AI Deployment Business Analyst: Commodities Trading: World Energy Co

Exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst - AI & Commodities Trading to join this global Energy company for a 6 month initially contract.

Competitive Day Rates (Umbrella)

3 Days a week in London office

This is an exciting time to join this world-leading Energy company as it evolves from a traditional Oil & Gas enterprise into a future-focused Energy leader. This transformation includes the establishment of a highly successful new Power Trading desk within the Energy Trading team and ventures into cutting-edge solutions that address the evolving demands of the Energy sector. These initiatives include advanced Gas infrastructure, LNG technology, effective Energy Storage systems and Green Energy solutions. These innovations create opportunities for exceptionally talented individuals to contribute to the success of this evolution, working alongside some of the industry’s top professionals and leveraging the very latest technology.

Role Overview

You will be a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst to support the expansion of AI-enabled products within the Products Trading organisation.

The successful candidate will be responsible for bridging business and technology teams, translating complex commodities trading business challenges into digital and AI-enabled solutions.

This role requires a seasoned Business Analyst with strong knowledge of Commodities Trading, Products Trading, Supply & Distribution, Logistics, Risk Management, and Commercial optimisation. Experience working on AI, data, analytics, or digital transformation initiatives is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis Leadership

Lead discovery, analysis, process modelling and requirements definition activities across multiple strategic initiatives.

Translate business opportunities and operational challenges into actionable functional and technical requirements.

Facilitate workshops with traders, schedulers, operators, commercial teams, product owners and technology teams.

Define user stories, business processes, capability maps, acceptance criteria and business outcomes.

Drive solution alignment across business, product and engineering teams.

Commodities & Products Trading Expertise:

Provide subject matter expertise and analysis across areas such as:

Refined Products Trading

Crude Trading

Deal Capture & Trade Lifecycle Management

Commercial Operations

Scheduling & Logistics

Inventory Management

Supply & Distribution

Blending & Optimisation

Risk & Exposure Management

Margin & P&L Analysis

Trading Analytics & Decision Support

Front, Middle and Back Office Processes

AI & Digital Product Enablement

Identify opportunities to leverage AI and Generative AI capabilities within trading and commercial workflows.

Work closely with AI engineers, data scientists, and developers to define and deliver AI-enabled solutions.

Support product discovery, MVP definition, and scaling of successful AI products.

Translate business use cases into requirements suitable for AI and Large Language Model (LLM) based solutions.

Evaluate business value and adoption opportunities for AI-enabled products.

Essential Experience

Extensive Business Analysis experience within Commodities Trading or Energy Trading environments.

Strong knowledge of Products Trading business processes and value chains.

Proven experience working directly with traders, operators, schedulers, planners and commercial stakeholders.

Experience supporting large-scale digital transformation initiatives.

Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.

Experience working within Agile product delivery environments.

Excellent communication and leadership capabilities.

AI & Data

Experience delivering AI, Machine Learning or Advanced Analytics solutions.

Understanding of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).

Experience converting business requirements into AI use cases.

Familiarity with AI product lifecycles and adoption challenges.

This needs combining with a positive attitude and an ability to work within a large, globally dispersed project team in a multi-cultural environment. You also need to be a self-starter, a logical thinker and a quick learner, with strong initiative and excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, able to write clearly and concisely. We believe in equality of opportunity for all job applicants regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, creed or religion, disability, sexual orientation or age. *******With a focus within Energy Trading, Oil & Gas, Financial Markets and Commodities, we offer a transparent Recruitment Service that has proven to be reliable and effective for over 40 years. We are ISO accredited and proud of our excellent TrustPilot Reviews. Your search for a New Contract Assignment or for a New Permanent Job will be in safe hands with Eaglecliff Recruitment. Please telephone for an immediate response or email your CV for a quick response. Eaglecliff Ltd is acting in the capacity of an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for contractor resourcing.