Job Description

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Position Description:

The 'IT Business Analyst - Data' is a role reporting to the 'Lead IT Business Analyst - Data' within the Data Team in the JERAGM IT Department.

JERAGM is making a strategic investment in Data and Analytics to enable a more data driven approach to commercial decision making, risk management and operations. As part of this, the Data Team is leading delivery of a modern data platform using Azure services and Databricks. The team is near the beginning of a broad and complex programme of work delivering new capabilities across the business, including:

• A central warehouse of near real-time trade, valuation and risk data
• A central hub for sharing real-time prices and analytics
• Pipelines for scraping, analysing and visualising market prices and fundamental data
• Processes and tools for data governance and discovery

The Data Team is based in Singapore and is made up of:

• A technical team reporting to the 'Lead Data Engineer' responsible for integration, data engineering and software engineering / release management
• A business and data analysis team reporting to the 'Lead Business Analyst - Data' responsible for functional analysis, governance and reporting / analytics

The 'IT Business Analyst - Data' will be part of a Singapore team serving the needs of JERAGM users across all global locations. They will have responsibilities in the following areas as relates to the JERAGM Data, Reporting and Analytics platforms:

• 3rd Line Support:

• Helping users with questions and 3rd line support
• Capturing issues and changes in the IT JIRA ticketing system
• Business Analysis for Small Change and Projects:

• Working with the users to understand and prioritise their needs, creating prototypes, worked examples or mock-ups where this helps clarify their functional requirements
• Performing hands-on system or data analysis to define system requirements
• Design and implement reports and solutions to fulfil the functional and system requirements
• Documenting system change requests through a JIRA backlog of epics / user-stories
• Working with other members of the Data Team to breakdown, design and estimate changes
• Support Product Owner in agile delivery teams delivering changes
• Performing testing and running UAT
• Supporting release planning and go-live
• Creating user documentation and providing training

• Hands-on support for users in Data, Reporting and Analysis:

• Helping users setup and use the framework
• Undertaking hands-on work to support end-users and then escalating to more technical members of the team when they reach the limit of their knowledge, e.g.

• Explaining key datasets (e.g. data loaded from ETRM systems)
• Analysing data in SQL with tools such as DataBricks, DBeaver etc
• Setting up Excel/Powerquery to download and wrangle data in end-user Excel tools
• Helping users access data in Python in a local IDE and use JERAGM Python libraries / templates for data access, reporting and analysis
• Creating Power BI datasets and dashboards to wrangle and visualise data
• Creating DataBricks Notebooks to process and visualise data e.g. with PySpark
• Managing reporting and analytics through source control and CI/CD pipelines where these are recommended by IT for the end-user teams
• Acting as Data Steward:

• Building a relationship with Data Owners in the business
• Coordinating and administering JERAGM Data Governance processes
• Supporting setup and administration of role based access control across different components
• Supporting maintenance of data catalogues
• Documenting and communicating platform capabilities and data catalogues updates
• Supporting users in finding data and using self-service data discovery tools
• Supporting periodic review of data usage and recommend changes or maintenance
• Supporting periodic reviews of access control and using this to recommend changes or maintenance
• Helping improve Data Governance processes and tools over time

The 'IT Business Analyst - Data' will be required to be proactive in engaging with users and other members of the Data team in a collaborative and open manner. They must be able to communicate effectively when explaining business concepts and associated technical requirements. They must be comfortable running meetings and workshops across groups made up of users and technical teams. They will be required to be a self-starter and effective at working independently.

Their analysis work must be structured and methodical, at the same time as taking a pragmatic approach to problem solving. They must have good written English and will be required to create documentation as part of delivering changes or creating knowledge bases to improve the efficiency of the team.

They must have a blend of technical, business and communication skills that allows them to establish themselves as a peer to Trading and Middle Office Analysts as well as Analyst Developers within IT. They must have a passion for technology and a desire to have a hands-on role helping JERAGM business users better exploit and manage data.

Qualifications:

Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in numerate subject or equivalent professional qualification
• 5 years' experience as an IT Business Analyst, Analyst Developer or FO/MO Analyst within a trading house, investment bank, or through a tier-1 vendor/consultancy
• Experience of Commodities Trading and working with an ETRM application e.g. Allegro, Endur, Aspect
• Experience working with data, analysis and BI tools (e.g. SQL, PowerQuery, Excel, Python, DataBricks, SnowFlake, Power BI, Tableau)

Person Specification:

• Highly analytical with methodical approach and strong attention to detail
• Adaptable with ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Confident and effective communicator with professional and approachable manner
• Self-starter with pragmatic approach to problem solving and delivery-mindset
• Ability to work under pressure in Trading environment
• Passion for technology and a desire to help JERAGM better exploit and manage data

About Us:

About the Company

JERA Global Markets (JERAGM) is a leading utility-backed seaborne energy trader specialising in LNG, coal and freight. A joint venture between majority shareholder JERA Co., Inc. and EDF Trading, JERAGM's shareholders are among the world's largest utilities.

JERAGM operates one of the largest energy portfolios in the world which gives it an in-depth understanding of the way local, regional and international energy markets behave. These insights enable it to help its customers increase security of supply, optimise their portfolios and improve the risk management of their assets.

JERAGM LNG team manages the flexibility of over 35 million tonnes of supply each year, with structural access to both the European and North American gas markets. The coal team manages 60 million tonnes of supply each year for its shareholders and third-party customers and operates a major coal terminal in the Netherlands.

Headquartered in Singapore, JERAGM has a global talent pool of more than 250 people across offices located in four strategic locations: Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), the UK (London) and the US (Baltimore).

JERAGM is strongly capitalised with over US$500 million in paid up capital and a total equity of US$3 billion. JERAGM has retained its A+ Stable rating from R&I, attributable to a robust business model and solid financial base.