🔎 Freelance Functional/Data Analyst
📍 Brussels region (hybrid)
📅 March 16, 2026 – December 31, 2026
⏳ Apply before: March 4, 2026
For a leading financial organization, we are looking for a Functional/Data Analyst to support a strategic control room initiative within the Risk domain.
🚀 Project Context
This strategic program centralizes risk insights, automates control follow-ups, and provides real-time monitoring to support decision-making, transparency, and operational efficiency.
The initiative combines data, processes, and user workflows into a modern control room solution.
🎯 Your Responsibilities
📌 Requirements & Analysis
* Collaborate closely with Risk, Compliance, Data Owners, and Process Experts
* Analyze and challenge business requirements
* Translate needs into structured functional specifications
* Model current and future processes to identify optimization and automation opportunities
🧩 Functional Design
* Design dashboards, alerts, workflows, data flows, user journeys, and reporting features
* Define automated control and alerting rules
* Ensure consistency with overall architecture and project vision
🤝 Collaboration & Delivery
* Work closely with developers, data specialists, and Product Owner in an agile environment (Scrum/Kanban)
* Support refinement sessions, sprint planning, and backlog prioritization
* Validate deliverables during testing cycles
* Guide business acceptance testing
* Translate complex topics into clear communication for non-technical stakeholders
🔍 Quality & Continuous Improvement
* Maintain clear documentation (user stories, process flows, acceptance criteria)
* Proactively identify improvements in UX, process optimization, and scalability
* Contribute to building a future-proof control room solution
✅ Profile
Must-Haves
* Proven experience as a Functional Analyst, Business Analyst, or similar role in digital or data-driven projects
* Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills
* Ability to translate business needs into functional designs understood by developers
* Experience in agile environments (Scrum/Kanban)
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* Proficiency in English
Nice-to-Haves
* Experience in risk or compliance environments
* Experience with process modelling (BPMN, UML, or similar)
* Familiarity with dashboarding or monitoring solutions (Power BI, Qlik Sense, Splunk, etc.)
* Knowledge of workflows and automation tools
* Understanding of data models and APIs
* Dutch language skills
🌍 Languages
* English (mandatory)
* Dutch (nice to have)
🧠 Soft Skills
* Strong analytical and conceptual mindset
* Proactive and able to take initiative
* Clear, structured, and convincing communication
* Collaborative team player
* Customer-centric approach
* Eager to learn and quickly absorb new information
* Process- and documentation-driven
💻 Technical Skills
* SQL / DQL
* GitHub / Bitbucket
* Google Analytics
* Jira
* Microsoft Teams
* Qlik Sense
📩 Interested or know someone who would be a strong fit? Feel free to send me a direct message.via kim@recurv.be.