Senior Business Analyst - Commodity Trading
Job Description
- MT to MX transformation experience
- 10+ years experience, 3+ years in TMS implementation
- Corporate funding, treasury & accounting experience
- Business transformation experience
- Excellent communication & problem-solving skills
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:
Functional Requirements
Application functions
Reporting functions
Application Interfaces
Operational control activities
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
Skills
Must have
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
MT to MX transformation experience
Other
Languages
English: B2 Upper Intermediate
Seniority
Senior
