Senior Commodity Trade Systems Analyst

TEKsystems; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

HSA

Transportation benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

TEKsystems client seeks a Senior Business System Analyst to support and enhance commodity trade operations through strong business analysis, communication, and techno-functional solution support of SaaS, off-the-shelf, and custom applications.

This role partners with Trading, Risk, Middle Office, Back Office, and IT teams to translate business needs into clear requirements, and drive delivery across the full project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Business Analyst supporting commodity trading and hedging processes in a functional or techno-functional capacity.
• Proven delivery experience across requirements, process mapping, solution design support, SIT/UAT coordination, defect triage, deployment readiness, and hypercare.
• Experience supporting production applications, including incident analysis, root-cause investigation, vendor coordination, and operational documentation.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into clear, testable requirements and to manage traceability through testing and release.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to drive alignment across multiple teams and priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a focus on clarity, accuracy, and professionalism.
• Experience with ION XTP (or similar ION platforms) supporting trade processing, integrations, and operational workflows.
• Experience with ION Openlink (Endur/Openlink) in a functional or techno-functional role supporting trading and risk operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business analysis for hedging and trade initiatives, from discovery through stabilization and hypercare.
• Guide documentation of current and future-state processes, including process maps, controls, handoffs, and exception handling across front-to-back trade flows.
• Translate business needs into clear, testable requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and documentation.
• Partner with solution architects, product owners, and delivery teams to support solution design, configuration approach, and integration touchpoints.
• Identify data and reporting needs (positions, exposures, P&L, settlements, confirmations) and support alignment on definitions, sources, and reconciliation expectations.
• Support planning and execution of SIT and UAT, including test strategy input, test case review, and execution coordination.
• Drive defect triage and resolution workflows: reproduce issues, document impacts, prioritize with stakeholders, and coordinate fixes with vendors and internal teams.
• Support deployment readiness activities, including cutover planning inputs, operational readiness checks, and stakeholder communications.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Technical-functional

Communication

SaaS/Hybrid solutions

ETRM/CTRM familiarity

Tools

ION XTP

ION Openlink Endur/Openlink

Job description

TEKsystems client seeks a Senior Business System Analyst to support and enhance commodity trade operations through strong business analysis, communication, and techno-functional solution support of SaaS, off-the-shelf, and custom applications.

This role partners with Trading, Risk, Middle Office, Back Office, and IT teams to translate business needs into clear requirements, and drive delivery across the full project lifecycle.