Senior Principal Business Analyst – Finance Transformation

Practicus; Marlow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Practicus is seeking a Principal Business Analyst to join a highly regulated, collaborative Business Change function in the United Kingdom. You will own complex, organisation-wide change programs, influence senior stakeholders and mentor other BAs throughout the full project lifecycle.

You will shape approach to major transformation initiatives and work closely with Project/Product managers and technology teams to translate business needs into practical solutions, ensuring successful adoption of

Qualifications

• 5+ years' Business Analysis experience.
• Background within Financial Services.
• Experience across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Confident presenting to senior/C‑suite stakeholders.
• Experience managing third‑party relationships.
• The ability to lead, influence and bring structure to complex change.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis across complex, high‑risk and large‑scale change initiatives.
• Analyse business problems, opportunities, processes and systems to identify improvements.
• Lead workshops and facilitate requirements gathering with diverse stakeholders.
• Define and document high‑level and detailed business requirements.
• Undertake impact assessments and identify operational, technical and process gaps.
• Develop business cases, change proposals and supporting documentation.
• Contribute to business architecture, strategic alignment and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with technology teams throughout solution design, development and implementation.
• Support system, user and operational acceptance testing.
• Help ensure business change is successfully implemented and adopted.
• Influence stakeholders across multiple functions and levels, including senior leadership.
• Provide guidance, mentoring and quality oversight to other Business Analysts.
• On smaller initiatives, operate across both BA and project delivery responsibilities.

Skills

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Requirements Gathering

Communication

Analytical Thinking

Commercial Awareness

Leadership / Influence

Problem Solving

Ambiguity Tolerance

Independent Working

Education

Business Analysis / Business Architecture qualification

Job description

Practicus is seeking a Principal Business Analyst to join a highly regulated, collaborative Business Change function in the United Kingdom. You will own complex, organisation-wide change programs, influence senior stakeholders and mentor other BAs throughout the full project lifecycle.

You will shape approach to major transformation initiatives and work closely with Project/Product managers and technology teams to translate business needs into practical solutions, ensuring successful adoption of