Trading Value Chain Optimisation Business Analyst / Subject Matter Expert (SME)
- Visionary Tech Services LLC
- Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
- Full-time
وصف الوظيفة
Visionary Tech Services (VTS) is seeking a Trading Value Chain Optimisation Business Analyst / SME to lead the development of structured decision-making workflows across the trading lifecycle. This role will focus on enhancing portfolio optimisation, logistics, freight and storage strategy, pricing insights, and risk governance, while aligning closely with upstream/downstream planning for integrated value delivery.
The specialist will help unlock enterprise value under real-world constraints and volatile market conditions through scenario-driven planning, rigorous economic analysis, and embedded decision frameworks.
Background:
You should bring deep expertise in:
- Trading operations: crude and product flows, logistics, pricing, crack spreads
- Storage and demurrage economics
- P&L metrics, exposure management, and risk governance
- Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) processes
- Cross-functional process integration with planning, finance, and operations
- Scenario-based planning and decision enablement under uncertainty
إمتيازات الوظيفة
- Opportunity to work with high-impact trading and optimisation projects in the oil & gas sector
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders across trading, risk, finance, and operations
- Gain exposure to enterprise decision-making frameworks and advanced scenario planning
- Shape the integration of trading and planning systems across the value chain
- Be part of a fast-growing AI and data consultancy leading digital transformation in the Middle East
- Contribute to value-focused process redesign and data governance initiatives
متطلبات الوظيفة
- Discover & Define:
- Lead workshops with Trading, Risk, and Operations teams
- Map current-state workflows
- Capture detailed business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria aligned with enterprise KPIs
- KPIs & Scenarios:
- Define KPI trees, risk metrics, P&L breakdowns, and exposure limits
- Frame scenarios and sensitivities
- Build structured decision rules and playbooks
- Pilot & Validate:
- Coordinate and run simulation scenarios
- Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Track financial benefits and value uplift
- Integrate & Govern:
- Integrate scenario management into enterprise planning tools and data hubs
- Embed scenario orchestration and decision flows using Business Process Management (BPM) frameworks
- Prioritise & Align:
- Manage and maintain the optimisation backlog
- Drive consensus on architecture (build-vs-buy)
- Align Trading, Risk, Finance, and Ops teams around roadmap, guardrails, and governance
Education:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in:
- Operations Research
- Financial Engineering
- Economics
- Industrial Engineering
- Or a related quantitative discipline
Technical Skills / Tech Stack:
- Core Tools:
- Optimisation & modelling software (e.g., LP/MIP solvers, decision modelling tools)
- Data platforms (e.g., data lakes, trading data systems)
- Visualisation and workflow orchestration tools (e.g., BPM tools, dashboards)
Functional Experience:
- Expertise in trading value chains: crude/product pricing, optionality, logistics
- Experience with P&L reporting, exposure limits, and risk trees
- Proven ability to run scenario planning and stress testing
- Skilled in defining constraints, business policies, and operational rules
- Capable of designing and tracking plan-vs-actual KPIs and benefits
Soft Skills:
- Business Storytelling
- Communication
- Expectation Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Structured Problem-Solving
