Senior Business Analyst

Job summary

Define business requirements with trading, operations, middle-office, and technology teams, and lead functional analysis across the physical metals lifecycle. Help design pricing, valuation, financing, and settlement workflows while identifying opportunities for AI and automation, and support specifications, testing, implementation, and optimisation.

Job details

Senior Business Analyst – Physical Metals | Greenfield ETRM Transformation I’m working with a leading global commodities trading firm on a greenfield ETRM transformation and looking for a Senior Business Analyst with strong physical metals experience. This is an opportunity to shape a strategic platform build, redesign end-to-end metals workflows and explore how AI and automation can transform trading operations. Key responsibilities: Work with trading, operations, middle office and technology teams to define business requirements. Own functional analysis across the physical metals lifecycle, including trade capture, pricing, warrants, inventory and settlements. Support the design of LME pricing, physical premiums, location differentials and provisional/final pricing. Contribute to MTM, P&L, inventory financing and repo workflow design. Identify opportunities to introduce AI agents and automation to reduce manual processes and operational risk. Translate business requirements into functional specifications and support testing, implementation and optimisation. Experience required: Essential: Strong hands-on experience with physical metals trading workflows Strong understanding of LME pricing structures, warrants, inventory management and physical settlements. Experience with physical inventory valuation, MTM and P&L attribution. Previous experience working with an E/CTRM platform is required; experience with any ETRM or CTRM system is relevant. Experience gathering requirements and delivering functional solutions across business and technology teams. An interest in AI, intelligent automation and improving trading workflows. A great opportunity to join a greenfield transformation, influence platform design and help shape the future of physical metals operations.

What you’ll do

Define business requirements with trading, operations, middle-office, and technology teams, and lead functional analysis across the physical metals lifecycle. Help design pricing, valuation, financing, and settlement workflows while identifying opportunities for AI and automation, and support specifications, testing, implementation, and optimisation.

Requirements

Requires hands-on experience with physical metals trading workflows, including LME pricing, warrants, inventory management, and physical settlements, as well as experience with inventory valuation, mark-to-market, and P&L attribution. Candidates must have experience with an ETRM or CTRM platform and delivering functional solutions across business and technology teams; interest in AI and automation is also sought.

Listed skills

• Inventory management · Preferred
• Requirements gathering · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Physical Metals Trading
• LME Pricing
• Trade Capture
• Warrants
• Inventory Management
• Physical Settlements
• Inventory Valuation
• Mark-to-Market
• P&L Attribution
• Inventory Financing
• Repo Workflows
• Requirements Gathering
• Functional Analysis
• ETRM/CTRM Platforms
• Testing and Implementation
• AI and Automation

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Data & Analytics
• Technology
• Consulting