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Trading Business Analyst

Koch Business Solutions, LP
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Texas, Houston
Jul 03, 2025
Your Job Koch Ag & Energy Solutions is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Business Analyst to support our North American Natural Gas business. This role involves building partnerships with our trading capabilities and working on transformational improvements that foster business growth. The Business Analyst will collaborate with users to gather and refine requirements for natural gas-related business functionality, which they will then translate into functional requirements for the development team. This person will be required to understand the technical team's proposed solution to ensure it meets the functional requirements. Additionally, the Business Analyst will be responsible for conducting timely research of data issues and addressing abnormalities or unexpected behaviors. A successful applicant will understand and communicate business activities and key drivers to a diverse audience and exhibit leadership skills necessary to interact with each department reliant on system information. The candidate must have strong business acumen and advanced system skills to quickly adapt to the learning curve, as well as the ability to prioritize and reprioritize as issues arise. This role will be based in our Wichita, KS or Houston, TX office, with the ability to work a hybrid schedule. What You Will Do Work alongside business and information technology resources responsible for supporting our North American Natural Gas business. Work closely with a broad range of business users in various functional user groups and information technology groups. Ensure system integrity, analysis around new business, process improvement, and system testing. Drive solutions which are flexible, user friendly, and match the needs of our ever-growing knowledge base company. Drive enhancements and projects to our technology platform to ensure it is interactive, flexible, and intuitive for the end-user community to obtain the necessary insights to manage a commodity-based business. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) 4+ years of experience in a business analyst, business systems analyst, or process analyst role 3+ years of experience writing business requirements, detailed designs and functional specifications 3+ years of IT related experience in the energy industry or in energy trading Experience with a structured software development methodology such as Agile, Waterfall, etc. What Will Put You Ahead Knowledge of and experience in North American Natural Gas business Experience with Gas related systems such as Openlink, ETRM, Logistics, ICE, and Pipeline Bulletin Boards Experience supporting the following Openlink Modules: Trader Desktop, Deal Modeling, Scheduling (gMotion) and/or (cMotion), Position & Pnl Reporting, Scheduling Interfaces (Gas Hub / EBB), and Active Position Management Working knowledge of Deal Modeling, PNL and Position reporting, PNL calculations for linear and non-linear deals, and working knowledge of Parametric VaR Experience interacting with internal customers from front office to back office including familiarity with Front Office, Scheduling, Middle Office, Credit Risk, settlements/Accounting and Market Risk processes of wholesale, asset management transactions. Familiarity with data driven solutions, reporting and analytic tools At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here. Who We Are As a Koch company, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is a global provider of value-added solutions for the agriculture, turf and ornamental, energy and chemical markets. From agriculture to energy, KAES makes things grow better with plant nutrient and biological technologies. Our team of innovators unleash their potential while developing the technologies that feed and power the world. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).