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Senior Business Analyst – ION / Commodity Trading Systems
Perfict Global, Inc.
- Location not stated
- Remote
- Senior
- 10 hours ago
- Risk Management
- Integration Testing
- triage
- Incident Management
10 hours ago
Location: Grove Heights, MN (100% Remote)
Duration: 12+ Months
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end business analysis for commodity trading and hedging initiatives, from requirements gathering through implementation and post-production stabilization.
- Analyze and document business processes, workflows, controls, exceptions, and front-to-back trade lifecycle activities.
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process documentation.
- Partner with business stakeholders, solution architects, developers, and vendors to support solution design and application enhancements.
- Support trading, risk management, position management, exposure analysis, P&L, settlements, confirmations, and reporting processes.
- Coordinate System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, test case reviews, execution, and defect resolution.
- Manage defect triage, investigate application issues, assess business impacts, and coordinate corrective actions.
- Support integrations across market data, trade processing, settlements, accounting, and downstream reporting systems.
- Perform incident analysis and root-cause investigations while coordinating with vendors and internal IT support teams.
- Support deployment readiness, cutover planning, release management, and post-go-live hypercare.
- Maintain functional specifications, operational procedures, support documentation, and troubleshooting guides.
- Identify opportunities to improve system reliability, operational efficiency, controls, and business processes.
- Facilitate stakeholder discussions, manage dependencies, and ensure alignment between business requirements and technical delivery.
- 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Senior Business Analyst supporting IT applications, preferably in commodity trading and hedging.
- Hands-on experience withION XTP or similar ION trading platforms.
- Experience withION Openlink, Openlink Endur, or related ETRM/CTRM platforms in a functional or techno-functional capacity.
- Strong understanding of commodity trading, hedging, and trade lifecycle processes.
- Experience withsoft commodities, particularly grains and seeds.
- Proven experience in requirements gathering, process mapping, functional documentation, and stakeholder management.
- Experience coordinating SIT/UAT, managing defects, and supporting deployment and post-production stabilization.
- Experience with production application support, incident management, root-cause analysis, and vendor coordination.
- Understanding of system integrations, market data, pricing, settlements, and trading-related reporting.
- Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
- Experience working in regulated or controlled environments with a focus on auditability, operational controls, and risk management.
- Familiarity with trade confirmations, position reconciliation, exposure reporting, and P&L processes.
- Experience improving application support processes, operational documentation, and release management practices.
Senior Business Analyst – ION / Commodity Trading Systems · Perfict Global, Inc.