Data & Analytics Functional Analyst (Freelance possible)

📋 Tasks and responsibilities

As a Functional Analyst Data & Analytics, you translate business needs into concrete data and reporting solutions. You connect business stakeholders with technical teams and help shape a data platform that supports informed decision-making.

You contribute to the functional design and further evolution of the data platform, making sure requirements are converted into reliable, scalable and high-quality data products. You may also contribute to the adoption of modern data technologies and cloud-enabled architectures.

• Work with business data analysts, business experts and project stakeholders to capture reporting, analytics and data requirements.
• Refine and formalise business needs so they are clear, consistent, documented and actionable.
• Maintain traceability between business requirements, business rules, source systems and delivered solutions.
• Prepare and maintain functional analyses, business rules and detailed specifications.
• Collaborate closely with business data analysts, business process analysts, data engineers, IT analysts and project teams.
• Prototype and validate business rules with stakeholders.
• Contribute to the functional design of enterprise data warehouses, datamarts and analytical data models.
• Define source-to-target mappings and integration logic.
• Support the design of scalable data flows and modern data architectures aligned with future business needs.
• Analyse and profile operational data sources, identify data quality issues and support their resolution.
• Validate the consistency and integrity of business rules throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Define and execute functional tests to validate implemented solutions.
• Assist in defining business-oriented access rights and security requirements.
• Assess impacts, risks, priorities and dependencies across ongoing initiatives.
• Provide functional input and recommendations to project managers and delivery leads.
• Contribute to effort estimates, scope definition and mitigation actions where needed.
• Support continuous improvement in data governance, delivery practices and stakeholder collaboration.

Key Deliverables

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

📝 Your profile

• Master's degree.
• Proven experience as a BI Functional Analyst or BI/Data Analytics Consultant in Data, Business Intelligence or Analytics environments.
• Experience in the BI or Analytics domain across at least two distinct business sectors.
• Ability to understand complex business processes and translate them into functional data solutions.
• Strong skills in business requirements gathering, process conceptualisation and structured communication.
• Ability to bridge business and technical stakeholders effectively.
• Experience with reporting, data warehousing and analytical solutions.
• Good knowledge of data modelling concepts such as dimensional modelling, star schema and data integration flows.
• Experience with Erwin data modelling tool.
• Experience with source-to-target mappings and enterprise data warehouse or datamart environments.
• Hands-on experience with Power BI, SAS Enterprise Guide (EG), SAS Visual Analytics (SAS VA) and SAS Data Integration.
• Experience with logistic reporting on SAP S/4HANA.
• Knowledge of Exadata.
• Experience in the utilities sector is an asset.
• Certification or proven experience as a Project Manager is an asset.
• Knowledge of GRD is an asset.
• Fluent in French or Dutch.
• Autonomous, proactive and solution-oriented, with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Interest in modern data platforms, cloud technologies and evolving analytics ecosystems is an advantage.

💼 Offer

You will be part of a growing Belgian SME where initiative and personal development are encouraged. We will provide you with an enjoyable work environment with fun colleagues. We will work out a career plan with you, with attention and a budget for extra education/certification. You can count on an attractive salary, supplemented with extra-legal benefits, including a company car.
(Freelance is also possible)