Senior Business Analyst – ETRM Transformation Programme

Senior Business Analyst – ETRM Transformation Programme

Location: London (Hybrid)

Contract: 6–12 Months (Potential Extension)

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a major business-led transformation programme within the energy trading sector. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a large-scale ETRM transformation, driving process optimisation, data improvements, and technology enablement across complex trading and supply operations.

Working within a high-profile programme, you will collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, delivery teams, and technology partners to deliver sustainable business value through process transformation and the implementation of a scalable trading platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Capture, analyse, and document business problems, value drivers, and functional/non-functional requirements.
• Translate business requirements into clear and actionable solution specifications.
• Assess risks, feasibility, opportunities, and potential business impacts of proposed solutions.
• Analyse and model business processes, data flows, and technology landscapes to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop and present compelling business cases to support solution approval, funding, and prioritisation.
• Maintain clear and comprehensive requirements documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability of requirements from business need through testing and final implementation.
• Work closely with software vendors, architects, developers, and designers to ensure business requirements are effectively delivered.
• Support system and database design activities, identifying constraints and opportunities.
• Configure and document software solutions and business processes using agreed standards and tools.
• Define acceptance criteria and coordinate testing activities to validate business outcomes.
• Lead stakeholder engagement activities, workshops, and large-scale design sessions.
• Manage business analysis activities across multiple workstreams, ensuring delivery against agreed cost, time, and quality objectives.
• Provide leadership and direction to Business Analysis teams and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Experience

• 7–10 years' experience in Business Analysis within complex IT environments.
• Demonstrable experience leading Business Analysis activities and mentoring teams.
• Deep understanding of Agile frameworks, tools, and ways of working.
• Experience educating and influencing Product Owners, business stakeholders, and delivery teams on Agile practices.
• Proven ability to work across business and technology teams within large-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong business process modelling, stakeholder management, and requirements management expertise.
• Experience creating business cases, process maps, user stories, acceptance criteria, and testing documentation.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

Preferred Experience

• Experience within Energy Trading, Commodities Trading, ETRM, or Trading & Supply environments.
• Exposure to Endur/Openlink implementations or ETRM transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of trade lifecycle processes, middle office, back office, risk, settlements, and trading operations.
• CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) and/or PMI-PBA certification.
• Lean Practitioner certification or experience.
• Agile certifications and relevant Agile training.

Key Skills

• Business Process Modelling
• Requirements Elicitation & Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Agile Delivery
• Data & Process Analysis
• Business Case Development
• Testing & Acceptance Management
• Change & Transformation
• Business Acumen
• Leadership & Team Management

If you are a proven Senior Business Analyst with strong Agile delivery experience and a background in large-scale transformation programmes, we would like to hear from you.