Our client is looking for a senior Functional Analyst
Context
To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Functional/Data Analyst who will help translate business needs into clear functional designs and guide the delivery of high‑quality digital solutions.
Responsibilities
As a senior Functional Analyst with proven experience in bank and insurance, you have over 5 years of experience in managing the functional design of information systems :
- You create the concept and manage the planning for preliminary analysis and design phase;
- You perform the functional analysis of information systems and draw up the functional design after the prestudy;
- You support changes and enhancements from development through production;
- You recommend and implement system enhancements;
- You develop new program requirements and specifications to support specific customer needs;
- You support system upgrades and resolve problems with current systems;
- You analyse service requests to determine feasibility, technological changes, resource requirements and project time estimates.
As a Functional/Data Analyst for the KATE Control Room project, you will:
Requirements & Analysis
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders (Risk, Compliance, data Owners, Process Experts) to understand needs and pain points.
- Analyze and challenge requirements, transforming them into clear, structured functional specifications.
- Model current and future processes to identify improvements and automation opportunities.
Functional Design
- Create detailed functional designs for dashboards, alerts, workflows, data flows, user journeys, and reporting features.
- Define rules for automated controls and alerting mechanisms.
- Ensure consistency with the overall architecture and the project vision.
Collaboration & Delivery
- Work closely with the team (developers, data specialists, PO,..) in an agile context.
- Work closely with business to truly understand the business needs
- Support refinement sessions, sprint planning, and backlog prioritization.
- Validate deliveries during testing cycles and guide acceptance testing.
- Translate complex topics into clear communication for non‑technical stakeholders.
Quality & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain clear documentation (user stories, process flows, acceptance criteria).
- Proactively spot improvements in user experience, process optimization, and system usability.
- Help build a scalable and future-proof control-room experience.
Your Profile
Must-Haves
- Proven experience as a Functional Analyst, Business Analyst or similar role in digital or data-driven projects.
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
- Ability to translate business needs into functional designs that developers understand.
- Experience in agile environments (Scrum/Kanban).
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency in English.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in risk, compliance environments.
- Experience with process modelling (BPMN, UML or similar)
- Familiarity with dashboarding or monitoring solutions (Power BI, Qlik Sense, Splunk, etc.).
- Knowledge of workflows and automation tools.
- Understanding of data models and APIs.
- Dutch
Next to a proven experience in bank and insurance, you have the following core competences : Agile Methodologies, Analytical thinking, Collaborating, Data driven, IT Security, Software development.
