BI Functional Engineer

Description

Akindra Talents is a Romania-based IT workforce company providing flexible IT staffing solutions and support to global customers. Based in the heart of Transylvania, we focus on connecting talented individuals with our clients across Europe. We build and manage remote operational support and development teams, while also supporting our freelance collaborators during their journey.

Our client is a global trading, logistics, and distribution company headquartered in Belgium, with over 180 locations worldwide. Our client specialises in the distribution of chemicals across emerging markets worldwide, focusing on industries such as home care, nutrition, and mining. The company has its own local logistics assets and provides services including storage, value-added logistics, and just-in-time deliveries. With over 3000 employees, the annual revenues exceed 2.5 billion USD, reflecting its significant presence in the chemical distribution sector.

To strengthen the global IT team, our client is looking for a Functional Analyst Data & Integration, to serve as a key link between business stakeholders and the Data & Integration development team. This role is responsible for gathering, analysing, and translating business requirements into reporting specifications to ensure that BI solutions deliver clear, actionable insights to support informed decision-making across global operations.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document reporting and analytics requirements from stakeholders (incl. calculations & business logic & KPI definitions).
• Translate business needs into specifications and mockups.
• Collaborate with BI developers and data engineers to design effective reporting models. Create WBS.
• Validate outputs and ensure alignment with user expectations.
• Support UAT and training for delivered solutions.
• Work with data governance and integration to ensure data consistency.
• Participate in improvement initiatives and enhancements of BI platforms and processes.
• Refine UAT feedback with team members.
• Follow up on planning and development by using Agile ceremonies.
• Support lifecycle management, including change requests.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in business analysis or BI/integration. Required: hands-on integration or Power BI (or other enterprise BI tools).
• Experience in international, cross‑functional environments is a strong advantage.
• Strong understanding of business processes and key performance indicators.
• Proficiency with Power BI and the ability to translate requirements into visualisations.
• Familiarity with SQL is preferred.
• Understanding ETL / ELT processes & data pipelines.
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills. Able to challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Agile certification is a plus.
• Good understanding of PBI concepts (datasets, models, relationships, measures, RLS).
• Fluent in English

Additional Information

• Permanent (CIM -direct with client)
• Start: As soon as possible
• Location: Bucharest, Hybrid
• Language: English