ETRM Business Analyst: Trade Lifecycle & Data

Vaco; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring seeks an IT Business Analyst I - ETRM in Houston to support traders, schedulers, and logistics teams within the ETRM ecosystem. You will learn the trade lifecycle, triage user questions, and translate business needs into technical specs while collaborating with IT and vendor teams.

The role emphasizes learning the commodity trading domain, data analysis with SQL, and documentation practices, with opportunities to grow in a fast-paced energy trading environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a analytical field related to the role.
• Strong quantitative and problem-solving abilities with numerical reasoning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to explain technical findings.
• S solid Excel skills with lookups and large data handling.
• Precision matters in settlement and invoicing; follow-through is essential.
• Willingness to learn the commodity trading business and ask questions.

Responsibilities

• Learn the end-to-end trade lifecycle and how the ETRM platform supports each step.
• Provide day-to-day application support and reproduce/triage user issues.
• Investigate data questions using SQL across source systems and ETRM data.
• Document current-state processes; maintain procedures and glossaries.
• Gather requirements for enhancements and translate to specs for developers.
• Support testing by building test cases and tracking defects to closure.
• Assist with onboarding, security groups, and training materials.
• Support system interfaces and scheduled jobs, including monitoring.
• Contribute to implementation, upgrade, and post-go-live activities.

Skills

Strong quantitative skills

Strong written & verbal communication

Excel skills

Attention to detail / precision

Willingness to learn commodity trading

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics, mathematics, statistics, finance, economics, engineering, CS, or information systems

Tools

SQL

Relational databases

Python

VBA

Job description

Vaco by Highspring seeks an IT Business Analyst I - ETRM in Houston to support traders, schedulers, and logistics teams within the ETRM ecosystem. You will learn the trade lifecycle, triage user questions, and translate business needs into technical specs while collaborating with IT and vendor teams.

The role emphasizes learning the commodity trading domain, data analysis with SQL, and documentation practices, with opportunities to grow in a fast-paced energy trading environment.