Business analyst & tester

As a BA and tester, you will work closely with the teams from both business areas as well as with the team responsible for the coordination and cross-functional management of the program, along with all relevant stakeholders.

In this context, your responsibilities are as follows:

• Understand the context and objectives of the ARNE and TLPE business lines (Environment and Urban Planning and Spatial Development);
• Model business expectations by highlighting all data flows and exchanges between the different actors, both internal and external, involved in these processes. This analysis must be carried out cross-functionally between several departments and serve as a foundation for a requirements specification;
• Define the functional and non-functional requirements of the solution to be implemented in agreement with the relevant business areas and the SPW Digital staff involved in the project;
• Lead analysis workshops and the drafting of acceptance test scenarios with business representatives;
• Lead, in collaboration with project managers, the workshops for business users to execute tests;
• Draft validation test scenarios in accordance with the test strategy and quality plan written and validated by the quality manager of the program team. Support the business users in executing the drafted test scenarios;
• Communicate and have all deliverables validated by the relevant business stakeholders;
• Acquire comprehensive mastery of the business area (concepts, jargon, rules);
• Verify that the chosen solution meets the stated expectations;
• Contribute to the smooth progress of the project within the program;

Activities

• Prepare, lead, and document work sessions with the business representatives;
• Coordinate with the analyst and with the SPW Digital test coordinator (Program PRW292) to guarantee consistency of the analysis;
• Work closely and proactively with the business areas involved in the project and their external partners;
• Model / create / maintain the requirements specification and communicate it;
• Model / draft / maintain the test scenarios and communicate them;
• Be proactive in proposing simplifications and shared solutions, taking into account project constraints and respecting stakeholders.

Expected behavioral skills

• Result-oriented
• Rigorous, methodical
• Listening skills
• Communication (flawless French)
• Adapt to changes and handle unforeseen events
• Time and priority management
• Teamwork
• Available, collaborative, and cordial
• Open to feedback
• Stress management

Roles

• Confirmed Business Analyst

Skills

• Workshop facilitation
• Knowledge of techniques/tools for presentations, training, application demonstration, generation of application documentation
• Knowledge and experience in test case creation - Nice to have
• Knowledge and experience in application testing
• Hands-on experience with JIRA/Confluence
• PowerPoint (for presentations)
• Drafting requirements specifications
• Waterfall

Languages

• French Level Proficiency (C2)

Questions

• Are you willing to be on site at least 50% of the time or more if necessary? N.B.: if negative, the profile will be automatically rejected (exclusion criterion).
• Do you have significant experience, as a primary activity, as a business/functional analyst in IT projects for at least 3 years? N.B.: if negative, the profile will be automatically rejected (exclusion criterion).
• Do you have significant experience, as a primary activity, as a business/functional analyst in IT projects for a maximum of 8 years? N.B.: if negative, the profile will be automatically rejected (exclusion criterion).
• Do you have experience in workshop facilitation? N.B.: if negative, the profile will be automatically rejected (exclusion criterion).
• Do you have experience in the business area of environmental permits (Decree, Process) and if so, can you explain in a few lines?
• Do you have experience in the public sector and if so, can you explain in a few lines?
• Do you have experience in projects involving multiple unforeseen events and changes and if so, can you explain in a few lines?