Business Analyst - Commodity Trading

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Location: London, UK.

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Inside IR35 Day Rate: Up to £700 per day

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​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.

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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.

• 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.

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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 the ability to engage traders, risk managers, IT, and operations.

• Ability to work in fast fast-paced agile environment and lead cross-functional workshops.