Business Analyst

Norton Blake; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Norton Blake is seeking a Senior Business Analyst based in London, with travel to Germany. You will bridge business stakeholders and delivery teams, translating complex requirements into actionable functional designs for Oil & Products Trading platforms.

You will work across Middle Office and Back Office processes, collaborate with trading, risk, operations and finance, and leverage RightAngle to align platform capabilities with business goals.

Qualifications

• Strong BA experience within Oil & Products Trading.
• Deep understanding of Middle Office and Back Office processes.
• Proven ability to elicit, challenge and translate requirements into functional solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to elicit, analyse, challenge and document requirements.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements and solution designs.
• Facilitate workshops with business and technology stakeholders to align requirements.
• Develop understanding of Oil & Products Trading processes across Middle and Back Office.
• Collaborate with trading, risk, operations and finance teams to map current processes and identify improvements.
• Leverage RightAngle knowledge to map business processes to the platform.
• Interface between business users, development teams and implementation partners.
• Coordinate requirements through development, testing and implementation lifecycle.
• Support functional testing, defect resolution and business acceptance activities.
• Manage stakeholders to ensure clear expectations, dependencies and priorities.

Skills

Business Analyst

Oil & Products Trading

Middle Office

Back Office

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Implementation partners

Requirements elicitation

Development lifecycle

Tools

ION RightAngle

Job description

Senior Business Analyst - RightAngle / Oil & Products Trading

Level: Manager / Senior Manager
Start Date: 16 September
Location: London, with travel to Germany
Travel: Regular travel to Germany will be required; frequency to be confirmed.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst with a strong background in Oil & Products Trading, ideally with hands-on experience across Middle Office and Back Office processes.
The successful candidate will act as a key link between business stakeholders and delivery teams, translating complex business requirements into clear, actionable functional solutions. The role will involve working closely with trading, risk, operations and finance stakeholders, as well as implementation and technology partners.
Experience with ION RightAngle (RA) is highly desirable, particularly an understanding of how the platform supports trading, risk management, operations and finance processes.

Key Responsibilities

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  Engage with business stakeholders to elicit, analyse, challenge and document requirements.
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  Translate business needs into clear functional requirements and solution designs.
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  Facilitate workshops with business and technology stakeholders to establish requirements, resolve ambiguity and drive alignment.
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  Develop a strong understanding of Oil & Products Trading processes, particularly across Middle Office and Back Office functions.
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  Work closely with trading, risk, operations and finance teams to understand current processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
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  Where applicable, leverage knowledge of RightAngle to understand and define how business processes can be supported within the platform.
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  Act as a key interface between business users, internal delivery teams and implementation partners.
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  Coordinate requirements through the development, testing and implementation lifecycle.
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  Support functional testing, defect resolution and business acceptance activities.
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  Manage stakeholders effectively, ensuring expectations, dependencies and priorities are clearly understood.
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  Work independently and proactively, bringing structure and clarity to complex business problems.

Essential Experience & Skills

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  Strong experience as a Business Analyst, ideally at Senior Business Analyst / Manager level.
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  Proven experience within Oil & Products Trading.
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  Strong understanding of Middle Office and Back Office processes within a trading environment.
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  Demonstrable experience eliciting, challenging and translating business requirements into functional solutions.
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  Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
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  Ability to bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical/delivery teams.
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  Experience working with implementation partners and third-party delivery teams.
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  Experience taking requirements through development, testing and implementation.
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  Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
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  Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced and complex environment.

Desirable Experience

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  Good working knowledge of ION RightAngle (RA).
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  Understanding of how RightAngle supports trading, risk, operations and finance processes.
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  Previous experience with RightAngle implementations, enhancements or transformation programmes.
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  Experience working in a European energy or commodities trading environment.

Location & Travel

The role is based in London, with travel to Germany required. The expected frequency of travel is to be confirmed.
Candidates based in Europe are preferred, although candidates from other locations will be considered where they are able to travel as required.