IT Functional Analyst

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.

• 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