Senior/Principal Business Consultant - ETRM/CTRM

Who we are:

From our global offices in Europe, the Americas, India, and Asia-Pacific we offer a comprehensive range of consulting services for trade lifecycle management to clients involved in energy, commodities, shipping, treasury, central banking, capital markets, and asset/investment management, delivered by the most experienced and well-regarded business and technical consultants in the industry, enabling clients to derive enhanced business value from their system investments.

About the job:

We are growing our ETRM/CTRM implementation practice and are looking for experienced Senior or Principal Endur Implementation Consultants with expertise in Commodity or Energy markets and Trading and Risk Management System implementations. You will be leading the implementation of Endur, bringing SME knowledge in deal modeling, deal valuations, risk management, scheduling, invoicing, and accounting for commodities and energy. You will ensure successful project delivery, employing consultancy and project management best practices. In addition, you will be supporting the growth of KWA’s Energy and Commodities consulting practice area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with clients and prospects to determine business requirements and processes to be addressed by key areas of the Endur solution, with the ability to identify improvement potential and drive change management
• Document business requirements, implementation designs, test plans/results, and other deliverables required by the project
• Demonstrate deep knowledge in key modules of Endur and in commodity/energy operations, financial products, risk management, and accounting
• Lead implementation work, including system configuration, functional testing, and production support of Endur solution
• Follow implementation best practices, documentation standards, and resolution process flow for all project deliverables
• Collaborate with technical team to create customizations based on specific client needs
• Provide industry and functional advisory as needed
• Apply appropriate resourcing techniques given project-specific needs, risks, and differences in core project team member skill levels and relevant modules to be delivered in client projects
• Manage relevant stakeholders in the project including business clients, project managers, and team members.
• Support development and growth of junior consultants as well as of KWA’s Energy and Commodity Consulting Practice
• Provide guidance and trainings on Endur functionality and general ETRM/CTRM topics
• Required Experience, Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or equivalent experience in a related field
• At least 5 years of experience with working on ION Endur end-to-end implementation projects
• Deep understanding of one or more functional areas and relevant modules of Endur
• Ability to work as part of a project team structure and deliver results with limited guidance
• Ability to travel to onsite client locations for limited time as per project requirement
• Preferred Experience
• Elicitation of functional requirements, conversion to functional specifications and designs, implementation of requirements on Endur platform, testing and support
• Experience in Commodity or Energy (Oil, Power, Gas, Ags, Renewables) Trading and Risk Management
• Knowledge of deal capture, referential and static data
• Knowledge of Risk valuation (P&L, VAR, MTM).
• Experience with trade operations, including confirmations and in settlements, accounting & compliance functions
• Knowledgeable about Front-office, Mid-office, or Back-office configurations
• Knowledge of TPM, gMotion, cMotion, APM, and End of Day.
• Understanding of Endur architecture and best implementation practices to optimize its strengths for the client solution
• Knowledge of standard and customization approaches for implementation of requirements, support for reporting, building complex deal blotters, and pre/post-processing logic.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills and stakeholder management
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Multi-tasking skills
• Project Management skills