Senior Business Analyst Commodity Trading (Remote)

Project Description:

Our client is a leading commodity trading and logistics company.

They are committed to building and maintaining world-class IT applications and infrastructure.

The Trading IT group directly supports the trading business, and this business has started a far-reaching programme to enhance and improve its trading applications using an innovative architecture to support business growth across the full range of business lines and geographies and to enable the sharing of systems across different businesses.

This programme is aimed at delivering functional capabilities, enhancements, and technical infrastructure upgrades to enable continued business growth and enhanced profitability for the firm.

This role will be reporting to the Project Manager/Functional Lead for Corporate Funding and Operational Treasury.

Responsibilities:

Accountable for functionally supporting IT deliverables for the TMS application.

Including;

– Ensuring TMS application supports the agreed business requirements.

– Review and challenge all requirements, change requests, and specifications, including:

o Functional Requirements

– Application functions

– Reporting functions

o Application Interfaces

o Operational control activities

o Audit requirements

– Documenting the implementation specifications/configurations, and preparing a knowledge base for the application.

– Where required, administering, the configuration of the TMS.

– Develop (review if required) test scenarios and test cases and support end-users with testing

– Support all types of issue resolution with the respective application owners

– Identify areas of improvement, research best practices, and offer guidance and recommendations for process changes and potential solutions

Working Relationships with:

– Project stakeholders and key users across various IT and business departments

– External/Internal application support vendors

– Testing and training teams

Mandatory Skills:

Knowledge & Experience:

Overall, 10 years of experience, with a minimum of 3 years in end-to-end TMS implementation as a BA

– Should have completed at least 3 years in any TMS IT implementation

– Strong experience with corporate funding, treasury, and related accounting functions.

– Experience in business transformation with adapting existing systems to new businesses and strategies

– Strong academic background – An excellent degree from a top-tier university is required in a subject that demonstrates the need for logical thinking, precise understanding, and clear articulation

Attributes:

– Independent delivery and ownership-focused

– End-to-end process mindset

– Able to self-manage, collaborate, and regularly prioritize and manage activities across multiple workstreams

– Good communicator, engaging, and able to work with offshore teams across various time zones

– Excellent written and verbal communication skills

– Ability to make data-driven decisions & thrive in a fast-paced environment

Nice-to-Have Skills:

MT to MX transformation experience

Languages:

• English: B2 Upper Intermediate