Business Analyst at BP, London Canary Wharf/Remote, 6 Months, £620-£680 per day

Job title: Business Analyst

Job location: Canary Wharf (hybrid)

Industry: Gas & Oil, Trading

Daily rate: £620.00-£680 per day

Employment type: contract (6 months) possible to extension

Engagement via an umbrella company

Background

European Gas & Power (EGP) is part of trading business based in Canary Wharf, London. It is front and centre in plans to move away from Oil to a future of renewable energy. The gas business is a crucial element of this transition providing base load capacity and the ability to meet peak demand, while the power business is investing heavily in wind and solar. Their power strategy includes reaching 12GW of renewable power by 2030.

Role Description

This role is to provide business analysis to define an interface between a client facing customer portal and the gas & power ERTM system (Endur Openlink). The integration will allow clients/users to provide nominations (forecasts) of their gas and power usage, these nominations will then be used to update volumes on the deals in Endur. Given that these deal volumes are used in position management and PnL reporting ensuring a robust and error free interface is essential to the smooth operation of the gas & power business.

The role will include but is not limited to:

·        Process definition, process improvement

·        Gathering business requirements and recording them in a product backlog

·        Elaborating backlog items ready for delivery

·        Working with solution architecture to ensure an end-to-end systems landscape which meets business requirements

·        Writing interface specifications

·        Implementing a test regime to ensure quality across the delivery

·        Project delivery, reporting, risk management

·        Working with a hybrid team of delivery resources (internal & external); utilising scrum methodology where relevant

·        Provide regular reporting to project management

The candidate should have good-quality excellent communication skills and experience gained in a commercial environment, as set out below.

 Essential Experience

·        At least one globally traded market, preferably physical commodities

·        Hands on and expert level experience of Endur Openlink

·        Business analysis skills; process definition, process improvement, interface/integration specification

·        Agile framework for software delivery, Azure Dev Ops (or similar)

Preferred Experience

·        Trade lifecycle & risk management

·        Global gas and power markets

·        AWS infrastructure and services

Nice to Have Experience

·        Experience with EU power markets

·        EU Grid balancing mechanism

·        Gas & Power asset optimisation