Business Analyst – Energy Trading

Shell is seeking a Business Analyst for their Energy Trading team in the UK. The role involves collaborating with global IT hubs to support trading projects, identifying business requirements, and managing solutions through delivery. Candidates should have experience in energy markets, strong documentation skills, and the ability to link technical solutions with business strategy. The position offers opportunities for skill development and flexible working arrangements, including remote work.
What’s the role

You will join a company that values technical talent, career growth, and skill development. As a Business Analyst in the London IT team, you will collaborate with Shell's global IT hubs and support the Shell Energy business by working on trading projects. This role offers the chance to deliver IT solutions for Shell’s energy transformation, with opportunities for skill development and career growth alongside passionate IT professionals.

What you’ll be doing

As the Business Analyst, you would be responsible for the identification and documentation of business requirements, working with business, IT stakeholders and technical teams to determine feasible solution options. You would actively manage the requirements through the end-to-end solution delivery lifecycle then transfer expertise to the support team.

Your role will vary depending on your project(s), typically you would perform the following:
• Assess and model processes, data flows, and technology to understand the current value and issues, and identify opportunities for improvement
• Building relationships with key stakeholders, keeping them informed, managing expectations, develop trust, respect, and credibility
• Able to link technical solutions with business strategy when working with business partners.
• Strong team player and ability to integrate into a big organisation

What you bring
• Commodity Trade lifecycle experience in the energy markets
• A proven to significant years of working experience within an energy organisation
• Experienced in identifying business problems, value drivers, and functional/non-functional requirements. Skilled in creating clear documentation to effectively communicate requirements and related information
• Knowledge of at least one of the following functional areas:
• Front Office - pricing, P&L and exposure management
• Middle Office - Market Risk and Risk Valuation
• Back-Office – Confirmations and Settlements processes and/or accounting processes
• Asset onboarding – Understanding the technical requirements and challenges involved in integrating new renewable generation assets into the portfolio
• Team player and able to collaborate, proactively communicates and shares understanding and experience within a multicultural team
• Data analytics experience from both a technical and business perspective

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 values-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 performancerelated salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, , and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in 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 recognisable 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 decarbonise with a focus on transport and industry.