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What’s the role
Shell Energy, a key part of Shell’s Trading & Supply division, focuses on natural gas, power, LNG, and environmental products markets through major hubs in London, Houston, Dubai, Singapore, and Brisbane.
We are at the forefront of the energy transition, driving Shell’s ambition to provide more and cleaner energy solutions in a dynamic and challenging environment.
Our global team brings extensive energy marketing and trading experience, deep market knowledge, and a thorough understanding of supply chains. This expertise enables us to innovate and develop tailored energy solutions and products, helping our customers decarbonize their businesses.
As a member of Shell Energy Analysis & Design CC, you will work as an SME closely with business and IT stakeholders to define and shape future solutions within the Gas & Power portfolios. This role demands extensive experience in Commodity Trading and Trading Operations within the Gas sector. A thorough understanding of both intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting complex valuations and modelling is essential.
What you’ll be doing
As a Lead Energy Trading Business Analyst and SME in the domain, you will be aligned with a specific commodity (Power, Gas, or Environmental Products) and/or a specific functional area (such as Front, Middle, or Back-Office). You will be responsible for leading the identification and documentation of business needs, starting with problem statements, collaborating with technical teams to explore feasible solution options. In the strategic ETRM program, you will oversee the business analysis activities for your workstream from inception through to delivery.
Your role will vary depending on the specific area of expertise, however typically you would perform the following day to day activities:
Interacting with traders/ desks on challenges needs, working within IDT stakeholders on business case and opportunity shaping
Planning, delivery, and assurance of business analysis deliverables on multiple programmes
Driving and managing scope and design for a workstream, including assessing the risks, feasibility, opportunities, and business impacts of various solution options
Point of escalation for issues within your workstream
Coaching and mentoring of the wider business analysis team
Generating innovative approaches to existing problems or new opportunities
Stakeholder management - building relationships with key stakeholders, keeping them informed and managing expectations
What you bring
As a Business Analyst with substantial experience in Energy Trading that seeks a significant challenge and an opportunity to grow their careers as part of a team intent on pushing the boundaries of Energy Trading and Risk Management. That team sits at the core of an industry leading organisation at the very heart of the energy transition, helping to ensure a brighter future for everyone.
Proven track record of delivering projects through the entire lifecycle
Expertise in shaping processes and solutions, including capturing business problems, value drivers, and functional/non-functional requirements
Strong leadership, analytical skills, and change management capabilities
Demonstrable stakeholder management skills, confidently engaging with stakeholders at various organizational levels and providing legitimate challenges
Experience in performing quality assurance roles on workstream deliverables
Proficiency in Agile and DevOps delivery
Great Team Player and ability to adapt, change and learn quickly
Strong business analysis techniques and skill sets – design thinking, requirements and needs analysis, planning & monitoring, behavior driven development, business case writing, external market research analysis, business process modelling, wireframing, estimation techniques, data analysis/analytics but not limited to.
Energy Trading Experience
You must have an extensive experience in energy trading markets, with a strong understanding of one of the following markets considered an advantage:
European Power, European Gas, and/or Environmental products.
Hands-on and susbtantial knowledge of different trading instruments, including:
OTC transactions – forwards, swaps, and simple options.
Exchange-traded futures & options lifecycle, including cascading.
Substantial knowledge of the following functional areas:
Trade capture – complex deal modeling and pricing.
Market Risk
Risk Valuation
Back-Office processes
Accounting processes
Migrating between ETRM systems
ETRM/CTRM Experience
Ideal candidates will have extensive hands on ETRM/CTRM experience.
Endur skills are considered a must, as this program offers a fantastic opportunity to build or grow skills in this area.
Hands-on configuration experience with vendor applications is also considered an advantage.
Experience with Integration technologies and approach with ETRM systems is a must
What we offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
Achieve your balance in a value-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world.
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
Join an organization to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
international teams.
Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.
Shell in The United Kingdom
Shell UK remains one of the North Sea’s biggest producers, supplying around 10% of the UK’s total oil and gas needs. But perhaps the most recognizable face of Shell in the UK is our network of over 1,000 Shell-branded service stations.
In the years ahead, as the UK looks to strengthen energy security and deliver its 2050 net-zero goal, Shell UK aims to play a crucial role. We aim to be a major investor in the UK energy system by helping our customers decarbonize with a focus on transport and industry.
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Role requires deep Commodity Trading experience, as well trading Ops in Gas space. Needs, understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic factors impacting complex valuations and modelling.
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