IT Senior Business Analyst / Business Analyst (Japanese Power)/ 電力のトレーディング・最適化を担う世界最大級のエネルギー商社の求人

As an Associate Business Analyst in our Japanese Power Trading business in Tokyo, you will make sure that accounting data from our trading system is delivered accurately and on time, with integrations in place with our group finance and accounting platforms. You will report to the IT Delivery Lead (Japanese Power) and act as the bridge between our Finance and Middle/Back Office teams and our IT delivery teams. The role covers energy and commodity derivatives as well as Japanese physical power trades. You will drive the requirements and testing of these solutions from design through go-live, ensuring accurate and complete documentation, and training our support teams to operate the systems after releases.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Drive the requirements definition process with Finance, Middle/Back Office and vendors for energy and commodity derivatives and Japanese physical power trades, covering settlement, accruals and valuation, so that every trade produces correct accounting data for downstream finance and accounting platforms.
Drive the process with Finance and Middle/Back Office to agree the accounting rules and account mappings that convert trading system data into entries for our group finance and accounting platforms, and agree the interface specifications with the platform owners, including our Singapore teams.
Analyse the data produced by the trading system and its interfaces and investigate and resolve errors or differences reported by Finance and the platform owners ahead of each month-end close.
Translate business needs, discussed in Japanese with Finance and Middle/Back Office, into clear user stories and technical specifications in English for IT, developers, testers and vendors, so that both sides share the same understanding.
Instruct our delivery teams (both internal and external consultants and vendors) on requirements, including accounting rules and design documents, and review the quality of their deliverables before acceptance.
Document current and future business processes, accounting events and controls, and maintain traceability from agreed requirements through to test results.
Lead User Acceptance Testing of the interfaces, including test planning, defect review, end-to-end testing with the platform owners and business sign-off, and support go-live and the stabilisation period afterwards.
Support the IT Delivery Lead and IT Delivery Manager in prioritising the enhancement backlog with Finance and Middle/Back Office stakeholders, and report progress, risks and mitigation plans clearly and proactively.

Qualifications

Core requirements:

Minimum 6 years’ experience as a Business Analyst or similar role in a financial institution, energy or trading company, vendor or consultancy, with at least 3 years driving the requirements process for the accounting interface between a trading or back-office system and a downstream accounting or finance system (e.g. facilitating agreement among business, IT and vendors on journal rules, account mappings and interface specifications).
Solid understanding of financial derivatives (e.g. swaps, futures and options), including trade confirmation, settlement, accruals and valuation, and how they lead to accounting entries. Commodity or energy trading experience is not required.
Native-level Japanese and business-level English, spoken and written, to work daily with Japanese-speaking business teams and English-speaking IT and Singapore teams.
Desirable skills:

Experience instructing external consultants or vendors and reviewing the quality of their deliverables on trading or accounting system projects.
Knowledge of commodity and energy markets, particularly the Japanese power market and electricity business regulations (e.g. wheeling charges, imbalance settlement), or experience with an energy trading and risk management system (e.g. Endur, Allegro).

大手エネルギー開発企業海外子会社