Senior Business Analyst

Join us, be part of more. We are so much more than an energy company. We are a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We are energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that energise a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently – we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it and mend it.

About your team: At Centrica Energy, our mission is to move it. We’re energy movers by nature. We’re a global renewable energy trading company which helps move energy from source to use – powering businesses, homes, and societies as they transition to a new sustainable energy future. If the idea of working to create a sustainable energy future also moves you, we may very well be the right place for you. Centrica Energy is the global energy trading and logistics arm of Centrica Plc. We trade power, gas, LNG, and energy attributes and connect producers, suppliers and offtakers in the wholesale energy markets – and we provide our clients with the best route-to-market services available to the market today with physical and financial settlement approaches.

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst. Within this role you will be responsible for using Endur package and integrations to drive system design, implementation and improvements for function and workflows.

How we work: We embrace 'flexible first' as our guiding principle for flexible and hybrid working, which balances work, the team, and the individual need for flexibility. This role is based out of our London office, close to Marble Arch, with the team typically coming in 3 days per week. There will also be an occasional requirement to travel to our Denmark offices (Aalborg and Copenhagen).

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Demonstrate success managing digital solutions in the ETRM space from ideation to launch, including engineering and operational quality.
• Articulate technology-based solutions, present in new business situations and workshops, and sometimes navigate complex client situations.
• Be the first point of contact to identify, manage and resolve requirement questions, dependencies, issues, and risks with the onshore and offshore team and business.
• Provide front line technical support to end-users responding to issues related to Problem/Incident Management, Release/Deployment, Operational Readiness, Application Monitoring, Production Governance related to issues.
• Prioritise competing demands and obtain buy-in from stakeholders.
• Delivery of complex business and technology solutions, from solution design to end-to-end system implementation, in the ETRM space.
• Develop and implement methodologies that maximise the flow of value and are deeply rooted in Agile, Lean, and continuous delivery principles.
• Develop and implement procedures to improve communication, team engagement, and coordination around incident management and to reduce the business impact.

The Person:

• Understanding of end to end processes in the physical commodity, trading, or similar (financial services, investment banking) industry.
• Strong understanding of OpenLink Endur platform and experience in using OpenLink development tools – either JVS or OpenComponents (JAVA).
• Ability to troubleshoot, support and maintain Endur instance.
• Ability to create custom WebApps or interfaces to the ETRM system.
• Good understanding of programming languages like Python and C++.
• Good database development either using Oracle PL/SQL.
• Knowledge of DMS, Crystal Report, REST API, Apache Kafka, Apache Tomcat, etc technologies.
• Knowledge of trading, STP, Risk and Operations process.
• Good analytical skills – able to investigate, analyse and troubleshoot tasks.
• Capacity to work autonomously and to communicate with the different stakeholders of the project.
• Able to perform various phases of SDLC where essential – analysis, coding, review, testing, documentation, implementation and release management, along with any troubleshooting/investigation/support task.
• Ability and desire to work in a fast moving trading environment to help the ETRM landscape get ahead of industry benchmarks.

Why should you apply?

We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too.

If you’re full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.