About the Role
Deloitte is seeking a highly experienced IT Projects Business Analyst to support the expansion of AI-enabled products within the Products Trading organisation. The successful candidate will bridge business and technology teams, translating complex commodities trading business challenges into digital and AI-enabled solutions.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- Partner with senior stakeholders across Trading & Supply, Products, Commercial and Technology organisations.
- Build trusted relationships across global teams.
- Communicate effectively with both business and technical audiences.
- Influence decision-making and drive alignment across multiple delivery teams.
- 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.
- Provide guidance and coaching to junior and mid-level Business Analysts.
- Establish best practices for business analysis and requirements management.
- Contribute to capability development within the BA community.
- Act as a trusted advisor on complex business and technology initiatives.
Requirements
- 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.
- 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.
- Experience with one or more of the following: Endur, Allegro, Openlink, RightAngle, SAP, Veson, Trading Data Platforms, Commodity Risk Management Systems.
Skills
- Commodities Trading
- Products Trading
- Supply & Distribution
- Logistics
- Risk Management
- Commercial optimisation
- AI
- Data
- Analytics
- Digital transformation
- Generative AI
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
Location
- London
Work Type
- Contract
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Highly experienced
- Seasoned
About the Company
- Deloitte are seeking a highly experienced IT Projects Business Analyst to support the expansion of AI-enabled products within the Products Trading organisation.
