Senior Business Analyst: Physical Metals Transformation Lead

Cititec; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Cititec in the United States is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with strong experience in physical metals to lead a greenfield ETRM transformation and redesign end-to-end metals workflows. You will explore how AI and automation can transform trading operations and drive efficiency.

Key responsibilities include collaborating with trading, operations, middle office and technology to define requirements, owning the functional analysis across the metals lifecycle, and supporting the design of

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with physical metals trading workflows.
• Understanding of LME pricing, warrants, inventory and physical settlements.
• Experience with physical inventory valuation, MTM and P&L attribution.
• Experience with ETRM/CTRM systems.
• Ability to translate requirements into functional specifications and support testing.

Responsibilities

• Define business requirements with trading, operations, middle office and technology teams.
• Own functional analysis across the physical metals lifecycle, including trade capture, pricing, warrants, inventory and settlements.
• Support the design of LME pricing, physical premiums, location differentials and provisional/final pricing.
• Contribute to MTM, P&L, inventory financing and repo workflow design.
• Identify opportunities to introduce AI agents and automation to reduce manual processes and operational risk.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and support testing, implementation and optimisation.

Skills

Physical metals trading

ETRM/CTRM experience

Functional analysis

Tools

E/CTRM platform

Job description

Cititec in the United States is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with strong experience in physical metals to lead a greenfield ETRM transformation and redesign end-to-end metals workflows. You will explore how AI and automation can transform trading operations and drive efficiency.

Key responsibilities include collaborating with trading, operations, middle office and technology to define requirements, owning the functional analysis across the metals lifecycle, and supporting the design of