Front-Office Business Analyst – Commodities Trading House | £650/Day Outside IR35 | 2-3 days of[...]

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commodities and energy trading house is seeking a Front-Office Business Analyst for a hybrid role based in London. This key position involves transforming trading capabilities, requiring strong stakeholder communication and in-depth market knowledge. Candidates should have experience in both physical and derivatives trading, with a focus on gathering user requirements to enhance digital trading operations.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience as an IT Business Analyst in Trading.
• Knowledge of derivatives trading, physical commodities is a bonus.
• Understanding of options, futures, pricing and valuation.

Responsibilities

• Identifying user needs and collaborating with traders and development teams.
• Creating mock-ups and test cases for user requirements.
• Performing system analysis for necessary changes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

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Front-Office Business Analyst – Commodities Trading House | £650/Day Outside IR35 | 2-3 days office, LDN, london

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Client:

VirtueTech Recruitment Group

Location:

london, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

10.06.2025

Expiry Date:

25.07.2025

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Job Description:

Front-Office Business Analyst – Commodities Trading House | £650/Day Outside IR35 | 2-3 days office, LDN

Commodities & Energy Trading House are going through a technology landscape transformation. They are looking for some key Business Analysts for long term engagements to be the link between their front office traders and development.

This Front-Office Business Analyst role will be focussed on improving and changing the Front Office Trading capabilities across various desks. You will work with users from across the business and cover functionality across the end-to-end trade lifecycle for Physical and Derivatives trading.

As such, this Front-Office Business Analyst should have extensive experience with Commodity markets or Energy Trading, experience working in the front office and communicating with stakeholders such as traders, as well as tech / development teams.

As a Front-Office Business Analyst, you will work with both front office and middle office users, with direct desk access on the trading floor, gaining exposure across end-to-end trade lifecycle for physical and Derivatives trading.

As a Front-Office Business Analyst, you will be focused on helping the digital trading desk gather requirements and analysis. You will be required to be proactive in engaging with users and working with them in a collaborative and open manner. You must take ownership of creating structured documentation (e.g. backlogs of user stories) and be able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical individual.

? Day rates: Up to £650/Day Outside IR35

?Location of work: Hybrid. 2-3 days from the office, LDN

? Expertise: Commodity Trading BA expertise (Power, Gas, LNG etc)

Duties of the Front-Office Business Analyst:

• Working with the users to identify their needs
• Creating worked examples, mock-ups, test cases or similar to help users understand their requirements and potential solution options
• Performing hands-on system or data analysis to identify changes (e.g. to usage, to configuration or to class-event)
• Able to work in both an Agile and Waterfall methodology

Experience needed for the Front-Office Business Analyst:

• 3-5 years’ experience as an IT Business Analyst in Trading
• Derivatives Trading experience – Physicals is a bonus as is prior Commodities/Energy Trading
• Understanding of; American and European Options, Greeks, Futures and Forwards
• Front / middle office knowledge; pricing and valuation (P&L, risk exposure, etc.)

If you are interested in this Front-Office Business Analyst role. Please reply with your latest CV or send it direct to [emailprotected]