IT Functional Analyst

Keystone Solutions
Brussels, Belgium
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary to permanent
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Remote
Brussels, Belgium

Tech stack

.NET
Microsoft Windows
COBOL
Document Management Systems
PRINCE2
Software Engineering
SQL Databases
Test Management
Test Management Approach (TMap)
Enterprise Integration
Front End Software Development
Microfocus
Programming Languages

Job description

This is a consultancy mission with Keystone Solutions. As a Keystone Solutions consultant, you will be deployed to work closely with our client as an IT Functional Analyst, operating within a dynamic IT department of around 100 persons, with multiple teams and end-to-end responsibilities. The department is responsible for all software developments of insurance-related applications. The applications are developed based on a Microfocus mainframe emulator in Windows (programming language Cobol/Mix Cobol+.NET), with various technologies used on the frontend (.Net, CRM), printing, integration and communication side. You will perform all responsibilities below under Keystone Solutions' consultancy model at the client site., * You will be employed by Keystone Solutions and assigned to our client as a consultant.

  • Work will involve on-site collaboration at the client location and coordinated remote work, following client standards and Keystone Solutions' best practices.
  • You will engage directly with business stakeholders and technical teams at the client while being supported by Keystone Solutions.

Dynamic Projects:

  • Opportunity to contribute to a challenging business roadmap over the next years within the client's environment.
  • Work across multi-layer applications and diverse front-end, printing, integration, and communication technologies.
  • Possibility of extension beyond the initial mission depending on project evolution.

Turbo-Charged Learning and Development:

  • Broaden your expertise across Cobol/Mix Cobol+.NET, .NET, CRM, and enterprise integration practices.
  • Benefit from Keystone Solutions' continuous learning support: coaching, knowledge sharing, and targeted upskilling aligned to client mission needs.
  • Hands-on experience with end-to-end delivery in a large-scale insurance context.

Ambition Skyrocketing within a Consultancy Framework:

  • Accelerate your career through varied, high-impact client engagements.
  • Gain visibility by reporting progress, coordinating with technical designers and programmers, and supporting project leaders.
  • Build a strong track record with measurable outcomes and references from complex delivery environments., * Be in charge of translating business requirements into a structured IT solution while keeping a functional approach and respecting the standards
  • Help translating this functional design into well-tailored technical design
  • Prepare functional integration test cases based on the requirements
  • Test the product before delivery to the users
  • Analyse potential corrective actions to be taken
  • Coordinate technical designers and programmers during implementation of functionalities
  • Work closely with the business to ensure the final solution fits their needs
  • Report to your manager and project leaders on the progress of your work
  • Actively support the Project leaders in the project implementation

Remarks:

  • The candidate will demonstrate a proven similar experience with strong customer references.
  • During the interview, the candidates will provide concrete deliverables of his/her past missions.

Emphasizing Keystone Solutions' Values in a Consultancy Context:

  • As a K-Stone, you embody excellence, integrity, and client-centricity in every engagement.
  • You collaborate openly, communicate clearly, and deliver reliably, ensuring value at each stage of the mission.
  • Being a K-Stone means bringing curiosity, structure, and ownership to every client project.

Role-Specific Enhancements Reflecting Consultancy Work:

  • Apply your functional analysis expertise across multiple client scenarios, from translating business requirements to coordinating delivery with technical teams.
  • Leverage your experience in Non-Life insurance (underwriting and claims) and document management to deliver robust, standards-aligned solutions.
  • Operate confidently within multi-layer applications and collaborate on solutions spanning Cobol/Mix Cobol+.NET, .NET, CRM, printing, integration, and communication technologies.

Requirements

  • Professional bachelor or master in engineering, Computer Sciences, Sciences. (or equivalent through experience).

Required Knowledge and Experience:

Personal Skills (soft skills - intangible qualities or traits that enhance our interactions) - Mandatory

  • Quick learner
  • Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
  • Good communication and listening skills
  • Result oriented with attention for quality and details
  • Methodical, structured and pro-active
  • Analytic
  • Client oriented
  • Open minded

Personal Skills - Preferable

  • Dynamic
  • Creative

Business experience required (work experience) - Mandatory

  • Non-Life underwriting insurance
  • Mid-level (2 y - 5 y)

Business experience - Preferable

  • Non-Life claims insurance
  • Document management

Technical experience required (hard skills related to physical or digital tools) - Mandatory

  • Multi layers applications

Technical experience - Preferable

  • SQL

Functional experience required (job experience in particular industry and in particular function) - Mandatory

  • Significant experience as IT Functional Analyst, ideally in large company, in direct contact with Business stakeholders
  • Mid-level (2 y - 5 y)

Functional experience - Preferable

  • Project leading principles/experience - Prince2 methodology
  • Test management principles (TMAP)
  • Knowledge of technical analysis

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