Functional Analyst - COBOL M/F Consortia - Testing, Développement, Data & IA · Bruxelles · Hybride

Are you passionate about functional analysis, solution design, and insurance business processes? Then this position is for you.

As a Functional Analyst, you will be responsible for translating business requirements into robust IT solutions and ensuring the successful delivery and stability of applications supporting Life Insurance activities.

Build side:

• Analyze high-level business requirements and transform them into detailed functional specifications.
• Design end-to-end IT solutions covering user interfaces, business processes, and database impacts.
• Collaborate with Business, IS Project Managers, developers, testers, and other stakeholders to define solution scope and milestones.
• Contribute to functional and technical solution design within a complex insurance ecosystem.
• Prepare functional integration test scenarios and define the overall testing approach.
• Review solution implementation to ensure compliance with business requirements and design specifications.
• Support technical teams by clarifying requirements and validating proposed implementations.

Run side:

• Monitor application stability and support operational continuity.
• Analyze production incidents and coordinate corrective actions with relevant teams.
• Perform functional validation of delivered solutions before business release.
• Execute SQL queries and review COBOL source code when required to investigate issues.
• Maintain functional documentation and ensure knowledge transfer to operational teams.
• Report progress, risks, and dependencies to project stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across applications and processes.

You have at least 5 years of experience as a Functional Analyst in a complex IT environment. You are comfortable working with both business and technical stakeholders and have experience delivering large-scale business applications.

Experience in the insurance or banking sector is mandatory, with strong knowledge of contract management and administrative systems.

This is your career path

You have developed expertise in functional analysis, solution design, testing, and stakeholder management. You enjoy transforming business challenges into practical IT solutions while ensuring application quality and operational stability.

This is your expertise:

• Functional Analysis
• IT Solution Design
• Functional Integration Testing
• COBOL Micro Focus source code understanding
• SQL Server querying and analysis
• Administrative Systems Development
• Requirements Gathering & Documentation
• Insurance or Banking Business Processes
• Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• MS Office Suite

Languages :

• French : Good (must have)
• Dutch : Good (must have)
• English : Good (must have)

Nice to have:

• Life Insurance domain knowledge
• Contract Management, Claims and Financial Processes
• Web-based Client/Server architectures
• Batch Processing
• COBOL Micro Focus development experience
• .NET
• SQL Development
• Architectural Design

This is how you work as part of a team:

• Pragmatic and solution-oriented
• Analytical and methodical
• Quality-focused
• Strong communication skills
• Proactive and flexible
• Client-oriented mindset
• Quick learner
• Able to manage priorities, deadlines, and occasional pressure
• Collaborative with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

For over 30 years, Consort Group has been helping companies leverage their data and infrastructure. It is backed by two leaders, Consortis and Consortia, and places people and social responsibility at the heart of its values., Established in 2021, Consort Portugal supports the strategic offshoring choices of our clients, particularly in Europe, and brings our expertise in infrastructure services to the Portuguese market. With a team of around 45 employees, our Service Center based in Porto is developing a dynamic nearshore business, offering the French and European markets an environment of excellence and high potential., At Consort Group, you are an expert who we support so that every assignment becomes a step that counts.

• Attentive and human onboarding
• A truly hands-on management style
• Continuous training opportunities
• Concrete commitments: inclusion, equality, solidarity
• A comprehensive HR package: health insurance, TR card, CSE, pension plan
• A culture of feedback and meaningful projects

It’s clear

The recruitment process:

• An initial phone call with our recruitment team
• An HR interview and a job interview with a business engineer
• A test or technical interview with one of our experts
• A final meeting with your future manager or project manager

And if we’re a good fit, we’ll get started together.