Job#: 3047405 Job Description: Commodity Trading SME Location: Houston, Texas (Hybrid)
Role Overview
We are seeking a Commodity Trading Subject Matter Expert with strong Independent Price Verification (IPV) experience to support a trading transformation initiative for a major energy client. This role is ideal for professionals with consulting, business analysis, risk, valuation, or trading operations experience who can bridge commodity trading processes and technology solutions. This position will support the modernization and automation of IPV processes across refined products and broader commodity trading activities, working alongside business stakeholders and technical teams to translate current-state manual workflows into scalable automated solutions utilizing modern data platforms such as Dataiku and Databricks.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the subject matter expert for commodity price verification methodologies, market data sourcing, and pricing curve construction.
- Partner with business and technical teams to document and translate existing IPV workflows into functional system requirements.
- Validate that automated pricing outputs align with trading desk, risk, and finance expectations.
- Act as the primary domain liaison in client-facing meetings, workshops, and requirements-gathering sessions.
- Support testing, validation, and implementation of new automated IPV tooling and processes.
- Identify control gaps, exceptions, edge cases, and process improvement opportunities within existing trading workflows.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet business and operational requirements.
- Provide guidance on pricing curves, market data sourcing, valuation processes, and trading lifecycle considerations.
Required Qualifications
- 5-8 years of experience in commodity trading, risk management, valuations, price verification, product control, or related trading functions.
- Strong working knowledge of ETRM/CTRM systems (such as Endur, RightAngle, Allegro, OpenLink) and trade lifecycle processes.
- Demonstrated experience with Independent Price Verification (IPV) methodologies and market data validation.
- Ability to translate trading domain knowledge and business requirements into clear functional specifications.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills suitable for a client-facing environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within consulting, advisory, or trading transformation environments.
- Business Analyst experience supporting commodity trading initiatives.
- Experience with refined products trading.
- Exposure to Dataiku, Databricks, or similar data and analytics platforms.
- Experience implementing automation, AI, or data-driven trading workflows and process improvements.
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