IT Business Analyst, Gas Trading

COMPANY DESCRIPTION About the Company

The JERA Global Markets Group (JERAGM) is a leading utility-backed energy trader specialising in LNG, power,coaland freight.

As JERA’s exclusive trading and optimisation platform for majority shareholder, JERAGM operates one of the most exciting energy portfolios in the world, which gives it an in-depth understanding of the way local,regional and international energy markets behave. Thisexpertiseenables us to capture trading opportunities, optimise portfolios, createvalueand enhance security of supply for our customers.

Headquartered in Singapore, JERAGM has a global talent pool of about 400 people across officeslocatedin five strategic locations:
Singapore, the UK (London), Japan (Tokyo), the US (Houston) and Australia (Brisbane).

This role forms part of JERA's growing North American Gas Trading business, which is expected to transition onto JERAGM’s trading platform. This business is wholly owned by JERA Co., Inc. and will focus on US natural gas trading,optimisation and market development across North America. Successful candidates will join during the build-out phase ahead of the business's planned operational launch.

The Business Analystis responsible for configuring, implementing, and supporting the ETRM platform from EKA Solutions,and other supporting software used in the energy trading process such as Enverus,Plexos,cQuant, and Intercontinental Exchange(ICE).Thispositionprovidesexpertiseinthefulltransaction lifecycle from pre-trade through settlement and invoicing.

• Work with the business users to gather and document business requirements and track updates and changes toinsuretheyare meetingthe business users' requirements.
• Act as the business analyst with regards to:
• Power and natural gas trading
• Trading lifecyclefront, middleandback-office processes,rolesandresponsibilities
• Use of an ETRM platform by all parties - Commercial, Risk, Finance, Accounting
• AnalyzeETRM reporting results to ensure solutions are functioningproperlyand results are consistent with expectations.
• Function as a liaison between IT and third-party solutions and the business to ensure that current delivery and future requirements are meetingthe business needs.
• Assistin the development of test cases and work with users to perform user acceptance testing of solutions.
• Ability toanalyzebusiness problems into a potential project including understanding the business problem and developing a plan to deliver a solution.
• Becoming the subject matter expertfor the ETRM processes within JERA to train and support new and existing users of the ETRM and other support systems, and troubleshoot user issues
• Note that in addition to thesedutiesemployeesare required tocarry out such other duties as may be reasonably required.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics,Mathematicsor related field.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience delivering/ supporting ETRM solutions in a global environment with a focus on Power and Natural Gas trading life cycle. (Such as EKA,Endur, Allegro, Right Angle, etc.) including business analyst functions
• Front and middle office experience andexperiencetraining end users
• Strong understanding ofthe energy trading process.
• Experience with multiple ETRM platforms would be an advantage.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under time pressure
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and communicate those to the IT and application development teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) and able to work effectively with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and various levels within the organization

This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop skills and responsibility within a growing and successful commodity trading business.