Senior Business Consultant
Ion
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Business Consultant to join our Delivery Services team. In this role, you will contribute to project success by providing software and industry expertise, engaging with prominent energy and commodities clients globally. You will participate in implementing world-class solutions, offering industry and functional advice, troubleshooting, and presenting the product solution. Responsibilities include gathering business requirements, providing guidance to other consultants, and adhering to implementation best practices. This role requires 5+ years of experience in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting product installations, with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or a related IT field, or equivalent experience.
Must Have
- 5+ years of experience in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting Product installations.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or related IT field or equivalent experience.
- Ability to work as part of a project team.
- Ability to work onsite at client locations.
Good to Have
- Implementation experience with TriplePoint application or relevant ETRM background.
- Strong knowledge of Trading and Risk concepts (physical and financial instruments).
- Experience with Front Office/Risk modules, including developing book structures, pricing constructs, limits, VAR, option valuation, and position reporting.
- Experience with credit reporting/configuration.
- Implementation experience with Accounting/Back Office modules (invoicing, settlements, contracts, cash flow, ERP interfacing).
- Accounting skills (inventory valuation, accruals, account coding, hedge accounting).
- Strong knowledge of scheduling concepts in ETRM systems.
- Implementation experience with scheduling/operations (transportation, storage, exchanges, processing, inventory management, position reporting, tariff and fees capture).
- Industry skills in Natural Gas, Crude, Refined Products, Biofuels, LNG, Metals, Coal, Agricultural Products.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Provide industry and functional advice and troubleshooting in the discovery workshop, design, implementation, testing, and production support of the Product solution for the client’s business needs
- Present the Product 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 Product solution
- Demonstrate deep knowledge in one or more areas of Product configuration and in one or more energy commodities
- Provide guidance to Business Consultants in one or more functional areas of the Product solution
- Assist with professional services best practices as directed by Line Manager
- Assume hands-on project implementation duties in all phases of the Product 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
- Implementation experience is preferred with the TriplePoint application, but relevant ETRM background will be considered.
- Experience required with one or more of the following areas:
- Front Office/Risk: Candidate must have strong knowledge of Trading and Risk concepts. Capabilities should include experience with both physical (purchases, sales, exchange for physicals (EFP), buy/sells, exchanges, etc.) and financial instruments (Futures, Options, OTC Swaps, OTC Options, FX Swaps, Exchange Traded Options, etc.). Additionally, implementation experience should include developing book structures, configuring pricing constructs (Forward, Market and Derived), setting limits (Risk and Trading), VAR, option valuation and position reporting (mark to market, and exposure). Experience with credit reporting/configuration including credit counterparty setup, credit Instruments, credit check configuration, credit exposure reporting, credit available reporting desired.
- Accounting/Back Office: Candidate must have implementation experience with invoicing and settlements, contracts and confirms, cash flow reporting, and interfacing with ERP for A/R and A/P. Accounting skills desired with inventory valuation, accruals, account coding, and hedge accounting,
- Scheduling/Operations: Candidate must have strong knowledge of scheduling concepts in ETRM systems. Implementation experience necessary with transportation (trucks, rail, waterborne, pipeline, product transfers), storage, exchanges, and processing (fractionation, blending, and refining), inventory management, position reporting, tariff and fees capture.
- Industry Skills: Natural Gas, Crude, Refined Products, Biofuels, LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas), Metals, Coal, Agricultural Products.
- 5+ years of experience in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting Product installations in client environments of experience.
- 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.