Senior Business Analyst – US Power Trading

Our client is a leading international energy trading organization seeking a Senior Business Analyst to act as the bridge between the US Power Trading Desk and IT teams. This role requires a rare combination of deep Front Office Power market expertise and strong ETRM delivery experience. Candidates must be comfortable engaging directly with traders and schedulers while driving ETRM initiatives from requirements gathering through implementation and production support.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner directly with Power Traders, Schedulers, Risk and Operations teams to understand business needs and translate them into functional solutions.

• Lead end-to-end ETRM projects including requirements gathering, functional specifications, testing, deployment, and post go-live support.

• Support Front Office trading activities across US Power markets and physical asset portfolios.

• Work closely with IT, developers, and third-party vendors to deliver enhancements and system improvements.

• Define and execute UAT strategies, coordinate stakeholder sign-off, and ensure successful delivery.

• Support production issues, troubleshoot trading and risk processes, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Contribute to valuation, risk reporting, mark-to-market, exposure management, and trade controls initiatives.

• 8+ years of Business Analysis experience within Energy Trading environments.

• Recent hands-on experience supporting US Power Trading desks.

• Strong understanding of:

  • FTRs (Financial Transmission Rights)

  • Congestion products

  • Heat Rate Options

  • Tolling Agreements

  • Hedging and Power Derivatives

• Experience working with physical power assets including:

  • Generation

  • Tolling

  • Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

• Strong knowledge of US ISO markets:

  • ERCOT

  • PJM

  • MISO

  • CAISO

  • Day-Ahead and Real-Time markets

  • Scheduling processes

• Proven ETRM expertise including:

  • Endur and/or PowerOptix

  • Requirements gathering

  • Functional design

  • UAT

  • Production support

  • SQL

Mid Office Knowledge

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong knowledge of:

• Mark-to-Market valuation

• Exposure reporting

• Risk metrics

• Forward curve management

• Trade controls

Nice to Have

• Allegro, RightAngle, nMarket or OATI experience

• Battery storage market experience

• Python skills

• Exposure to structured and exotic power products