Business System Analyst

WHO WE ARE :

The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE operates physical short-term electricity markets in 13 countries : Central Western Europe, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Nordics and in Poland.

The heart of our business is to bring together electricity supply and demand across Europe.

EPEX SPOT plays a pivotal role in the energy sector . We help ensure that the market price of electricity remains accurate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by offering our members the right products for power trading.

Our recent Guarantees of Origin (GO) and Local Flex markets serve the energy transition : EPEX pan-European GO Auctions offer a transparent market for renewable electricity certificates and build a European trading community for GOs whereas our local flex platform provides energy flexibility trading built specifically for use cases related to congestion management and end-to-end flexibility procurement by System Operators .

Passionate and creative individuals collectively make it successful. We are defined by our friendly and trustful team-oriented atmosphere, our innovative mindset, and our customer orientation.

We want our people to feel like they are part of our corporate family and we empower our talents.

We offer you the opportunity to be part of this endeavor. Do you want to change the world of power? Join us!

OUR BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST TEAM :

Do you like to interact with various business teams and think about efficient software solutions to achieve business goals and make great projects alive?

Join a team made of passionate people based in Paris and Amsterdam who are responsible for analyzing, designing and implementing information systems that meet our business and technologies requirements to ensure the reliability and performance of our trading systems.

YOUR RESPONSABILITIES :

You will be at the interface with the business teams, technical and project teams, partners, vendors, to drive value, and design innovative solutions.

You will use your talent to develop your expertise and strong cross-departmental relationships to advise business on various improvements.

As a functional / technical system specialist, you will actively work on multiple projects with various scrum teams and be a key contributor to agile processes.

Your main missions will consist of the following activities :

• Collect and analyse the internal and external needs regarding systems in close cooperation with various EPEX SPOT departments such as Market Operations and IT
• Critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level and / or applied information to a more general understanding, and determine solution ideas from the requirements
• Contribute to solution architecture by defining the functional requirements and stages of implementation and consequently laying the foundations for software development projects
• Provide accurate specifications to our internal and external software providers and identify areas for improvement and optimization
• Support and guide our internal and external software providers to ensure efficient development
• Ensure the alignment between the content of specifications and the business need by insisting on the relationship with the user within the specification phase
• Coach the test team on systems by providing knowledge transfer, advising on the test strategy and participating in the defect review sessions
• Coach the market operations team on systems by providing training, advising on the go-live approach and assisting in the resolution of issues

YOUR SKILLS : Technical skills :

Technical skills :

• You can apply technical and system knowledge to a broad range of applications and complex data models
• You have excellent analysis and problem-solving skills
• You explain complex concepts simply and concisely to ensure a good understanding by the different stakeholders
• You are detail-oriented and at the same time able to see the global picture with a continuous-improvement mindset

Soft skills :

• You are a team player
• You have great interpersonal skills, establishing and maintaining pleasant and effective coordination with colleagues
• You have very good communication skills and active listening skills to identify team needs and translate them into solutions
• You are willing to learn from and share knowledge with team members

Language skills :

You speak and write fluently English which is our working language

YOUR EXPERIENCE :

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• You have 3-5 years working experience in the field of (Business) System Analysis including information technology knowledge
• You have interest in software development : you are able to read a source code but not necessary to write it

You don’t match the job description 100%? Don’t worry, we are open to different profiles!

WHY JOIN US :

We shape the future of the European power market by supporting decarbonisation, decentralisation, digitalization and contributing to the global energy transition towards a sustainable future.

We care for our talents and offer you :

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Very flexible home office and working arrangements
• Continuous investment into your development through dedicated learning and training opportunities, starting with a solid and pleasant onboarding journey.

We truly believe in continuous learning and continuous improvement in everything we do!

• Horizontal and vertical Career development opportunities - our expert and managerial paths are the same salary-wise!
• A dynamic and inclusive work environment where innovative ideas make the difference and people are highly valued regardless of where they contribute in the hierarchy
• A dynamic and multicultural team within a larger EEX Group and Deutsche Börse Group

MORE ABOUT US :

EPEX SPOT is a dynamic and fast-paced company that operates in a highly competitive and constantly moving landscape of the energy transition and the FinTech industries.

Striving for a well-functioning Internal Energy Market, EPEX SPOT shares its expertise with partners across the European continent and beyond.

With over 25 nationalities represented in our company, we constantly strive to innovate, adopt the latest technologies and work in the smartest and most customer-friendly way.

383 companies have traded 717.7 TWh of electricity on EPEX in 2023.

EPEX SPOT is a European company, based in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, London, and Vienna. EPEX SPOT is an entity of EEX Group part of Deutsche Börse.

European electricity transmission system operators hold 49% of EPEX SPOT through the Holding des Gestionnaires de Réseau de Transport d'Electricité (HGRT).

If you want to learn more about our company, visit our website!