Queen Square Recruitment
Utilities Business Analyst
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Business Analyst - Utilities Energy Markets
📍 Reading (Hybrid/office-based - 3-5 days onsite)
💷 £460 - £480 per day (Inside IR35, DOE)
📅 6-Month Initial Contract
🚀 Start ASAP
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with strong Utilities and Energy Markets expertise to join a high-profile programme within the energy sector. This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned BA who can bridge business requirements and technology solutions while working across complex market operations, trading processes, and regulatory initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Gather, analyse, and document business requirements from a range of utility stakeholders.
- Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications.
- Conduct gap analysis, impact assessments, and process mapping activities.
- Support the implementation and enhancement of utility market systems and processes.
- Facilitate workshops, stakeholder meetings, and requirements elicitation sessions.
- Produce high-quality project documentation including BRDs, FRDs, user stories, process flows, and test scenarios.
- Collaborate with QA teams to support UAT planning, execution, and defect resolution.
- Ensure compliance with energy market regulations, governance standards, and industry frameworks.
- Support business process improvement and change management initiatives.
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Essential Experience
- Proven Business Analyst experience within the Utilities or Energy sector.
- Strong understanding of Electricity and Gas Markets.
- Knowledge of Wholesale and Retail Energy Markets.
- Experience working within Energy Trading and Market Operations environments.
- Strong stakeholder management and requirements gathering skills.
- Experience producing BRDs, FRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Process modelling experience using BPMN, Visio, Lucidchart, or similar tools.
- Agile/Scrum delivery experience.
- Experience using Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent tools.
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Mandatory Market Knowledge
Candidates must demonstrate experience across areas such as:
- Day-Ahead Market (DAM)
- Intraday Market (IDM)
- Balancing Mechanism
- Capacity Market
- Ancillary Services
- Energy Trading Lifecycle
- Settlement Processes
- Market Participants including Suppliers, Generators, Traders, DNOs/DSOs, TSOs, and Regulators
Desirable Experience
- UK, European, North American, or APAC Energy Markets exposure.
- Meter-to-Cash processes.
- Market settlement systems.
- Smart metering programmes.
- Renewable energy and energy transition initiatives.
- CBAP, CCBA, Agile BA, or BCS Business Analysis certifications.
Please note that previous Utilities domain experience with strong knowledge of Energy Markets, Trading, Market Operations, and Regulatory Processes is essential.
If you are an experienced Utilities Business Analyst looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today with your latest CV.
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