Business Analyst Lng Trading

**Where you fit in**

As a Business Analyst, you will support Shell LNG Marketing & Trading teams working in the D&A team (providing support to the Data & Analytics capability for the SLMT business area), the Freight for the future team (working on IMOS/Freight improvements) or in the Salesforce team (delivering digital transformation to a variety of business areas on the Salesforce platform). The teams all share the objective of empowering enhanced trading decisions through access to trusted data and robust, scalable analytical models and visualizations along with automating business processes and integrating existing tools. Business teams using this data include short
- and long-term LNG and freight trading teams for a range of analysis including forecasting and LNG trading decisions. You will experience a great opportunity to participate in delivering IT solutions in support of Shell’s Energy Transformation.

**What’s the role?**

Your role will vary depending on the projects in your portfolio, typically you would perform the following day to day activities:

- Responsible for the successful planning and delivery of the project(s) business analysis methods, tools, and technology.
- Acts as product SME for the associated delivery teams, developing a position as trusted advisor.
- Close alignment with Business and IT Manager teams to align on product roadmap, demand pipeline, capacity, and capability requirements.
- Ability to travel to business hubs (Singapore/ Dubai/ UK/ India) depending on business needs to meet with SLMT Business stakeholders.
- Responsible for assuring functional design, resolves technical and solution design issues collaboratively.
- Ability to coach and mentor wider business analysis team - playing a key role in elevating the overall capabilities around the Business domain and product knowledge.
- Provide leadership to the teams and be responsible for each team members development plan and performance management.
- Point of escalation for issues which adversely affect systems performance, design, or functionalities.
- Strong leadership, sound analytical skill and change management capabilities to work independently on transformation, improvement initiatives, liaising effectively with senior stakeholders and vendors on complex problems etc.
- Describe technology in terms easily understood by business customers and set realistic customer expectations for the project outcome. Adjust customer expectations in accordance with changes in scope.
- Generate innovative approaches to existing problems or new opportunities.
- Work closely with stakeholders to build trust and understand their goals, motivations, constraints, risks, and operating environment.

**What we need from you**
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering is a must.
- Minimum of 4+ years of IT Business Analysis experience or 6+ years IT experience.
- Knowledge of physical commodities, trading markets and organizations (LNG, physical gas or oil).
- Detailed knowledge of the LNG Market.
- Able to demonstrate a wide variety of skills including Freight & IMOS or Salesforce or strong Data and Analysis (SQL/Migration, Analytics etc.) capabilities.
- Experience working in fast-paced project delivery using AGILE methods.
- CBAP, CSM, CSPO and PSPO Certifications would be nice to have.
- Knowledge of Business Analysis techniques and tools with significant experience in project deliverables including the ability to:

- Precisely capture business problems, value drivers, and functional/non-functional requirements.
- Translate business requirements into functionality and assess the risks, feasibility, opportunities, and business impacts of various solution options.
- Visualize, articulate, and solve complex problems and concepts.
- A delivery focus in terms of closing out tasks effectively in addition to realizing planned business benefits alongside users. Consistent business case/solution cost-benefit awareness to ensure the right focus is being given to each task to provide maximum benefit to stakeholders.
- Experience working in geographically distributed teams with strong Stakeholder Management skills.
- Good to have experience of working directly with traders on trader models.
- Experience in Oil & Gas, Energy, Power and Investment Banking industries are preferred.
- Proficient in English communication verbal and written.

**Company Description**

Shell is one the largest foreign investors in Singapore and began operations in 1891. Today, we have more than 3,200 employees in Singapore alone. The Pulau Bukom Manufacturing Site today is the largest Shell refinery in the world in terms of crude distillation capacity, which makes Singapore a key regional supply and trading centre for Shell in the East. Singapore is the largest petrochemical production and export centre in the Asia Pacific region. Shell Jurong Island (SJI) manufactures petrochemicals to meet the fast-growing demand for these products in the region. We also have one of the l