Senior Business Consultant - Aspect

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm seeks a Senior Business Consultant in London. This role involves providing industry expertise and managing project implementations for energy and commodities clients. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in trading, risk management, and relevant software solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting Product installations.
• Implementation experience preferred with the Aspect application.

Responsibilities

• Provide industry and functional advice during project phases.
• Consult with clients to determine business requirements.
• Assume hands-on project implementation duties.

Skills

Trading and Risk concepts

Invoicing

Scheduling concepts

Natural Gas

Crude

Refined Products

Biofuels

LNG

Metals

Carbon

Coal

Agricultural Products

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Economics

Bachelor's degree in related IT field

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Senior Business Consultant - Aspect, London

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Client:

ION

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

17.05.2025

Expiry Date:

01.07.2025

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Job Description:

The Role: Join our Delivery Services team where opportunities are available to grow your consulting skills with award-winning software solutions. ION consultants engage with prominent energy and commodities clients all over the world. Our open roles include the Senior Business Consultant position responsible for contributing to the success of the projects by providing software and industry expertise. Within this role, you will participate as a member of a team dedicated to providing world-class implementation services to our clients.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide industry and functional advice and troubleshooting in the discovery workshop, design, implementation, testing, and production support of the Product solution for the client’s business needs.
2. Present the Product solution to client users.
3. Support the deliverables of the Technical Consultants by providing business and functional guidance, review, testing, and validation of scripted solutions (reports, plugins, and interfaces) as directed by Product Manager.
4. Consult with client users to determine business requirements and work processes to be addressed by one or more areas of the Product solution.
5. Demonstrate deep knowledge in one or more areas of Product configuration and in one or more energy commodities.
6. Provide guidance to Business Consultants in one or more functional areas of the Product solution.
7. Assist with professional services best practices as directed by Line Manager.
8. Assume hands-on project implementation duties in all phases of the Product implementation, reporting to the Project Manager.
9. Gather and document business requirements, configuration designs, test plans/results, and any other deliverables required by the project as determined by the Project Manager and Lead Business Consultant.
10. Keep Line Manager and Project Manager(s) informed regarding the status of assigned responsibilities.
11. Adhere to implementation best practices in one or more functional areas of the ION solution in all functional design, specifications, custom coding, unit testing, and other deliverables.
12. Follow ION documentation standards and resolution process flow for all deliverables.
13. Maintain full chargeability on client account(s) as assigned.

Required Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

1. Implementation experience is preferred with the Aspect application, but relevant ETRM background will be considered.
2. Experience required with one or more of the following areas:
3. Front Office/Risk Skills: Strong knowledge of Trading and Risk concepts, including physical and financial instruments, developing book structures, configuring pricing constructs, setting limits, and position reporting.
4. Accounting/Back Office Skills: Experience with invoicing, settlements, contracts, cash flow reporting, and interfacing with ERP systems for A/R and A/P.
5. Scheduling Skills: Knowledge of scheduling concepts in ETRM systems, including transportation, storage, exchanges, processing, inventory management, and tariff capture.
6. Industry Skills: Experience with Natural Gas, Crude, Refined Products, Biofuels, LNG, Metals, Carbon, Coal, Agricultural Products.
7. 5+ years of experience in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting Product installations in client environments.
8. Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or related IT field, or equivalent experience.
9. Ability to work as part of a project team and onsite at client locations.