Data Functional Analyst

About Us

For more than 25 years, ITS Group has been a French ESN specializing in digital transformation, employing around 1,400 employees across 8 agencies in France and 1 in Belgium. Our expertise: IT infrastructure & operations, cloud & managed services, mobility, workstations & networks, strategy, consulting & AMO, cybersecurity, development of business applications. ITS Group places its CSR commitment at the heart of its concerns by developing sustainable and responsible digital technology and by promoting the professional and personal development of its employees. Find out more: www.itsgroup.com

About the Job

Great assignments await you with our key account clients in rich and varied environments. We are looking for a Data Functional Analyst to join a multidisciplinary Agile Data Office team and act as the bridge between business needs and data/technical solutions.

The role focuses on business requirements gathering, data functional analysis, data flow analysis, functional and technical specifications, and conceptual/logical data modelling. The consultant will work closely with business Subject Matter Experts, Data Architects, Data Governance, BI Technical Leads, ICT teams and the DPO, while also supporting testing and business-user adoption.

The ideal candidate combines strong data literacy and business understanding with hands‑on experience in Kimball data warehouse modelling and the Microsoft on‑premise data stack.

Your missions

• Collect, analyse and understand business and data-related requirements.
• Translate business needs into functional, data and technical requirements.
• Analyse business processes and operational/analytics data flows.
• Define conceptual and logical data models.
• Contribute to the functional design of data products and developments.
• Ensure that delivered data solutions are properly tested, compliant and adopted by business users.
• Collaborate effectively across business, data, BI, ICT, governance and privacy stakeholders.

Your activities

• Lead discussions with different Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to understand their data-related needs.
• Identify, assess and understand business processes.
• Analyse incoming and outgoing operational and analytics data flows.
• Translate business requirements into data and technical requirements/specifications.
• Design and validate data models in collaboration with Data Architects.
• Define the functional design for developments in close collaboration with:
  • Data Governance teams
  • BI Technical Leads
  • ICT teams
• Work with the DPO to ensure GDPR and security compliance.
• Ensure the testing of developed data products.
• Inform and train business users.
• Encourage and support business-user adoption.

Must Have

Experience & Education

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent through professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Data Functional Analysis.
• Concrete experience in Data Warehouse Modelling, specifically the Kimball approach.
• Concrete experience in designing and analysing data flows.
• Minimum 3 years of concrete experience with the Microsoft on‑premise data stack:
  • SQL Server
  • SSIS
  • SSAS
  • Power BI
• Confirmed experience in data modelling.
• Confirmed SQL knowledge.

Functional & Data Skills

• Strong data literacy.
• Strong conceptual and business understanding.
• Ability to collect and structure business requirements.
• Ability to translate business needs into functional and technical solutions/specifications.
• Ability to define conceptual and logical data models.
• Understanding of business processes and operational/analytics data flows.
• Ability to contribute to functional design.
• Ability to support data product testing.
• Awareness of GDPR and security requirements in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders.

Languages

• French: B2+ minimum, professional speaking, reading and writing.
• Dutch: B2+ minimum, professional speaking, reading and writing.
• English: active knowledge.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities.
• Pragmatic and delivery‑focused approach.
• Strong sense of ownership and autonomy.
• Can‑do attitude.
• Strong team‑player mindset.
• Perseverant, stress‑resistant and flexible.
• Open‑minded and willing to learn.

Nice to Have

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