Business Analyst - Oil & Gas Trading
Location: London, UK.
Inside IR35 Day Rate: Up to £700 per day
We are seeking highly experienced Business Analysts with a strong background in commodity trading to support a strategic transformation initiative. The successful candidate will work closely with trading, risk, and operations teams to analyse current-state processes, gather business requirements, and drive the business process optimisation.
Key Responsibilities:
* Work directly with front-office traders, schedulers, and risk analysts to capture detailed business requirements across the trading lifecycle (deal capture, scheduling, risk, settlement).
* Translate business needs into clear and structured functional and non-functional requirements.
* Map out as-is and to-be business processes and workflows to support digital transformation.
* Derive data analysis and validation efforts related to trade data, pricing, market exposure, and logistics.
* Collaborate with IT and development teams to validate solutions and ensure alignment with business objectives.
* Work independently and act as a liaison between the business and technology.
* Provide domain expertise in oil trading operations, including knowledge of crude, refined products, shipping logistics, and physical/financial trading practices.
Required Skills & Experience:
* Business Analysis experience in commodity trading (preferably Oil or Gas Trading).
* Solid understanding of physical and financial oil trading workflows, including front, middle, and back-office functions.
* Familiarity with trade lifecycle processes: deal entry, confirmation, scheduling, pricing, risk reporting, P&L, settlement.
* Strong analytical and documentation skills: BRD, FRD, process mapping, data dictionaries, use cases.
* Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage traders, risk managers, IT, and operations.
* Ability to work in fast fast-paced agile environment and lead cross-functional workshops.
Please reach out for further information:
joe@paritasrecruitment.com