Senior BI Functional Analyst

We are looking for a Senior BI Functional Analyst specialized in Data & Analytics who can act as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams. The consultant will support the transformation of business needs into data-driven solutions, contribute to the design and evolution of data platforms, and ensure the delivery of scalable, reliable and high-quality analytical solutions.

The role combines functional analysis, data modelling, business requirements gathering, data quality management, testing, stakeholder management and support for data warehouse/reporting initiatives. The consultant will work closely with business experts, data analysts, data engineers and project teams to ensure business requirements are translated into robust data products and analytical solutions.

Your missions:

Understand and Support Business Needs

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, business data analysts and subject matter experts.
• Gather, analyse and formalise reporting, analytics and data requirements.
• Ensure requirements are documented, coherent and actionable.
• Maintain traceability between business requirements, business rules and delivered solutions.

Translate Business Needs into Data Solutions

• Produce functional analyses and detailed functional specifications.
• Define and document business rules.
• Prototype and validate requirements with stakeholders.
• Ensure traceability between source systems, business needs and delivered solutions.

Design Data Models and Information Flows

• Contribute to the functional design of Enterprise Data Warehouses.
• Design Datamarts and analytical data models.
• Define source-to-target mappings.
• Define integration rules and data transformation logic.
• Participate in the evolution of scalable data architectures and modern data platforms.

Ensure Data Quality and Reliability

• Analyse and profile operational data sources.
• Detect and resolve data quality issues.
• Validate consistency and integrity of business rules.
• Ensure delivered solutions meet business and quality expectations.

Support Solution Validation

• Define functional test strategies and test plans.
• Execute and coordinate functional testing activities.
• Validate delivered solutions.
• Support the definition of business-oriented security and access rights.

Contribute to Project Success

• Assess impacts, risks, dependencies and priorities.
• Provide functional expertise and recommendations.
• Support effort estimation and scope definition.
• Identify mitigation actions for project risks.
• Promote continuous improvement in data governance and delivery practices.

Your activities:

Functional Analysis

• Requirements gathering workshops.
• Functional documentation.
• Business rules definition and maintenance.
• Stakeholder communication and alignment.
• Functional design reviews.

Data & Analytics

• Data warehouse functional design.
• Datamart design.
• Analytical model definition.
• Data flow analysis.
• Source-to-target mapping definition.
• Data integration analysis.

Data Quality Management

• Data profiling.
• Data quality assessment.
• Data consistency checks.
• Resolution of data quality issues.

Testing & Validation

• Functional test planning.
• Test execution.
• Validation of implemented solutions.
• Documentation of test evidence and issue logs.

Governance & Delivery

• Impact analysis.
• Risk assessment.
• Scope management support.
• Collaboration with business and technical teams.
• Continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Deliverables

• Functional Design Documents (FDD)
• Functional Mapping / Source-to-Target Mapping Documents (FMT)
• Logical Data Models
• Test Plans
• Test Evidence
• Issue Logs

You have the following skills:

Must-HaveEducation

• Master’s Degree.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in the BI / Analytics domain.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as:
• BI Analyst
• Data Analytics Analyst
• BI Consultant
• Data Analytics Consultant
• Proven experience as a BI Functional Analyst.
• Experience in at least two different business sectors.

Functional Analysis

• Senior-level experience in business requirements gathering.
• Ability to conceptualize business processes and data domains.
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and in a structured manner.
• Strong analytical mindset.
• Ability to bridge business and technical stakeholders.

Data & Analytics

• BI and Analytics expertise.
• Reporting solutions experience.
• Data Warehousing experience.
• Analytical solutions experience.
• Data modelling expertise.
• Dimensional modelling.
• Star schema modelling.
• Data integration flows.

Tools & Technologies

• Erwin Data Modelling Tool.
• Power BI.
• SAS Enterprise Guide (SAS EG).
• SAS Visual Analytics (SAS VA).

Business Knowledge

• Logistics reporting on SAP S/4HANA.

Languages

• Fluent French or Dutch.

Personal Skills

• Autonomous.
• Proactive.
• Solution-oriented.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Certification or proven experience as Project Manager.
• Experience in a Distribution System Operator / Grid Environment (GRD).
• Experience in the Utilities sector.
• Experience with Exadata.
• Experience with SAS Data Integration.
• Knowledge or interest in modern cloud-based data platforms.
• Familiarity with modern analytics ecosystems and cloud technologies., + You have at least 8 years of professional experiences in IT
• If you are at least fluent in FR/ENG or NL/ENG it’s best
• You’re eager to learn, motivated and curious
• Let’s have a chat !

• Group insurance
• Dental insurance (partner/children included)
• 20 days statutory paid vacations (legal vacations cumulated for 1 year of work)
• 11 days recovery time work 38/40 per year (= annual average: 1 day per 20 days worked) if the client asks you to work 8h/day
• Representation fee net per month.
• Internet fee of € 40 per month.
• Company car with national fuel card OR Public transport reimbursed OR mobility package.
• Daily fee of 5.50€ net /day provided.
• Subscription GSM unlimited calls for Belgium (ITS subscription)
• Training plan (e-learning - certification at ITS charge)

Extra advantages:

• Being a rather small team in BE (6 in back-office), we’re very close to each of our consultants and we differentiate ourselves trying to really take care of you and make you grow with us and within our different clients.
• Regular follow-up (every 3 to 6months depending on your needs/will)
• Regular teambuilding to meet-up and have fun (every 3 months more or less)
• Flexibility and trust
• Benefits of still being part to a bigger group (ITS Group) and having access to resources and of a larger team of Experts
• Co-optation system because sharing is caring!