Trade Control / Back Office – Senior Business Analyst
About the position Talan is seeking a Senior Functional Business Analyst to support a major ETRM transformation program for a US-based energy trading company headquartered in Europe. This role will focus on supporting the migration rollout across US markets, aligning business processes with European standards, and collaborating closely with business users, HQ teams, and delivery partners. The Business Analyst will be instrumental in functional delivery, user support, requirement gathering, documentation, and fostering business adoption throughout the migration process. The functional scope includes end-to-end post-trade and control workflows such as trade control processes (confirmations, validations, lifecycle events, reconciliations), back office and post-trade operations, and regulatory, accounting, and exchange-related workflows. The role also involves interaction with upstream/downstream systems including market data, settlements, accounting, reporting, and data platforms.
Responsibilities
- Lead and facilitate discussions with business users
- Gather, clarify, and drive functional requirements
- Translate European processes for US teams
- Support testing, validation, and business alignment
- Identify functional gaps and coordinate resolution with internal teams and vendors
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst on complex transformation programs
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to structure discussions, simplify complex topics, and drive decisions
- Knowledge of energy trading and/or US power markets (PJM, ISO-NE, ERCOT, etc.)
- Experience working across time zones and bridging global teams
- Strong analytical skills with good attention to detail
- SQL skills or strong technical awareness (data flows, interfaces, reconciliation concepts)
Nice-to-haves
- Experience on ETRM implementations/migrations, especially Orchestrade
- Understanding of: trade lifecycle events, settlement & invoicing, exchange clearing, accounting impacts / P&L / month-end close support
- Familiarity with delivery tools such as Jira/Confluence, test management tools, etc.
Benefits
- Competitive salary between USD $110.000 - US$170.000
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- 15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority
- 8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
- Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
- Voluntary STD and LTD
- Commuter/transit benefits