Business Analyst (Senior) - BNP Paribas Fortis
Description
The Risk & Credits tribe has developed Testudo as a central datastore for risk and credit data. It serves reporting and classic business intelligence as well as analytics and machine learning. It also supports model validation and back testing. The role belongs to the Testudo squad, which supports and maintains this datastore.
Testudo supports risk reporting, monitoring and control. It monitors credit activity across loan origination and life cycling. The Risk function uses it for regulatory reporting and model development, mostly within the Risk department. It also serves other uses requiring significant amounts of credit or risk data.
The analyst maintains the data model and profiles data to improve the model and support users. The role defines source mappings and transformation rules and assists developers with implementation. It covers testing, production implementation, data quality support and second- or third-line user assistance. The assignment runs from 1 December 2026 to 31 December 2027 in Brussels, with 50% onsite work and 50% homeworking.
Top Reasons to Apply
Central risk datastore
Credit data impact
Analytics enabling work
End-to-end delivery
Hybrid Brussels assignment
Detailed Responsibilities and Skills
General skills
- Required: At least three years of relevant experience.
- Required: Two to three years of business analysis or functional analysis experience.
- Required: Dutch or French: fluent/good speaking and understanding, basic/good writing; at least one of these languages is required.
- Required: English: fluent writing, good speaking and understanding.
- Required: Good mathematics skills.
- Required: Ability to work in a complex environment with an extensive data model.
- Required: Mathematics focus through education or professional experience.
- Required: Experience with credits.
- Required: Experience supporting a development squad in an agile environment.
- Required: Experience working in a large company or complex business environment.
- Required: Experience in large-scale IT development.
- Required: Expertise in data analysis.
- Required: Expertise in requirements documentation.
- Required: Expertise in testing.
- Required: Ability to work as a team player.
- Required: Project-minded approach.
- Required: Ability to start quickly and independently.
- Required: Proactive attitude.
- Required: Good communication skills.
- Required: Good influencing skills.
- Required: Good analytical skills.
- Required: Good synthesis skills.
- Required: Autonomy.
- Required: Commitment.
- Required: Perseverance.
- Required: Precision.
- Required: Good written communication skills.
- Required: Respect for deadlines.
- Required: Attention to deliverable quality.
- Required: Ability to work in a dynamic and multicultural environment.
- Required: Availability for 50% onsite work and 50% homeworking.
- Preferred: Graduate or college/university degree preferred.
- Preferred: Credit risk knowledge.
- Preferred: Experience with EU credit or credit risk regulation, such as MCD and Basel III.
- Preferred: Economics and/or mathematics background.
- Preferred: Knowledge of the BNPPF business and/or IT environment.
Technical skills
- Required: Experience developing reporting and analytics databases in an agile environment.
- Required: Experience with SQL.
- Required: Functional and technical analysis skills.
- Required: Testing capabilities.
- Preferred: Programming notions sufficient to discuss code with the developer.
Tools
- Required: Medium to expert knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
- Preferred: Experience with Oracle or Sybase IQ.
- Preferred: Experience with Informatica ETL.
- Preferred: Experience with Linux.