Senior Business Consultant – Openlink

ION Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business Consultant to leverage their expertise in the Endur solution. This role involves providing industry insights, mentoring team members, and ensuring successful project implementation. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the ETRM sector and a strong background in consulting. Join a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration, and contribute to the success of high-profile projects for leading corporations and financial institutions. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing organization committed to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in ETRM industry with strong project implementation skills.
• Experience in designing and configuring Endur installations.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional advice and troubleshooting for Endur solution.
• Gather and document business requirements and configuration designs.
• Assist with delivery services best practices and project implementation.

Skills

Openlink Endur product experience

ETRM industry experience

Project implementation

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Economics

Job description

The goal of the Senior Business Consultant (Level 2) is to contribute to the success of the project by providing specific software and industry experience while mentoring other team members.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide industry and functional advice and troubleshooting in the discovery workshop, design, implementation, testing, and production support of the Endur solution for the client’s business needs.
• Present the Endur solution to client users.
• 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
• Consult with client users to determine business requirements and work processes to be addressed by one or more areas of the Endur solution.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge in one or more areas of Endur configuration and in one or more energy commodities.
• Provide guidance to Business Consultants in one or more functional areas of the Endur solution.
• Assist with delivery services best practices as directed by Line Manager
• Assume hands-on project implementation duties in all phases of the Endur implementation, reporting to the Project Manager
• 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
• Keep Line Manager and Project Manager(s) informed regarding the status of assigned responsibilities.
• 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.
• Follow ION documentation standards and resolution process flow for all deliverables.
• Maintain full chargeability on client account(s) as assigned.

Required Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

• Openlink Endur product experience in implementations per role profile.
• 5+ years' experience in ETRM industry, systems implementation or similar project exposure and preferably experience in a consulting or similar role.
• Bachelor's degree in one of the following: Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or a related IT field or equivalent experience in a related field
• Ability to work as part of a project team structure.
• Ability to work onsite at client locations.
• 4 to 6 years of direct experience at ION or other Software Company in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting Endur installations in client environments of experience.
• 4 to 6 years industry experience or consulting experience
• 4 to 6 years systems experience
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good written and oral communication skills

About us

We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.

• Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.

• Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.

ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group with 13,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe,

Our ever-expanding global footprint, cutting edge products, and over 40,000 customers worldwide provide an unparalleled career experience for those who share our vision.

ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.

ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.