Functional Analyst

Senior Functional Designer / COBOL Mainframe Expert – Brussels (Hybrid)

Join a large-scale transformation environment within the insurance sector and contribute to business-critical applications used by thousands of customers.

We are looking for a Senior Functional Designer with strong COBOL/Mainframe expertise to join a dynamic and collaborative IT environment in Brussels.

Your Role

As part of a major insurance IT domain, you will act as the bridge between Business and IT teams, translating functional requirements into robust and scalable solutions.

You will work on high-impact applications related to contract management, claims, financial flows, and core insurance processes.

Your Responsibilities

• Analyse and challenge business requirements

• Design functional and technical solutions

• Collaborate closely with Business, Development, Testing and Production teams

• Participate in Agile ceremonies and project follow-up

• Prepare and execute functional integration tests

• Support production incidents and corrective actions

• Coordinate implementation activities with developers and technical analysts

• Review COBOL code and SQL queries when needed

• Ensure solution quality, stability and maintainability

Technical Environment

• COBOL Mainframe / Micro Focus

• SQL / SQL Server

• Batch processing environments

• Agile / Scrum

• Insurance administrative systems

Your Profile

• 5+ years of experience in Functional Analysis or Functional Design
• Strong COBOL/Mainframe background
• Experience within Insurance or Banking environments
• Ability to interact with both technical and business stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Comfortable working in Agile environments
• Experience with batch processing and production support

Nice to Have

Life Insurance experience

.NET or SQL development exposure

Architectural or solution design experience

Dutch and/or French language skills

What’s Offered

✨ Long-term project visibility

✨ Hybrid working model (Brussels)

✨ Complex and stimulating enterprise environment

✨ High business impact projects

✨ Collaborative and international teams

✨ Opportunity to combine functional ownership with technical expertise

Long-term mission

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