Functional Analyst

Our client in the banking sector is looking for a Functional Analyst who can start ASAP.

Responsibilities:

During the preparation phase:

• Accompany the product owner and client through the reflection towards a solution – propose alternative and adequate solutions in line with enterprise architecture and strategy, and considering cost/benefit.
• Ensure that the client understands and adopts enterprise rules and standards concerning architectural standards, security, …
• Work together with the architects to set up the architecture
• Close collaboration with project manager / asset manager / product owner
• Relay between the client, business analyst and involved asset teams, coordination of the involved asset teams (unified view towards the client – ensure that all involved IT parties clearly understand the client needs)

During the elaboration phase:

• Functional elaboration of the chosen solution alternative, translation of the business requirements in detailed functional requirements
• Align with involved assets on the functional responsibilities each asset will need to implement
• Application design of the solution, identifying and detailing the impacts on the different application components as specified in the architecture
• Align with the different technical teams of the asset in order to specify each of their requirements

During the construction phase:

• Follow-up of development and testing to ensure coherence between the functional specifications and the developed solution
• Provide the technical definitions of components that are supported by different teams (queues, security, integration layers, …)
• Support suppliers during the development and integration and assembly testing (I&AT)
• Analyse defects during test phase
• Support the release and deployment teams in the different environments

Once the solution is installed in production, provide ad hoc support to the operational entities and helpdesks. Analyse production incidents and coordinate their solution. Maintain the documentation accordingly.

Profile:

• At least 5 years of experience as a Functional Analyst
• Functional and technical knowledge of existing IT systems
• Knowledge of the concerned banking and technical domain
• Knowledge of analysis methodology (according to enterprise standards)
• Agile Methodology - Practical experience with Scrum
• Experience in the payments domain is a plus