Senior Business Analyst | Abu Dhabi | Energy & Trading

A leading global energy company is currently seeking a Senior Business Analyst with Trading / Commodities / ETRM systems experience to be based out of its new offices in Abu Dhabi.

The main remit of the role will be to support the wider business in the implementation of IT projects within its trading division and be the link between the business and IT. You will play a pivotal part in ensuring that business requirements are fed back into the project team and converted into functional specifications. You will lead a team of Business Analyst's based both in Abu Dhabi and their Central London offices.

The initial plan is to bring a Sr. Business Analyst onboard ASAP with a view to relocate to Abu Dhabi in September. All expenses and costs will covered, with salaries being adjusted to suit local inflation.

MAIN JOB FUNCTION

• The Sr . Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in ensuring an understanding of business requirements by:
• Conducting interview to gather user requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, workflow storyboards, use cases scenarios and other methods.
• Identify and establish scope and parameters of requirements analysis on project-by-project basis to define project impact, outcome criteria and metrics.
• Work with stakeholders, project and application maintenance team to prioritize collected requirements.
• Analyze and verify requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.
• Develop and utilize standard templates to accurately and concisely write requirements specifications.
• Contribute to the implementation of the system.
• Test the newly implemented systems and features.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Link between the company Business Functions and the Information & Communication Technology Department to evaluate their needs (requirement gathering, opportunity management based on emerging technology and business case) and document formally.
• Link between external ICT partners and the ICT Department.
• Provide guidance and leadership to the other BA's in the team.
• To draw up and deliver punctually a functional analysis conformable to the company methodology.
• To contribute to the implementation of the system by configuring and coding.
• To guarantee the quality of the delivery testing the systems and supporting business functions in the User Acceptance test.
• To support the business functions to efficiently using the systems by providing training and guidance.
• To act as a functional expert for ETRM (Energy Trading and Risk Management) applications and you follow up of the evolution closely. You will use this knowledge to configure the applications in accordance with the needs of the business.
• To participate in projects and the application maintenance activities.

CANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS:

• University degree with stress on Informatics, or equally by experience.
• At least 5 years' experience in producing functional analyses.
• Knowledge of the Trading domain is essential.
• Knowledge of ETRM packages and relevant implementation experience is an asset.
• Has a hands-on approach.
• Knowledge of programming and scripting languages is an asset.
• Experience in the energy sector is an asset.
• Knowledge of analysis methodologies and UML are advantages.
• Good knowledge of English. Knowledge of Italian is an asset.
• Good communication with business functions colleagues, external partners as well as with developers.
• Flexible team player who is immune to stress.
• Analytical mind with an eye for accuracy.
• Problem solving skills.

Please contact james.thompson@markssattin.com | 0207 747 9718