Data Business Analyst

EDF Trading ,
London, Greater London
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Your role: Data Business Analyst Who is EDF Trading? EDF Trading is a 100% owned subsidiary of EDF SA., one of the world's biggest electricity generators and a leader in low-carbon production. EDF Trading recognises the importance of attracting, retaining and developing diverse world-class professionals. We identify, foster and reward all talent, valuing and leveraging the diversity amongst our people to offer creative and innovative products and services to the EDF Group and our third-party customers. We have a culture that enables us to be forward thinking and agile and at EDF Trading, individuals can really make a difference. Everyone shares a common vision and a team spirit that encourages people to make things happen. EDFT is about working together, embracing the challenge and delivering exceptional customer service. We continuously test our understanding and thinking through innovation and new ideas, anticipating and reacting swiftly to changes in our industry. We believe in hard work, but in a relaxed atmosphere and operate in an environment where innovative thinking is encouraged. At EDF Trading, you will find people from a wide range of backgrounds. Our people are vital to our continued success and our future depends on attracting and retaining the best individuals who think in a different way. It has a cosmopolitan mix of more than 30 nationalities and over 35 spoken languages which creates a rich diversity of talent contributing to its creativity and innovation amongst its 800 employees with key offices in London, Paris, Singapore and Houston. EDF Trading is active in the electricity, natural gas, LNG, LPG, oil, coal and freight and environmental products markets. It is one of the largest wholesale market traders in Europe for power and gas. Its affiliate, EDF Trading North America is one of the leading marketers of gas and power in the US, one of the main providers of generation services for power generation companies in the US and a leading US energy retailer for large commercial and industrial customers. EDF Trading operates in the global LNG, coal and freight markets through a third stake in JERA Trading, one of the leading utility backed global coal and LNG traders. For more information, please visit www.edftrading.com Data is Energy: Overview EDF Trading is a data business too. Trading is transitioning into a data driven business. High quality data and the agility of the analysis are becoming the differentiator. EDF Trading has a leading footprint in the European energy markets and wants to monetise and optimise data as an asset. Commodities markets and the European energy space in particular is complex and has a huge appetite for data. Power production from renewables in response to weather, capacity limitations across borders, storage optimisation modelling... these are just some of the complex data opportunities we trade on every day. We're looking for talented people who share our passion for data to join our team and seize these opportunities with us. www.datais.energy Position purpose We need quality data that is centrally managed. We rely on business analysts to centralise our data, streamline processes and maintain governance. We look to them to lead on best practice and think beyond the present. As a business analyst within our data function you will work as part of our Data Delivery vertical, manage existing and new data sources; establish and maintain clear data governance across EDFT and drive best practice by sharing lessons from market leaders within and outside of our industry. You will help to drive the centralisation of our data and project manage the delivery of all data to the end consumers. All about you You have the skills and ability to: * Work directly with the business teams and to communicate effectively with different levels and disciplines within the organisation * Drive change to business practices by working effectively with all levels of users, looking to automate and streamline processes where possible, whilst retaining high levels of operational control. * Drive process change and to encourage and influence users to adapt to these changes. You are also: * Highly motivated to complete projects and 'go the extra mile' to achieve positive outcomes for the business. * A very proactive individual able to handle multiple projects/work packages simultaneously Great if you also: * Have a background in data. Development / programming skills not required but the ability to understand technical concepts and communicate fluently about them with other members of the data function would be useful. Technical requirements * Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Suite * Experience analysing and manipulating data in excel * Proficient running SQL queries

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