Senior Functional Analyst - GRP & PFM

About the role

FreeBalance is a global technology company providing a Government Resource Planning (GRP) solution for public financial management. As a Senior Functional Analyst, you will act as the functional bridge between customer requirements, solution design and development teams, turning complex business needs into clear functional requirements and specifications. The role reports to the Director, R&D Functional Team and works daily with Development, QA and Professional Services.

Key responsibilities

• Translate business requirements and storyboards into functional specifications and process models, and lead workshops with stakeholders to refine requirements and validate assumptions.
• Produce documentation (functional specs, process flows, decision tables, use cases, mockups) that supports traceability.
• Document and validate government PFM processes (budget preparation, budget execution, accounting, financial controls, performance management) and assess the feasibility of proposed solutions.
• Identify gaps, conflicts and integration points and turn them into solution recommendations.
• Review deliverables for completeness, help develop and run test cases, and validate resolved issues.
• Propose improvements to requirements management and functional design, and ensure adherence to development methodologies and documentation standards.
• Act as the main contact between R&D, QA and Professional Services, and guide project and customer implementation teams on functional and configuration decisions.
• Communicate progress, risks and decisions to management and stakeholders, and present complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in IT, computer science, business analysis, accounting, public finance or a related field.
• Minimum 8+ years of progressive experience in functional analysis for enterprise applications, ideally in GRP, ERP, PFM, IFMIS or public sector resource planning.
• Experience on large, integrated software systems with multiple modules, configurations and deployment environments.
• Ability to read technical designs and data models, work with configuration-driven systems and low-code/no-code frameworks, and mentor junior analysts.
• Excellent written and spoken English; international travel occasionally required.

Required skills

• Functional requirements elicitation, business process modelling, use case definition and functional specification writing.
• Solid understanding of Public Financial Management, government budgeting, accounting and fiscal controls.
• Preferred: experience on GRP or PFM implementations in several countries, background in public sector reform, and familiarity with Agile and product roadmaps.