Description
Proteus Europe are currently looking for a Functional Designer for one of my clients based in Belgium.Languages:
Dutch and French, one fluent, good understanding of the other one.
The candidate will work within the Non-Life IS division. This group is responsible for all Non-Life product related developments (maintenance and new functionalities) of underwriting applications or claims management. The applications are developed based on a Cobol / DB2 back-office, with various technologies used on the visual side.
As Functional Designer, you will
Primarily be in charge of translating business objectives and ideas into detailed requirements and design of extensible solutions.
If the person has enough technical knowledge, this can be based on a technical analysis of the existing systems and/or contain a part of technical analysis.
Prepare functional test cases based on the requirements
Test of the product before delivery to the users
Follow up of technical designers and programmers.
The candidate will collaborate closely with the business, his peers & the architects to elaborate the functional description of IT solutions taking into account short term projects objectives & a long term vision of the application landscape. He/she is responsible for the correct implementation & testing of the solution within the planning, budget and quality constraints.
Personal Skills:
Mandatory:
Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
Strong active listening skills
Good communication skills, written and oral
Result oriented with attention for quality and details
Structured and pro-active
Dynamic, analytic, synthetic
Quick learner
Preferable
Client friendly
Business experience required:
Mandatory:
Financial service 3 - 5 yrs
Preferable
Non-Life underwriting insurance
Non-Life claims insurance
Technical experience required
Mandatory
Experience with Application Development of Administrative systems in an IT department
2 - 5
Preferable
Client/server environment (MF: Cobol / DB2)
Functional experience required
Years
Mandatory
Significant experience as Business and Functional Analyst, ideally in large company, in direct contact with Business stakeholders
Experience in enterprise development & analysis methodologies
3 - 5
Preferable
Some experience in project management should help
Experience and knowledge of technical analysis
If you are interested in applying for this role, please do not hesitate to contact me.