Business Analyst SAS

Company Profile

This company makes sure the common interest is guaranteed, nationally and internationally.
It offers supporting services to financial institutions, individuals, the Belgian governement, etc. Function Description

The business analyst will be responsible for:
• Detailed identification, analysis, description and validation of both existing business processes and new functional needs of the users (user requirements/identifying different solutions);
• He formulates propositions to improve different aspects of the business processes to come to, cost-reductions, better functionalities for our customers and make a better use of the disposable resources;
• working closely together with the functional analyst, in order to validate the proposed choices/solutions;
• In a last stage, the consultant will produce all documentation needed throughout the earliest stages of projects; following the case this will be in English and in Dutch and/or French.

The business analyst is responsible for delivering, with respect of the deadlines of:
• a description of the business context "as is"
• proposals for "to be",
• the requirements of IT and people (in sort & number). Skills
• At least 3 years' proven experience in Business Process modeling and design;
• At least 3 years' experience in project management;
• proving his initiative was "key" in the successful completion of a pertinent project.

Technical skills:
• Advanced skills of Access or SAS in combination with SQL;
• Good skills of Microsoft packages Excel, Word, Outlook
• Documented experience with the file-format "XBRL" is an advantage.

Business skills:
• Proven competences related with accountancy and financial analysis;
• Proven experience as a business analyst in projects;
• ability to determine what the system or product has to do and to identify the opportunities IT-solutions can bring into this;
• ability to evaluate, prioritize and optimize the business processes and functions;
• ability to communicate with project stakeholders (good command of business language).

Analytical skills:
• knowledge of (different) modelling techniques for:
o gathering the user requirements
o identification of the related technical requirements
o and proposal optimisations
• capable of working at a conceptual level;
• possess analytical skills necessary for understanding and analyzing problems, proposal solutions and to assess the specific requirements of the proposed (alternative) solution(s);
• have a business process-oriented vision.

Writing and managerial skills:

• ability to formally document the correctly compiled requirements in writing. These requirements need to be understood and used by the various project stakeholders;
• communication skills:interviewing
• familiar with the basic concepts of project management;
• planning and organizational abilities (time management);
• customer oriented : knowing what our customers are heading for
• ready to write documents respecting the huge customer-standards. Conditions

Safir Consulting is offering you a freelance contract for 1 year with possible extension.
The assignement will start 15.03.2016, interviews are planned on 22.02.2016.