Business Analyst

Hybrid, Brussels 

280-320 euro/day

1. CONTEXT/INTRODUCTION

European Commission agency which provides high quality corporate solutions/information systems for EC and non EC entities, enabling the successful implementation of the Commission's Digital Transformation and EU policies.

2.DESCRIPTION OF THE TASKS

• Collaborate with business users, stakeholders and technical teams to gather and document data requirements.
• Conduct thorough analysis of business processes and user needs to define clear and comprehensive data requirements.
• Perform data analysis translating the needs into reports and visualisations.
• Work closely with data architects and database developers to design and model data

  structures that align with business requirements.

• Translate business requirements to a business case, describing As Is vs To Be and

  providing a Fit-Gap analysis.

• Offer customer guidance in choosing and proposing the most suitable solution to aid

  their daily activities.

• Document clear functional specifications for the development team
• Ensure that documentation is up-to-date and accessible to relevant stakeholders.
• Test and validate the proposed reports and dashboards and its functionalities making sure

  it correctly reflects the data from the source systems.

• Implement and oversee data quality standards, ensuring that data is accurate, consistent

  and reliable.

• Identify and address data quality issues through collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Assist in the go-life of the validated solution.
• Provide knowledge sharing and expertise towards the internal team of consultants.
• Draft test plans and test scenarios linked to business requirements.
• Collaborate with ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) developers to define data integration

  requirements.

• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of business needs and data requirements.

• Evaluate the impact of changes to business processes on the data warehouse.
• Work with stakeholders to manage change requests and ensure that changes align with

  overall business and data strategies.

• Perform demos on the reports and dashboards for the relevant stakeholders.
• Organise workshops with the relevant stakeholders.

3.LEVEL OF EDUCATION

Masters/Bachelors Degree 

4.KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

The following additional skills and knowledge are required for the performance of theabove-listed tasks:

• Hands-on experience as a Business Analyst in the context of reporting and data visualization.
• Knowledge of SQL for data exploration
• Proven experience with modelling techniques such as BPMN, UML, etc.
• Extensive knowledge and practical experience of analysis/modelling tools and  techniques (use case diagram, state diagram, entity relationship model etc.)
• Strong knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g. RUP, Agile)
• Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, excellent communicator.
• Capability of working in an international/ multicultural environment
• Good understanding and experience to apply the SAFe methodology.
• Proven experience understanding complex information systems and data flows.
• Ability to analyse complex business processes and understand the underlying data

  requirements.

• Deep understanding of the business domain and industry to translate business

  requirements into data solutions.

• Strong capacity in preparing and documenting clear and comprehensive business

   requirements.

• Familiarity with relevant technologies such as data integration tools, reporting tools and

  database management systems.

• Understanding of data quality concepts and experience implementing data quality 

  standards

• Capability to speak to business and technical audiences.
• Strong capacity to give high level presentations.
• Great communication and interpersonal skills
• Great presentation skills
• Understanding of change management principles and the ability to navigate changes

   within the data warehouse environment.

NON-Technical skills:

• Capability of integration in an international/multicultural environment.
• Ability to work in multi-cultural environment, on multiple projects with multiple

  stakeholders.

• Ability to understand, speak and write in English
• High degree of discretion and integrity is required