Business Analyst (1 Year Fixed Term)

About the role

A financial services organisation operating in the banking sector is hiring a Business Analyst for a one-year fixed-term position in Nairobi. The role elicits, analyses, validates, documents and manages business requirements across stakeholders, turning operational and functional needs into clear functional and technical specifications. It suits someone with a strong techno-functional orientation and an understanding of systems architecture and solution design.

Key responsibilities

• Work with business stakeholders and product teams to understand and document functional and non-functional requirements.
• Elicit, analyse, validate and verify requirements so they are complete, consistent, traceable, feasible and testable.
• Collaborate with solution architects and technology specialists on low-level solution, process and product designs, and take part in design and architecture reviews.
• Support system configurations, customisations and module implementations with internal delivery teams and external partners.
• Take part in developing and reviewing test scripts and scenarios, and support system testing, UAT, regression testing and post-deployment validation.
• Support release planning by aligning delivery priorities with business needs and keeping stakeholders informed.
• Maintain requirements traceability and track requirement status throughout the project lifecycle.
• Build working relationships across business and technology teams, help prioritise initiatives, and review deployment approaches to improve delivery models.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum of three years of progressive experience in information technology roles.
• At least two years of experience in business analysis or solution design within complex system environments.
• Desirable: experience supporting IT project delivery in regulated or high-risk environments, and in a fast-paced agile delivery environment.

Required skills

• Professional certifications such as ITIL Foundation, CBAP or TOGAF are an added advantage.
• Project management or agile certifications such as PRINCE II, AgilePM, PMI ACP or Certified Scrum Master are desirable.
• Exposure to digital platforms, cloud-based solutions or microservices is an added advantage.