Business Analyst, Energy Industry Consulting - Commodity trading

Cognizant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled consultant to join their dynamic Energy Consulting Practice. This role offers the chance to work on transformative projects within the energy sector, focusing on enhancing customer experiences through innovative solutions. As part of a collaborative team, you will leverage your expertise in physical commodities trading, business analysis, and data management to drive impactful change. If you are passionate about the energy industry and eager to contribute to cutting-edge initiatives, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking company that values creativity and user experience in every project.

Qualifications

• Experience in physical commodities trading and AGILE project delivery.
• Strong business analysis and problem-solving skills required.

Responsibilities

• Capture business problems and translate requirements into functionality.
• Work with traders and manage data migration projects effectively.

Skills

Knowledge of physical commodities trading markets

AGILE project delivery

Business Analysis techniques

Data migration projects

Basic SQL

Power BI

Power Query

Power Automate

ETRM Systems (Endur, Aligne)

User experience focus

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Power Automate

ETRM Systems (Endur, Aligne)

Job description

The Company

Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 350,000 employees as of January 2024. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Cognizant Consulting

At Cognizant, our consultants orchestrate the capabilities to truly change the game across strategy, design, technology and industry/functional knowledge to deliver insight at speed and solutions at scale. Our consulting services elevate the unique abilities and business aspirations of customers and employees and build relationships based on trust and value.

Energy Consulting Practice

Energy & Utilities in The UK are going through a transformation journey with the focus on Field services, enhanced customer experience (through digital and data enablement), Connected technologies/IoT and green energy (electric vehicles, heat pumps etc.). Cognizant has engagements with multiple energy & utilities clients in Ireland where we are helping them being customer obsessed and lead the transformation initiatives to build new offerings, solutions and innovative business models aligned to the market trends and regulatory commitments.

Profile & skills:

• Knowledge of physical commodities trading markets and organisations (LNG, physical gas or oil).
• Experience of delivery within a trading environment and working in fast- paced project delivery using AGILE methods
• Knowledge of Business Analysis techniques and tools with significant experience in project deliverables including the ability to:
• Precisely capture business problems, value drivers, and functional/non-functional requirements
• Translate business requirements into functionality and assess the risks, feasibility, opportunities, and business impacts of various solution options
• Visualise, articulate and solve complex problems and concepts.
• Knowledge of test principles through the development lifecycle and a willingness to support the test function at peak stages in the sprint cycle.
• A delivery focus in terms of closing out tasks effectively in addition to realising planned business benefits alongside users.
• Consistent business case/ solution cost- benefit awareness to ensure the right focus is being given to each task to provide maximum benefit to stakeholders.
• Experience of working with data (e.g. data migration projects) and able to use basic SQL to work effectively with databases.
• Experience of working directly with traders on trader models.

Other requirements:

• Detailed knowledge of the LNG market
• Experience of Power BI, Power Query and Power Automate and Knowledge of ETRM Systems like Endur, Aligne
• Knowledge of metals, power or emissions trading
• Ability to use approved business analyst modelling techniques to capture issues, define requirements and communicate solutions.
• Experience working in geographically distributed teams
• Detailed knowledge of data management best practice
• A determined focus on the user and user experience when problem- solving
• Team player and able to collaborate, proactively communicates and shares understanding and experience within a team
• Keeps up-to-date knowledge of the energy industry and energy trading
• Comfortable talking to business users and can translate business needs into tangible user stories or requirements
• Clear communicator and able to work in a multicultural/lingual environment
• Uses best practice analysis techniques but can change approach according to conflicting timelines/risks involved
• Uses initiative and owns their deliverables end-to-end
• Brings ideas to the table, is inquisitive and excited by new technology
• Used to working in a flexible, independent manner on a mixture of small unstructured and large structured items
• Provides regular, considered feedback and regularly strives to improve their own ways of working