Senior Business Analyst & SQL Specialist – French Speaker

Unleash your expertise to drive impactful financial solutions—empower data-driven decisions and elevate business performance!

Porto-based opportunity with hybrid work model.

As a Senior Business Analyst & SQL Specialist, you will be working for our client, a leading financial services institution dedicated to delivering innovative leasing solutions within the corporate banking sector. You will play a pivotal role in translating business needs into technical specifications, analyzing complex data, and supporting process improvements. Join us to contribute to transformative banking projects and accelerate your career growth in a dynamic environment.

Your main responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business teams to gather challenges, define requirements, and translate them into clear functional specifications for technical teams.
• Write and execute SQL queries (SELECT, filters, joins, subqueries) to extract, manipulate, and analyze raw data, supporting business evaluations and troubleshooting.
• Study current "as-is" processes, identify inefficiencies, and design improved "to-be" process flows.
• Participate in testing phases, validate data consistency, and ensure quality through targeted SQL validation queries.
• Develop comprehensive documentation, including specifications, use cases, and user guides in French; provide functional support during deployment.

You're ideal for this role if you have:

• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Functional Analyst, or data-oriented business consultant in financial or banking environments.
• Strong hands-on SQL skills with autonomous query writing, complex joins, subqueries, and data analysis.
• Proven ability to gather requirements, analyze processes, and support technical teams effectively.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written) and minimum B2 level proficiency in French—excellent communication skills with French-speaking stakeholders are essential.
• Experience working in a hybrid environment, comfortable with up to 3 remote days per week.
• Eligibility to work in Europe.

It is a strong plus if you have:

• Prior experience in lease applications or banking projects.
• Knowledge of process mapping tools or methodologies.
• Certification or training in business analysis or data analysis.

Language Required for the role:

• Fluent in English
• French-level B2 (written and spoken)

Eligibility to work on this role:

• Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in the European Union will be considered for this role.

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Interested? Apply now and include your CV (preferably in English) along with a statement confirming your consent to the processing and storage of your personal data.