Senior Business Analyst Energy

Senior Business Analyst – EnergyWe are seeking a strong Business Analyst with experience analyzing business processes, gathering requirements, and preparing detailed process and solution documentation. The ideal candidate should have excellent stakeholder-management skills and preferably have experience in the energy, oil and gas, utilities, or commodity-trading domain.Location: Houston, TexasEmployment Type: ContractWork Arrangement: OnsiteKey Responsibilities:Work with business and technology stakeholders to understand business needs, challenges, and objectives.Conduct workshops and interviews to gather and validate business and functional requirements.Analyze current-state processes and identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.Develop current-state and future-state process maps, workflows, and operating procedures.Prepare Business Requirements Documents, Functional Requirements Documents, user stories, use cases, and process-design documents.Translate business requirements into clear specifications for technical and delivery teams.Coordinate with product owners, developers, architects, testing teams, and business users throughout the project lifecycle.Support solution design, testing, user acceptance testing, implementation, and change-management activities.Maintain requirements traceability and ensure that delivered solutions meet business expectations.Provide regular project updates and help resolve requirement-related issues.Required Skills:4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in technology or business-transformation projects.Strong experience in requirements gathering, business-process analysis, and process mapping.Experience creating process flows using tools such as Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, or similar platforms.Strong documentation skills, including BRDs, FRDs, user stories, use cases, functional specifications, and standard operating procedures.Experience working with both business and technical stakeholders.Good understanding of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.Experience supporting UAT, defect resolution, implementation, and process improvements.Excellent communication, facilitation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.Ability to work from the Houston office as required.Preferred Skills:Experience in the energy, oil and gas, utilities, power, commodities, or energy-trading domain.Understanding of front-, middle-, or back-office energy processes.Experience with ETRM, ERP, CRM, workflow, or enterprise transformation projects.Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Visio, PowerPoint, and Excel.Compensation: $45.00 - $50.00 per hour