Finance Business Analyst

Finance Business Analyst (Accounting , Power Query, SQL) – Financial Services – Brussels

Rate: €700 - 800 per day

Duration: 12 months

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to elicit and document business requirements for Finance.
• Analyze current processes and identify areas for improvement or automation.
• Ensure requirements are compliant with regulatory frameworks (e.g., EBA guidelines).
• Translate business needs into functional specifications for IT and data teams.
• Support testing and validation of solutions.
• Maintain traceability of requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews, and working groups.
• Ensure alignment with internal controls, audit standards, and compliance policies.
• Coordinate between business (Finance departments, Risk and Banking) and IT teams.
• Proactively gather and clarify requirements from various stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in financial services.
• Strong knowledge of accounting flows (including accounting policies).
• Strong knowledge of prudential reporting regulation and processes.
• Experience in IT, including understanding of data architecture, data flows, interfaces, and integration systems.
• Skills in data management, mapping, and validation, as well as proficiency with business intelligence or reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Power Query, SQL).
• Ability to collaborate with IT teams and translate business needs into functional and technical specifications.
• Familiarity with data governance, financial risk, and compliance processes.
• Excellent documentation and analytical skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication abilities.
• Experience working in cross-functional project environments.
• Stress resilient, flexible, assertive, organized and hands-on.
• Knowledge of project methodologies (Agile, Prince2, PMP) is a plus.
• Knowledge of Word, Excel, SQL.
• Fluent in English; other languages are a plus depending on team composition.

Please do send an up to date CV to eobiechefu@welovesalt.com