Principal Business Analyst

Are you ready to lead change that truly makes a difference?, We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Business Analyst to join our IT & Business Change Guinness Team. This permanent, full-time, 35 hours per week vacancy based in our Oldham office. We are currently working to a hybrid working style.

The purpose of the role is to lead the Business Analysis practice, developing the team to deliver consistent high-quality outputs whilst ensuring effective collaboration on design and business requirements across the group.

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do, so you'll not only be highly self-motivated with the rigour to pursue goals, you'll also be a confident collaborator, networker and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done.

You'll be able to demonstrate

Essential:

• Experience in a Principal or Senior Business Analyst role, with prior responsibility for a BA Practice or a domain management.
• Proven ability to deliver quality business solutions for programmes / projects, balancing time, cost and quality in a range of delivery environments including agile and waterfall.
• Strong analytical background with a proven track record of development of robust business cases through the provision of fit gap and cost benefit analysis.
• Proficient in the use of software delivery, collaboration and business process management tools e.g., Lucid Chart, Azure Dev Ops (ADO), MS Teams and Asana.
• Able to lead, develop, engage, and influence at all levels.
• Excellent written, numerical, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 tools.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.

Desirable:

• Experience of core housing business processes.
• Experience of Cloud Adoption projects and programmes., Essential:
• BCS Diploma in Business Analysis.
• Educated Level 6 (Degree or equivalent) or higher.

Desirable:

• Process re-engineering/improvement accreditation e.g., Lean or Lean Six Sigma.
• Enterprise Architecture qualification e.g., TOGAF.