About the position
This position collaborates with trading, operations, technology and business support partners to identify, develop, and implement world-class solutions for a global merchandiser and processor of agricultural goods. This position will require work on systems that range from in house developed applications to vendor solutions and address solutions that cover trading and employee service functions. Some projects will originate locally but others may be driven by a global program and require collaboration between local and global teams. The activities required can span from discovery and analysis, through to development, testing and implementation and on rare occasions travel may be required to our local or global locations. This role is hybrid and required to be in the office 4 days a week.
Responsibilities
- Partners with business unit personnel at multiple locations to understand business needs and translate those needs into functional requirements.
- Develops test cases and performs full functional regression and performance testing and manages user acceptance testing; defines roll out strategies and deploys solutions.
- Researches, identifies, and documents current system, reporting or procedural problems.
- Determines significant tasks and requirements for project definition and establishes feasibility.
- Supports portfolio managers and performance measurement groups; provides ongoing support for deployed solutions; advises users on data entry, navigation, workflows and related issues.
- Creates and manages project plans; devises streamlined user manuals and training seminars.
- Assists in developing technical requirements and functional business specifications.
- Works with business unit personnel and technical personnel to identify current processes, required processes and future state processes.
- Documents future state processes and system functionality utilizing generally accepted business analysis standards such as: written documents and UML diagrams such as Flow Charts, Swim lane Diagrams, Entity Relationship Diagrams, and others as needed.
- Acts as first line support to the business in case of issues during project and second line support post go-live.
Requirements
- 5+ years of strong technical or operational experience in financial or trading systems.
- Experience analyzing, implementing and supporting enterprise reporting architectures and related technologies.
- Experience in participating in cross-functional project teams environment; ability to perform in various roles from individual contributor to a leadership role; ability to contribute to planning, organization and managing of project teams using a structured delivery methodology.
- Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other business organizations; successful experience in working with diverse groups of people in a problem-solving environment.
- Experience in the use of Project Management methodology and best practices.
- Basic SQL knowledge.
Nice-to-haves
- Commodities trading, inventory or logistics experience.
- Knowledge of Futures & Options trading.
- Familiarity with workflow and automation solutions, including RPA, Power Automate, etc.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental and vision care coverage, flexible spending account plans, employee assistance program, life insurance and disability coverage.
- 401k with Company Match.
- Family Friendly Benefits including childbirth and parental leave, fertility and family building benefits.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays.
- Flexible work available (not applicable to all roles).
