Senior Business Consultant - Aspect

Senior Business Consultant – Aspect at ION

Overview

Senior Business Consultants play a key role in delivering world‑class implementation services for ION’s energy and commodity clients. The role involves providing software and industry expertise, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and ensuring successful project delivery.

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 Aspect application, but relevant E\\&TRM background will be considered.
• Experience required with one or more of the following areas:
  • Front Office/Risk Skills: strong knowledge of Trading and Risk concepts, including physical and financial instruments.
  • Accounting/Back Office Skills: experience with invoicing, settlements, contracts, cash flow reporting, and ERP interfaces.
  • Scheduling Skills: knowledge of transportation, storage, exchanges, inventory management, and position reporting.
  • Industry Skills: natural gas, crude, refined products, biofuels, LNG, metals, carbon, coal, and agricultural products.
  • 5+ years of designing, configuring, and troubleshooting Product installations in client environments.
  • Bachelor\’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or related IT field, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to work as part of a project team structure.
  • Ability to work onsite at client locations.

About ION

ION is a global technology and consulting firm delivering trading and workflow automation software, high‑value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, ION supports thousands of clients worldwide with innovative solutions and a culture of inclusion and diversity.

ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.

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