Position: Business Analyst
Location: Canary Wharf
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 optimization.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years of 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 ability to engage traders, risk managers, IT, and operations.
• Ability to work in fast paced agile environment and lead cross-functional workshops.

Desirable: One of the following

• Someone who understands high frequency trading, the type of products that are traded in commodity market or
• Someone who knows how to value complex contracts. Should be expert in Options Theory

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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to £400.00 per day

Experience:

• Business Analyst: 10 years (required)
• commodity trading (preferably Oil or Gas Trading).: 10 years (required)

Location:

• Canary Wharf, Greater London (required)

• 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.
• Drive 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.