ETRM Systems Analyst: Learn Trade Lifecycle and Data

Vaco; Kitchener (MS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco in Houston, TX is hiring a Business Analyst for an onsite role focused on energy trading and ETRM systems. You will learn the end-to-end trade lifecycle, provide user support, and translate business needs into actionable requirements.

You will work with traders, schedulers, and accounting to document processes, run SQL data checks, and contribute to testing and training materials as part of a growing ETRM team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or analytical field.
• Strong numerical problem solving; can reason about numbers and formulas.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Solid Excel skills with lookups and pivot tables.
• Precision in settlement and invoicing; small errors matter.
• Willingness to learn the commodity trading business.

Responsibilities

• Learn the end-to-end trade lifecycle and how the ETRM platform supports each step.
• Provide day-to-day application support; triage questions and reproduce issues.
• Investigate data questions using SQL and validate volumes, prices, positions.
• Document current-state processes and maintain glossaries.
• Gather and write requirements for enhancements and projects.
• Support testing: create test cases and track defects.
• Assist with onboarding, security setups, and training material.
• Support system interfaces and scheduled jobs including monitoring.
• Contribute to implementation, upgrades, and post-go-live support.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Communication skills

Excel proficient

Attention to detail

Willingness to learn

Problem solving

SQL exposure

Markets coursework

Programming basics

Education

Bachelor's degree (analytic field)

Tools

Python

C#

VBA

R

Job description

Vaco in Houston, TX is hiring a Business Analyst for an onsite role focused on energy trading and ETRM systems. You will learn the end-to-end trade lifecycle, provide user support, and translate business needs into actionable requirements.

You will work with traders, schedulers, and accounting to document processes, run SQL data checks, and contribute to testing and training materials as part of a growing ETRM team.