Orchestrade Business Analyst

Orchestrade Business Analyst - Houston, Texas, USA

With over 7,000 experts in 20 countries, Talan is a global consulting and technology group dedicated to accelerating our clients' transformation through technology, data, and innovation. We’re proud to be a Certified Great Place to Work and are on track to reach €1 billion in revenue by 2025. At Talan, our philosophy is simple yet powerful:
Positive Innovation—leveraging technology to benefit people and society.

Join us and be part of meaningful change!

📍 Based in New York City, United States (no remote)

📄 Talan can sponsor French, Canadian, Mexican, and Australian citizens for a U.S. work permit

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst with experience in Orchestrade to join our Energy & Trading consulting practice. You will work with one of our major clients in the energy trading sector to support the enhancement and expansion of their Orchestrade ETRM platform
, used across Front Office, Middle Office, Risk, and Back Office teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with trading, risk, and operations users to gather and document business requirements
• Enhance and configure Orchestrade functionalities and trading workflows
• Perform gap analysis between current processes and business needs
• Collaborate with technical teams to deliver functional specifications
• Perform UAT planning, execution, and functional validation
• Analyze system issues and act as point of contact for production support
• Create functional documentation and process flow diagrams

• 5–7 years as an IT Business Analyst in Trading / Energy / Financial markets
• Hands-on experience with Orchestrade or another ETRM platform (Endur, Allegro, Right Angle, etc.)
• Strong understanding of trade lifecycle and risk/P&L reporting
• Experience working with Front Office and Risk stakeholders
• Ability to write clear Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and functional specs
• Familiar with Agile tools (Jira, Confluence)

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of North American power and gas markets (ISO/RTO: ERCOT, PJM, MISO, SPP, CAISO, NYISO)
• Familiarity with market data, pricing curves, VaR
• SQL or data analysis exposure is a plus
• Experience in ETRM system migration or upgrade projects

At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including:

• 💸401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• 🌴15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
• 📴8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
• ❤️🩹Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
• 🦺Voluntary STD and LTD

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.