What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst – Power Trading (Contract) position at ClearpointCo.?
Title: Business Analyst – Power Trading (Contract)
Location: Houston, Texas
Type: Contract
Salary: Depends on Experience
Summary:
The Business Analyst – Power Trading will support the business in the drafting of business/functional requirements for use by software engineering and third-party system providers, to participate replacing actual in-house ETRM.
Duties:
- Will interface between the business/users and software engineering teams or third-party system providers, define requirements and contribute to the delivery of solutions for, and together with, the business.
- Ensure the quality of deliveries and that business expectations are realized, and provide general support to the business.
- Ensure continuity by documenting, training and sharing knowledge with business and other IT members of the organization.
- Act as an interface to the business and ensure an understanding of the business objectives and priorities, and be proactive in proposing value-adding solutions to the business
- Configure the system via the GUI for business readiness (setup / workflow / template)
- Work with the business to define business/functional requirements, and ensure business validation of such requirements and consistency with the systems landscape.
- Work with the technical team, including software/application engineers, on solutions design and delivery
- Work with the vendor team, when it comes to core development managed externally
- Prepare and execute test plans, and ensure compliance with user/business/functional specifications and IT control framework
- Work closely with BA’s and other IT resources from across the Trading IT organization, especially in the context of migration
- Leverage on your general knowledge to propose business process improvement
- Prepare project plans and other change initiatives, which may be as part of a team, and contribute to the implementation of such projects
- Liaise with the business on all aspects of service delivery and promote IT solutions delivered
- Manage a backlog of change requirements and assist in their delivery
- Provide user support and assist with the resolution of incidents and problems
Requirements:
- 3 years of work experience in a utility or a commodity trading environment, and preferably with knowledge of the energy markets
- Strong interest in IT and technology, and experience of software engineering and application management
- Ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously and to work under pressure, good communication and organizational skills, and attention to detail
- Experience of Project Management, DevOps and Agile delivery methodologies, and requirements engineering is desirable
- Knowledge of front to back system flows and trade lifecycles including understanding of different physical and derivatives instruments and their respective risks and P&L measures
Education
- Educated to degree level in an IT, technology or engineering discipline