afarax - Senior Functional / Business Analyst

Il y a 6 heures

Brussels, Brussels, Belgique afarax Temps plein
afarax is looking for a freelance Senior Functional / Business Analyst. We need you
 

The project

 
Our client in the Insurance sector, is seeking an experienced Functional / Business Analyst.
 

Main responsibilities

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand, clarify and challenge their needs
  • Translate business needs into complete, precise and structured functional requirements for IT implementation teams
  • Analyse business processes, user needs, application behaviour and system dependencies
  • Produce functional analyses, requirements, process flows, user stories and acceptance criteria
  • Understand the existing application landscape and how front-end and back-end components interact
  • Identify interfaces, dependencies, data flows and potential impacts across connected applications
  • Ensure that functional requirements are aligned with the existing solution architecture
  • Facilitate alignment between business stakeholders, Product Owners, architects, analysts and development teams
  • Prepare test scenarios and test cases to validate delivered solutions
  • Support test execution, defect clarification and functional validation when required
  • Ensure traceability between business requirements, functional specifications and delivered functionality
  • Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous team improvement
  • Communicate progress, decisions, risks and functional issues clearly to all relevant stakeholders
 

Is this you?

 
Required experience and expertise:
  • At least seven years of experience as a Functional Analyst, Business Analyst or IT Business Analyst
  • Strong experience in insurance business analysis
  • Good understanding of insurance products, processes and operational environments
  • Proven experience translating business needs into detailed functional requirements
  • Strong stakeholder-management and negotiation capabilities
  • Experience working with complex application landscapes
  • Good understanding of front-end and back-end architecture, system integration and application dependencies
  • Ability to understand how application components, interfaces and data flows are interconnected
  • Experience preparing and supporting functional testing, User Acceptance Testing and solution validation
  • Strong analytical and structured mindset, with particular attention to accuracy and completeness
  • Experience working in large, multidisciplinary Agile teams
  • Ability to collaborate with Business Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Functional Analysts, Solution Architects and front-end and back-end developers
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Team-oriented, pragmatic and comfortable working with diverse stakeholders
  • Leadership mindset and ability to facilitate alignment without direct authority
 
Languages
  • English: Fluent or strong professional proficiency; primary language for communication with development teams
  • French: Fluent or strong professional proficiency; required for communication with business stakeholders, Product Owners and internal colleagues
  • Dutch: Passive understanding is mandatory
 

How afarax supports you?

  • You benefit from our extensive network
  • You will have access to projects that fit your expertise
  • We help and support you throughout your project
  • We offer the possibility to build a valuable and lasting partnership