Full-Time

Senior Business Analyst

Power

Posted on 10/31/2025

Gunvor

Gunvor

501-1,000 employees

Independent commodities trading and logistics provider

No salary listed

Houston, TX, USA

In Person

Category
Business & Strategy (2)
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Required Skills
Node.js
SQL
DevOps
Requirements
  • Formal education, ideally at University level or equivalent level of certification and experience.
  • At least 5 years working hands-on on an Energy Trading/Commodity Risk Management system (ETRM or CTRM) as a Business Analyst or Application Support (QA, Support, In-House Development, working with Vendors).
  • Good knowledge of Power Products and Derivatives on North American market.
  • Medium to Strong SQL, understanding of database design and Report generation within business applications.
  • Experience in working with API, FIX messages, especially with market data feeds from exchanges like ICE, CME, NODAL.
  • Experience of providing excellent Customer Service on a local and global user base. Strong Leader.
  • Team player with ability to exercise flexibility, demonstrate initiative to ensure the business needs are met in a proactive manner with minimum supervision.
  • Good interpersonal skills, especially communication, able to communicate technical solutions to non-technical users, in a multicultural working environment and able to cope in stressful/difficult/conflict situations in a serviced oriented manner.
  • Highly organized and possess analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Be self-motivated and creative and able to work with minimum supervision.
  • Fluent in English (spoken and written).
  • General skills in ICT technologies.
Responsibilities
  • Support the Product Owner to deliver all key features for the Power Desk Front-to-Back (System setup, Enhancements, System upgrades, UAT, bugs prioritization, testing, building new interfaces).
  • Enhance and support in-house applications integrated with Energy Trading and Risk Management systems.
  • Work together with a dedicated team of developers to his/her stream as well as with Vendors.
  • Act as a 2nd level Support to worldwide users during their day-to-day tasks, escalate support when required to the Vendors or development team and ensure following-up with them.
  • Demonstrate service-oriented approach, an understanding of the business needs and be able to achieve and maintain high customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Manage client expectations effectively.
  • Support Product Owner in reporting and backlog prioritization.
  • Gather requirements across the group’s location and departments.
  • Run workshops with Business and IT.
  • Set up and model of new Power desk activities in OATI applications (webTrader, webCTRM) especially regarding power scheduling (in collaboration with traders, infrastructure, security, DBA and development teams).
  • Write and maintain functional specifications (in DevOps).
  • Work closely with developers on integration items, including design, testing and post-deployment support.
  • Report to the Product Owner the progress of your deliveries.
  • Document technical architecture, user guides, and handover to the Support team.
  • Train 1st level support and act as a 2nd level support on the modules you will be responsible for
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in OATI applications, especially web Trader
  • Certifications/experience on any of the following will be very useful: Software design, development and testing methodologies / concepts, Project management, ITIL., Technical certification
  • Knowledge of Power queries and VBA

Gunvor moves physical energy, metals, and bulk materials from where they are produced to where they are needed most. The company operates by sourcing these commodities and using its own network of refineries, pipelines, and storage terminals to manage the logistics of the global supply chain. Unlike many competitors that focus solely on trading, Gunvor invests heavily in industrial infrastructure and upstream assets to gain direct control over the movement and processing of goods. Its goal is to create sustainable value for customers by providing efficient and safe transport solutions for essential global resources.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$7B

Headquarters

Geneva, Switzerland

Founded

2000

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Gunvor USA's $2.34B borrowing base facility oversubscribed by 21 lenders in 2025.
  • LNG credit facility upsized to $1.565B from $1.2B due to strong demand.
  • Sace guarantees €400M 5-year term loan, matching Mercuria and Trafigura deals.

What critics are saying

  • LNG glut from Plaquemines Phase 2 crashes prices below $5/MMBtu, breaching covenants by Q1 2027.
  • Vitol ramps to 1.2 mbpd U.S. crude, cutting Gunvor's Houston volumes 25% in 12 months.
  • Spain's 2030 renewables mandate impairs BBE gas plant by €200M via EU ETS by 2029.

What makes Gunvor unique

  • Gunvor holds 42% stake in Oklahoma's Flywheel Energy for U.S. natural gas production.
  • Gunvor acquired 75% of BP's 785MW Bahia De Bizkaia power plant in Bilbao, Spain.
  • Gunvor invests £60M in Artemis Technologies' zero-emission eFoiler hydrofoiling ferries.

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Company News

Baha Information Company
Dec 1st, 2025
Gunvor Group completes management buyout.

Gunvor Group Ltd announced a management-led buyout, with the management team acquiring full ownership from majority owner Torbjorn Tornqvist. Gary Pedersen, head of Americas since 2024, is appointed as the new CEO. The transaction aims to introduce new governance and structural changes for long-term growth in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Pedersen will operate between Houston and Geneva during the transition. Additional board and executive changes are anticipated.

International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
May 28th, 2025
Gunvor Invests in Artemis Technologies: £60M

Gunvor Group has invested in Artemis Technologies to support nonhydrocarbon maritime solutions. This follows a £33 million ($45 million) UK Government grant to the Artemis-led Belfast Maritime Consortium for zero-emission ferries, bringing total project investment to £60 million ($75 million). The investment will aid the development of the Artemis eFoilerTM, an electric hydrofoiling system, reducing fuel costs by 90% and emissions to zero for vessels carrying up to 350 passengers.

Global Trade Review (GTR)
Oct 31st, 2024
Gunvor USA seals oversubscribed US$2.34bn borrowing base facility

Commodity trading giant Gunvor has grown its uncommitted borrowing base facility in the US to US$2.34bn with support from a syndicate of 21 lenders, including four new participants.  Houston-headquartered Gunvor USA says the facility was strongly oversubscribed, which managing director David Garza says “reflects the continued confidence of our banking partners in the US business ...

LNG Prime
Sep 19th, 2024
Gunvor's unit takes Pertamina's PGN to arbitration over LNG supply dispute

Gunvor's unit takes pertamina's PGN to arbitration over LNG supply dispute.

Daily Times
Sep 16th, 2024
Investment Talks: Gunvor, Total Energies meet PM

The prime minister was told that the Gunvor Group had already signed an agreement to acquire 50% shares of Total Parco.

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