Pricing & Modelling Business Analyst Senior, Power Trading Systems

TotalEnergies Group; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TotalEnergies is seeking an IT Business Analyst for the Trading IT division in Geneva. You will translate business goals into detailed requirements for the Orchestrade-enabled ETRM environment, coordinate testing, and support deployment across the TSP/TGP platforms.

Strong communication and multi-stakeholder collaboration are essential. You will work closely with BA’s, software engineers, and vendors, ensuring change readiness, process improvements, and robust test coverage in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Master's degree in IT, technology, or engineering.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in a utility or commodity trading environment.
• Experience with ETRM systems such as Orchestrade, Calypso, Murex, or Endur.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Fluent in English and French.

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison to the business, translating objectives into requirements and validating them.
• Configure systems via GUI for business readiness (setup/workflows/pricing).
• Define and validate business/functional requirements, ensuring alignment with landscape and strategy.
• Collaborate with software engineers and vendors on design and delivery.
• Define and execute test strategies and support UAT.
• Mentor new team members and participate in knowledge sharing.

Skills

English

French

Requirements engineering

Project management

DevOps

Education

Master's degree in IT/engineering

Tools

Orchestrade

Calypso

Murex

Endur

Job description

TotalEnergies has developed a strong expertise in oil, biofuels, natural gas and electricity trading. Trading entities are based in Geneva, Paris, Dubai, Athens, Houston and Singapore.
TotalEnergies installed its European trading hub across in Geneva, which now bring together very large teams around trading activities: TotalEnergies Trading & Shipping (T&S) and TotalEnergies Gas and Power (TGP). In this role, you will be part of the T&S organization, while working specifically on activities supporting TGP.

TotalEnergies Gas & Power Trading (TGP) is rapidly expanding to support the company’s transition to power, driving increased trading volumes, geographical reach and automation needs. In this context, the Power Trading System team supports critical trading activities and is contributing to the transition from the current ETRM to a modern, cross-asset platform.

In this role, you will be expected to support the business in the drafting of business/functional requirements into features & user stories for use by software engineering and third-party system providers, to participate to the Orchestrade project aiming at replacing actual in-house ETRM. You will contribute to testing and quality assurance processes.

Your main objectives will be to quickly understand how TotalEnergies business works, understand how the legacy & new ETRM are working, challenge, implement, test those requirements before delivery to the business.

Contribute to change management activities including communication, training and adoption of new processes and systems.

These objectives will be conducted across different business processes such as valuation, risk, performance, product design, mark to market.

Business Analysis & Solutions Design

• 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 / pricing…)
• Work with the business to define business/functional requirements, and ensure business validation of such requirements and consistency with the systems landscape and strategy of Trading IT
• 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
• Define and execute test strategies, coordinate testing activities and ensure appropriate coverage for functional and regression testing.
• Support business stakeholders during User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and coordinate issue resolution.
• 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
• Autonomous & rigorous
• Participate in production readiness assessments and transition activities from project delivery to operational support.
• Participate in the management and coordination of major incidents and production issues.
• Train and mentor new team members and contribute to knowledge sharing across the organization
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives and operate in accordance with company policies, values and code of conduct.
• Work closely with software engineers and architects to ensure sustainable and scalable solutions.
• Ensure that all metrics & Greek are

Service Delivery & Support

• 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
• Prepare release notes and communicate application changes to end users.
• Become the referent around Pricing & Modelling topics

We are committed to meet the energy needs of a growing population and we are committed to the energy transition. The volatility of the energy trading markets requires excellence in risk management and a culture of innovation. We are fully embracing the digital revolution.

Our people flourish in an environment that promotes expertise, entrepreneurship spirit, agility and a purpose-driven culture, generating boundless opportunities to learn, grow and achieve collaborative success.

Reinforcing the competencies of our people is a key pillar of our culture: we train our people to ensure their development and we pledge to encourage safety in all our actions.

We look for passion, ambition and open-mindedness. While we evolve in a demanding industry that requests to be always on the edge, we cultivate a friendly workplace where our people feel good, where team spirit and respect guide our daily routine, where the diversity of our people and their skills create a nourishing experience for all of us.

• You hold a Master degree in an IT, technology, or engineering discipline.
• You have at least 5 years of professional experience in a utility or commodity trading environment, preferably with knowledge of energy markets.
• You preferably have experience with ETRM systems such as Orchestrade, Calypso, Murex, or Endur.
• You have a strong interest in IT and technology, along with experience in software engineering and application management.
• You are able to manage multiple activities simultaneously and work effectively under pressure, with strong communication and organizational skills and excellent attention to detail.
• You ideally have experience in Project Management, DevOps, Agile delivery methodologies, and requirements engineering.
• You have knowledge of front-to-risk system flows and trade lifecycles, including an understanding of different physical and derivative instruments and their respective risks and P&L measures.
• You have a strong understanding of European power markets, forward markets, and renewable energy business models.
• You have knowledge of physical and financial power products and hedging strategies.
• You have a deep understanding of:
  • Mark-to-Market (MtM)
  • Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) valuation
  • Forward curve construction and calibration
  • Shape and profile valuation
  • Long-term power forecasting
  • Scenario analysis and stress testing
  • Cannibalisation risk
• You have exposure to renewable generation forecasting and asset-backed trading activities.
• You are fluent in English and French.