Etrm Sr. Business Analyst

Job Details

Level: Experienced

Job Location: Downtown Houston - Houston, TX

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: Undisclosed

Description

Job Summary / Purpose

Golden Pass LNG is an ExxonMobil (30%) and QatarEnergy(70%) joint venture formed in the early 2000s to import liquefied natural gas. In 2019, the shareholders made a $10B final investment decision for "The Golden Pass LNG Export Project" to construct a world class LNG export facility.

From inception to date, substantially all technology systems and services have been provided by ExxonMobil IT. As part of the project, the company launched a GPLNG IT Enablement initiative to carve out systems, and establish standalone systems and processes designed specifically for LNG export operations in a Greenfield environment. The IT Enablement initiatives will utilize Cloud technology and Software-as-a Service to the extent possible. Golden Pass IT professionals will focus on strategic initiatives, business differentiators, and manage service providers to maintain systems and perform recurring, tactical tasks.

The Sr. Business Analyst will have responsibility for Energy Trading and Risk Management systems, market data information, and other systems and processes required to support natural gas trading. This role is for a Sr. Business Analyst to work within a Commodities Trade Processing, Trade Lifecycle Management, Risk and PnL team - primarily design and implement solutions within the OpenLink Endur platform. The areas of expertise must include physical and financial deals, scheduling, trade lifecycle, risk reporting, P&L and market data for Natural Gas and LNG commodities.

THE CANDIDATE MUST BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE, ADVISE ALL LEVELS OF BUSINESS USERS AND SOLVE COMPLEX BUSINESS PROBLEMS / REQUIREMENTS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION.

Essential Duties / Functions

• Candidate must have good knowledge of energy trading and risk management processes across front, middle and back office functionalities with an emphasis on Natural Gas and LNG trading and logistics management.

• Candidate should have a good understanding of natural gas and LNG contracts in wholesale market, gas pricing, gas nominations & scheduling, gas transmission and distribution.

• Candidate must have good knowledge of the latest Endur product platform, its architecture, its key Modules and its Data Model and should have minimum 5 years of working experience in Endur version 10 or upwards.

• Candidate must have good understanding on deal modeling, deal lifecycle and product configuration within Endur including but not limited to new Instrument building, deal screen configuration, new template creation, deal modelling, market data setup, reference data setup, risk valuation, pnl reporting, accounting, invoicing, settlements and reporting.

• Design and providing feasible solution options to tackle business issues and support business growth in the system

• Communicate effectively between business users to gather business requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and work with developers for implementation

• Effective Stakeholder relationship management between Business and IT

• L2/3 support of Endur Production instance

• Contribute ideas to the evolution of the system architecture

• Candidate must have a good understanding of agile delivery methodology and experience working in a global team. Candidate must be able to effectively manage tasks assigned, timelines and progress reporting on the tasks.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance/Economics, Management Information Systems or equivalent experience

Minimum experience required of the position.

• Minimum 8 years of experience as an Endur business analyst supporting of commercial commodities (ideally Natural Gas) trading operations. LNG experience is a plus.

• Experience supporting and working with commercial IT team providing functional expertise and assisting in technical designs for commercial systems

• Experience in trade operation infrastructure, interfaces, and ETRM front to back business / functional flow

• Experience working with teams to drive and influence IT strategies by taking initiative, engaging business stakeholders and management, expressing ideas and challenging the status quo across management, business and functions

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position.

• Must be proficient in Endur (or other ETRM system) knowledge of deal modeling, deal lifecycle management, market data, pnl/risk reporting, middle to backoffice functionalities (knowledge of SQL is a plus)

• Experience in North America Natural Gas and LNG with strong business acumen and detailed knowledge of Gas (Physical and Financial) Trading, Gas Scheduling and LNG front to back processes and data flow

• Extensive functional knowledge in Openlink Endur, execution platform and trade operation infrastructure

• Ability to quickly understand a complex Gas and LNG value chain system architecture and matrix of across the organizations and businesses; and their interrelationships/dependencies

Required job competencies of the position.

• Proven track record in working with a dynamic team to manage multiple concurrent projects, operations and budgets

• Willingness and ability to lead or follow to achieve business objectives

• Strategic thinking skills with ability to visualize the big picture and manage tactical details as required

• Excellent communication skills with ability to serve as effective liaison between business users and IT with ability to explain technical information to a non-technical audience

• Leadership skills to drive business change, manage business stakeholders, and managed service providers

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position.

• No specific certifications required

Working Conditions

• Normal office environment (full-time onsite)

Physical Requirements

• No special physical requirements

Other

• Not all aspects of the job are covered by the description - may require "other duties as assigned"

• Job may change over time in accordance with business needs

• Job description does not guarantee employment