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Senior Functional Analyst
2026-11-13T08:53:20+00:00
Abacus
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Pharmaceutical
Computer & IT,Business Operations,Business Management and Administration
KES
MONTH
2026-11-20T17:00:00+00:00
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As a global professional services leader, we specialize in Technology, Outsourcing, and People solutions. With nearly 40 years of experience, we specialize in providing the bespoke solutions to enable organisations to create the future of business and embrace change for sustainable growth.

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a vibrant, analytical and innovative individual to work as a Senior Functional Analyst in an agile, Telco environment

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Create detailed requirement documentation, user stories, use cases and process flows diagrams.
  • Facilitate workshops and meetings to gather feedback, resolve conflicts, and make informed decisions.
  • Foster a collaborative and high performing team environment, promoting transparency, trust, and open communication.
  • Review business requirements specification and high technical design specifications.
  • Create and oversee business and functional requirements specifications (FRS) in support of business processes
  • Communicates closely with developers to clarify functional requirements and address any questions or issues.
  • Support the development team in achieving their goals, providing guidance on best practices and Agile principles.
  • Collaborates with testing teams to define test cases based on functional requirements.
  • Encourage a culture of learning, adaptability, and innovation within the team.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, document, and prioritise requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
  • Conduct interviews, workshops, and research to understand business processes and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Analyse and prioritise requirements, ensuring they are clear, concise, and aligned with business goals.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field
  • Minimum of 7+ years of experience in Business/Functional Analysis or a related field
  • Experience following an agile methodology
  • Tools Experience JIRA/Octane, Confluence, draw io, miro Canva
  • Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
  • Telco Experience is preferred

PREFERRED SKILLS

  • Coaching/mentoring
  • Process/continuous improvement
  • Facilitation
  • Technical proficiency
  • Customer Focus
  • Modelling and Design
  • Problem-Solving
  • Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
  • Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
  • Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
  • Create detailed requirement documentation, user stories, use cases and process flows diagrams.
  • Facilitate workshops and meetings to gather feedback, resolve conflicts, and make informed decisions.
  • Foster a collaborative and high performing team environment, promoting transparency, trust, and open communication.
  • Review business requirements specification and high technical design specifications.
  • Create and oversee business and functional requirements specifications (FRS) in support of business processes
  • Communicates closely with developers to clarify functional requirements and address any questions or issues.
  • Support the development team in achieving their goals, providing guidance on best practices and Agile principles.
  • Collaborates with testing teams to define test cases based on functional requirements.
  • Encourage a culture of learning, adaptability, and innovation within the team.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, document, and prioritise requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
  • Conduct interviews, workshops, and research to understand business processes and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Analyse and prioritise requirements, ensuring they are clear, concise, and aligned with business goals.
  • Coaching/mentoring
  • Process/continuous improvement
  • Facilitation
  • Technical proficiency
  • Customer Focus
  • Modelling and Design
  • Problem-Solving
  • Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
  • Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
  • Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
  • JIRA/Octane
  • Confluence
  • draw io
  • miro
  • Canva
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field
  • Minimum of 7+ years of experience in Business/Functional Analysis or a related field
  • Experience following an agile methodology
  • Telco Experience is preferred
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Senior Functional Analyst

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Pharmaceutical, Category: Computer & IT,Business Operations,Business Management and Administration]

Jobs at:
Abacus

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, November 20 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, November 13 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

As a global professional services leader, we specialize in Technology, Outsourcing, and People solutions. With nearly 40 years of experience, we specialize in providing the bespoke solutions to enable organisations to create the future of business and embrace change for sustainable growth.

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a vibrant, analytical and innovative individual to work as a Senior Functional Analyst in an agile, Telco environment

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Create detailed requirement documentation, user stories, use cases and process flows diagrams.
  • Facilitate workshops and meetings to gather feedback, resolve conflicts, and make informed decisions.
  • Foster a collaborative and high performing team environment, promoting transparency, trust, and open communication.
  • Review business requirements specification and high technical design specifications.
  • Create and oversee business and functional requirements specifications (FRS) in support of business processes
  • Communicates closely with developers to clarify functional requirements and address any questions or issues.
  • Support the development team in achieving their goals, providing guidance on best practices and Agile principles.
  • Collaborates with testing teams to define test cases based on functional requirements.
  • Encourage a culture of learning, adaptability, and innovation within the team.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, document, and prioritise requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
  • Conduct interviews, workshops, and research to understand business processes and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Analyse and prioritise requirements, ensuring they are clear, concise, and aligned with business goals.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field
  • Minimum of 7+ years of experience in Business/Functional Analysis or a related field
  • Experience following an agile methodology
  • Tools Experience JIRA/Octane, Confluence, draw io, miro Canva
  • Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
  • Telco Experience is preferred

PREFERRED SKILLS

  • Coaching/mentoring
  • Process/continuous improvement
  • Facilitation
  • Technical proficiency
  • Customer Focus
  • Modelling and Design
  • Problem-Solving
  • Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
  • Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
  • Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Computer/ IT jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Friday, November 20 2026
Duty Station: Nairobi | Nairobi
Posted: 13-11-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 13-11-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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