Trading

Functional Business Analyst, Trading & Origination (all) 100%

Olten - 100% | Permanent

This function reports to the Head Operation excellence and new product implementation and will be key in realizing the transformation and future ambitions of Alpiq’s Trading & Origination organisation. The team drives strategic business changes, trade support operations, new product development and is instrumental in solving operational, commercial, and strategic issues facing the business. In this role you will work closely with Front Office (Trading/Origination), analysts/quants, Middle/Back Office, Risk Management and IT to deliver a structured, comprehensive product offering across Alpiq’s value chains through streamlined, effective processes.

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Your main responsibilities

  • Handle and coordinate technology changes impacting Trading & Origination (systems, interfaces, workflows, data)
  • Coordinate changes to existing products and their implementation, ensuring accurate deal representation and robust end-to-end processing
  • Support and/or manage product life cycle activities from a functional perspective, including product design inputs, approval and phase-out processes for standard products and support for structured products
  • Become the functional knowledge expert on core systems, products and processes
  • Start and own an initiative for Post-Trade Monitoring to verify new product implementations after go-live
  • Create and implement a process, KPI and control framework to monitor the success, stability and operational readiness of new products post-launch, including exception management and structured feedback loops into product/process improvements

Your profile

  • Minimum 3 years of proven work experience in the energy trading domain (physical and financial power and/or gas), in a trading house, utility or energy consulting firm; ideally in the role of a Business Analyst or withing product management
  • In-depth knowledge of front-to-back, end-to-end processes involved in trading financial and physical power and gas in the European energy market
  • Strong understanding of standard energy products and energy structured products
  • Project management experience in projects involving stakeholders from different business areas
  • Master’s degree and a strong, all-round knowledge of IT and software integration/development
  • Highly collaborative: able to build relationships with traders, originators, quants, Risk, IT and other stakeholders
  • Key required skills: an analytic and structured thinker, result-oriented, organized and attentive to detail with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Additional relevant strengths: international mindset, determination, resilience and team spirit
  • Languages: full proficiency in English; any other language is an advantage

Your benefits

Competitive salary package

Market-oriented salary

Training and development

Diverse opportunities for career growth

Flexible work models

Various flexible work models

Inclusion is at the heart of Alpiq

At Alpiq, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment, where everyone can bring their ‘whole selves’ to work and feel valued, respected, and heard. This principle is central to our company’s purpose, values, and leadership approach. We strongly believe that organizations thrive through the inclusion of diversity. Everyone’s energy matters regardless of characteristics, such as age, gender, nationality, language, sexual orientation and identity, religion, social or ethnic background or any other personal traits.

 

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