
• Participate in the design of scalable data flows and modern data architectures supporting future business needs.

ENSURE DATA QUALITY AND SOLUTION RELIABILITY:

• Analyse and profile operational data sources.
• Identify data quality issues and contribute to their resolution.
• Validate the consistency and integrity of business rules throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Ensure that delivered solutions meet both business expectations and quality standards.

SUPPORT SOLUTION VALIDATION:

• Define and execute functional tests to validate implemented solutions.
• Assist in defining business-oriented access rights and security requirements.

CONTRIBUTE TO PROJECT SUCCESS:

• Assess impacts, risks, priorities and dependencies related to ongoing initiatives.
• Provide functional expertise and recommendations to project managers and delivery leads.
• Contribute to estimating effort, defining scope and identifying mitigation actions when required.
• Promote continuous improvement in data governance, delivery practices and stakeholder collaboration.

KEY DELIVERABLES:

• Functional Design Documents (FDD)
• Source-to-Target Mappings (FMT)
• Logical Data Models
• Test Plans, Test Evidence and Issue Logs

PROFILE:

• Strong analytical mindset and ability to understand complex business processes.
• Experience in functional analysis within Data, Business Intelligence or Analytics environments.
• Ability to bridge business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with reporting, data warehousing and analytical solutions.
• Familiarity with data modelling concepts (dimensional modelling, star schema, data integration flows).
• Interest in modern data platforms, cloud technologies and evolving analytics ecosystems is an advantage
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Autonomous, proactive and solution-oriented.

SKILLS:

• Candidate holds a Master Degree
• During an interview the candidate can demonstrate his ability to conceptualize processes and data domain
• During an interview the candidate can demonstrate his ability to present one's ideas in a clear and structured way
• Fluent FR or NL
• Proven experience as Business Intelligence/Data analytics Analyst or Business Intelligence/Data Analytics Consultant
• Proven Experience Erwin Data modelling tool
• Proven experience in BI or Analytics domain
• Proven experience in Logistic reporting on SAP S/4HANA
• Proven Experience with business requirements gathering
• Proven experience with Power BI
• Proven experience with SAS Enterprise Guide (EG)
• Proven experience with SAS Visual Analytics (SAS VA)
• The consultant demonstrates experience as a BI Functional Analyst in at least two