Functional Analyst - Luxembourg (M/F/X)

About the job

About Synechron

Synechron is a global digital transformation consulting firm partnering with leading financial institutions to accelerate their business and technology transformation.

We combine deep Financial Services expertise with capabilities across technology, digital, data and AI to help our clients design, build and deliver complex transformation programmes.

Our teams operate internationally, bringing together business consulting, technology expertise and global delivery capabilities to support some of the world's leading banks and financial institutions.

The Functional Analyst is responsible for analyzing business needs and translating them into detailed, realistic, and actionable functional requirements. Acting as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, the Functional Analyst ensures that business objectives, opportunities, and challenges are clearly understood and transformed into effective solutions. The role also provides objective recommendations regarding the potential impacts, risks, and benefits of different solution options.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document business requirements from stakeholders.
• Translate business needs and technical constraints into clear and detailed functional specifications.
• Ensure requirements are realistic, consistent, and aligned with project objectives.
• Act as a liaison between business users, project teams, and technical teams.
• Assess and communicate the potential impacts of proposed solutions and courses of action.
• Provide objective recommendations to support decision-making.
• Participate in workshops, meetings, and requirements review sessions.
• Support the delivery of projects by ensuring functional requirements are fully understood and implemented.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to validate proposed solutions and functional designs.

Optional Responsibilities

• Design, document, and maintain functional test cases.
• Participate in test planning, execution, and validation activities.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and ensure requirements are met.
• Report and track functional defects and coordinate their resolution.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into functional specifications.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with both business and technical teams.
• Strong documentation and requirements management capabilities.
• Ability to assess impacts, identify risks, and recommend solutions.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Experience with testing methodologies and test case creation is a plus.

Why join Synechron?

Joining Synechron means becoming part of an international environment specialized in Financial Services, working on complex business and technology challenges, and progressively developing your expertise alongside leading financial institutions.

Our goal is to build career paths where your expertise can evolve across a variety of projects, business domains, and industry challenges.

S​YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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