Commodities Business Analyst | London (W1J 6BR) | Full Time | £60,000 - £80,000 per annum
Our client is looking to appoint a Business Analyst to support a multi-year cross-company transformation programme for a key client. This programme aims to change the core technology architecture and embed a new operating model and ways of working. This Business Analyst role will sit within the client’s Business Change function, focusing on developing the new operating model and driving process transformation across the organisation.
The Role
The Commodities Business Analyst will work closely with stakeholders across front, middle and back-office to challenge existing ways of working, design future-state processes, and identify pragmatic paths to get there, often enabled by technology, data and automation. This is a business-led Business Analyst role, acting as a trusted partner to key stakeholders to identify their needs while driving the company change agenda.
- Partner with stakeholders across front-office, middle-office and back-office teams to understand current-state processes, pain points and constraints.
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to challenge existing ways of working and support teams in defining a clear, forward-thinking future state.
- Lead process analysis and redesign activities front-to-back.
- Identify opportunities to drive the operating model into the future, especially enabled by technology, data, automation or AI.
- Act as a bridge between business teams and delivery functions, especially technology, ensuring that business needs and outcomes remain central.
- Support the development of the client’s change capability by introducing analysis best practices.
This role would suit someone who thrives in dynamic, less structured environments and wants to actively contribute to shaping how business change is delivered across the firm
Requirements
Essential
- Several years’ experience in a Business Analyst, Business Change, or Process Improvement role within the commodities or energy trading sector
- Strong understanding of commodities operations, particularly middle and back-office functions (e.g. trade lifecycle, confirmations, settlements, risk, P&L, reference and market data)
- Proven experience analysing and redesigning business processes in complex, cross-functional, global environments
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders, constructively challenging assumptions while building trust and alignment
- Experience working with technology-enabled change, including automation and AI
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to translate complex topics into clear, actionable solutions
- Curious and improvement-oriented, with a natural inclination to ask “why” and “what could be better”
- Comfortable working in ambiguity and shaping problems before solutions are defined
Desirable
- Understanding of how market data integrates into CTRMs, ETRMs, risk engines, and analytics platforms
- Experience working with or alongside third-party market data tools and platforms
- Experience contributing to operating model or target architecture design
- Experience shaping AI strategy or identifying opportunities to embed AI into business processes to improve efficiency, controls, or insight generation
What’s In It For You
- £60,000 - £80,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
- This is an assignment-based fixed-term contract, initially a 12-month contract
- Hybrid working, with a minimum of 3 days in the office
- Workplace Pension Sch