Business Analyst, E-Commodities
Licensed sponsor London Contract Posted 1 hour ago
Job Description: Business Analyst – E-Commodities
- Company: Market Cloud Ltd
- Location: London, UK
- Experience: 6 + Years
- Employment Type: Contract
- Work Model: Hybrid
Role Purpose
The Business Analyst will own the business view of commodities products across the programme, ensuring that product requirements, pricing rules, RFQ workflows, trade booking, and lifecycle processes are clearly defined and aligned across business and technology teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Define the scope of individual commodities products and how each product is treated across pricing, Request for Quote (RFQ), trade booking, and the full trade lifecycle.
- Gather, analyse, and document business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Act as a bridge between business stakeholders, pricing developers, and integration teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood and implemented.
- Translate complex commodities product requirements into clear functional and technical deliverables.
- Work closely with trading, pricing, and technology teams to validate product behaviour and ensure consistency across systems.
- Support the definition and validation of pricing logic, product rules, and trade flows.
- Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test scenario preparation, defect tracking, and business sign-off.
- Identify gaps, dependencies, and inconsistencies across product definitions, pricing, and integration workflows.
- Support programme delivery by maintaining clear documentation and effective communication across stakeholders.
Required Skills and Experience
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in Business Analysis, preferably within commodities trading or financial markets.
- Strong knowledge of commodities derivatives products and their associated trading processes.
- Proven Business Analyst experience working on trading platforms.
- Understanding of commodities product pricing, RFQ processes, trade booking, and trade lifecycle management.
- Experience gathering requirements, defining acceptance criteria, and translating business needs into functional specifications.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with business users, pricing developers, and integration teams.
- Experience supporting UAT and validating business requirements against delivered solutions.
- Ability to work UK business hours.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with electronic trading (e-trading) platforms and RFQ workflows.
- Knowledge of Murex trade flows and related commodities trading processes.
- Experience working on commodities trading platform implementations, enhancements, or integration programmes.
Location and Working Arrangement
- Location: London, UK
- Work Model: Hybrid
- Contract Type: Contract
- Experience: 5+ Years
- Working Hours: UK business hours
Interested candidate can share their updated CV at hr@marketcloud.co.uk
