Endur Trading Business Analyst

Accenture; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services company is seeking an experienced Trading Business Analyst to support energy and commodities trading firms. You will enhance the Endur trading platform's efficiency by working closely with traders, risk managers, and IT teams. This role involves analyzing business requirements, configuring functionalities, and ensuring data integrity.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in end-to-end project delivery and business analysis.
• Experience of energy trading markets, with strong understanding of UK & European Power.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing business requirements and configuring Endur functionalities.
• Troubleshooting issues related to trading workflows.

Skills

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Agile Project Delivery

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in STEM

Tools

OpenLink Endur

Job description

Job Role: Trading Business Analyst

Location: London (with adhoc travel)

Career Level: Level 8 (Associate Manager)

Salary: Competitive, plus benefits.

Company Background

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology, and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries – powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. With 650,000+ people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual, and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Accenture is a company that will allow you to learn, grow, and advance in an innovative culture that flourishes with shared success, innovative ways of thinking, and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

We are seeking an experienced Trading Business Analyst to join our team and support energy and commodities trading firms in optimizing the Endur trading platform. You will work closely with traders, risk managers, and IT teams to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the platform in trading, risk management, and back-office operations.

In this role, you will be:

1. Analyzing business requirements

2. Configuring Endur functionalities and identifying system improvements

3. Troubleshooting issues related to trading workflows

4. Ensuring data integrity and facilitating user training

5. Generating and presenting reports to key stakeholders

We are looking for experience in the following areas:

Business Analysis / Project Delivery Experience

• Proven experience in end-to-end project delivery and business analysis

• Strong BA experience including capturing business problems, value drivers, and functional/non-functional requirements

• Experience running workshops and user acceptance testing

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Experience working in Agile project delivery

Energy Trading & Endur Experience

• Experience of energy trading markets, with a strong understanding of one of the following markets:

• UK & European Power, UK & European Gas, and Environmental products

• A working knowledge of different trading instruments, including:

• OTC transactions – Including forwards, swaps, and simple options

• Exchange traded futures & options lifecycle including cascading

In-depth knowledge of at least one of the following functional areas:

• Trade capture - complex deal modeling and pricing

• Market Risk and risk valuation

• Back-Office processes

• Accounting processes

• EOD

• Migrating between ETRM systems

Proficient with OpenLink Endur Base configurations/Reference Data configurations and a good understanding of the various managers in the tool.

Endur configuration for Deal lifecycle, Confirmations, Settlement invoicing, and scheduling

Experience in establishing and delivering progressively larger and more complex projects/services

Domain knowledge and skills in ETRM - mainly Endur (v18 or beyond)

Knowledge of energy trading and risk management (ETRM) Front Office and Operations business processes

Knowledge of the energy/commodity trading business – Power, Emissions, Gas, Commodities

Prior experience of Endur covering end-to-end trade lifecycle processes with knowledge on technical aspects of integrating with other ETRMs

Experience of financial concepts - P&L, MTM, Financial Risk, Financial Instruments (derivatives traded products), settlements etc.

Strong organizational skills managing multiple workstreams and competing priorities simultaneously

Experience of line managing resources and project managing teams

Experience of leading projects embracing Cloud Technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)

Experience of using different delivery methodologies: Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and Waterfall

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent - STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) majors (preferred but not essential)