Principal Business Analyst

Tential Solutions is seeking a Principal Business Analyst who will provide expert-level business analysis leadership across complex initiatives and enterprise-scale programs. The role involves leading requirements strategy, advanced process and systems analysis, and collaborating with various stakeholders to define solution scope and guide decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise-level requirements elicitation, analysis, validation, and traceability across highly complex or multi-system initiatives
• Translate strategic business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications
• Establish requirements quality standards, verification processes, and change-control practices
• Guide product teams and stakeholders in prioritization and solution evaluation
• Document and model complex as-is and to-be processes, data flows, integrations, and organizational impacts
• Conduct advanced gap analyses and define transition states aligned to business and technology strategy
• Perform feasibility assessments and cost-benefit analyses to support investment decisions
• Interpret enterprise business needs and recommend solution approaches at business-unit or organizational scale
• Lead data analysis activities, including synthesis of insights from diverse sources to identify trends, risks, and opportunities
• Define data requirements, influence data architecture and modeling discussions, and contribute to reporting specifications
• Advise on data governance, data integrity, and database specifications
• Serve as the analytical lead during discovery, scoping, solution evaluation, and roadmap definition
• Partner with UX, architecture, software engineering, data engineering, data science, and QA to translate requirements into actionable build specifications
• Support release planning, enterprise readiness assessment, user acceptance testing, and post-launch validation
• Facilitate complex workshops, decision-making forums, and cross-functional alignment sessions
• Present findings and strategic recommendations to senior leaders
• Lead governance processes for business analysis activities including standards, metrics, and quality assessments
• Identify opportunities to optimize processes, reduce friction, and improve analytical rigor across the organization

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
• 6+ years of experience in business analysis, systems analysis, data analysis or related disciplines
• Expert-level proficiency in requirements elicitation, process modeling, data analysis, feasibility studies, and business case development
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently on highly complex analytical problems
• Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and advisory skills
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, drive clarity, and support strategic decision-making
• Familiarity with modern data platforms and tools (e.g. Snowflake, SQL, Tableau), database design, SaaS/PaaS systems, and enterprise solution architecture
• Fluency in English required
• advanced degree preferred
• experience leading complex or enterprise-level initiatives strongly preferred
• advanced experience working in Agile or hybrid environments