To complement our team and support our growth, we are currently looking for a
Junior Functional Consultant (as of 01. January 2024)
Junior Functional Consultant
About the Role
In this role you will be working as part of a small and diverse team to support the delivery of our software to various customers.
You will act as an intermediate between the customer and our internal technical team, ensuring the delivery of our software meets the requirements and quality expectations. An important part of the role is to analyse and translate requirements into functional specifications, supporting Senior Consultants in testing or demonstrating our solution and to play an important role in the continuous development of our offering.
This is a hands-on role covering a wide array of activities that will require building up know-how, not only about the software and implementation life cycle, but also in the European Power, Gas and Emissions trading & operational landscapes. Our customers are mainly green energy producers or energy traders who help facilitate the green energy transition, so you will be working with companies who innovate in this space and facilitate the move away from fossil fuels.
As we are a fast-growing team, we believe we can offer new challenges and a strong career path as part of our growth. Whether you want to move into energy trading, risk management, back office or help us with product management, grow into senior positions within the implementation team(s) or change into other roles later is up to you.
The successful candidate will ideally have basic business analysis skills and an interest in the Energy Trading Industry. Any software development or implementation experience is a plus but not mandatory.
About You
You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Information Technology or a closely related area.
You are a team player who works well under pressure and you like to challenge yourself working with highly experienced and talented individuals. You are communicative and able to establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external counterparts. You feel comfortable with multiple responsibilities and being exposed to challenging problems and their solution definition.
You have
- Excellent team working and collaboration skills
- Self-motivated and proactive approach to bridge knowledge gaps
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good documentation and presentation capabilities
- Basic SQL / database management skills would be an advantage
- Proficient in Excel and understanding of basic API technologies is required
- Familiarity with Project Management methodologies
- You are fluent in English (written and spoken), any other language is a plus
- You are comfortable multi-tasking and prioritising tasks
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation process of our software for existing or new customers.
- Producing high-quality documentation and meeting notes.
- Configuring the Previse software to meet customer requirements during implementations.
- Gather and document customer requirements during workshops, translating these into functional specifications, user stories and solution documentation.
- Work with internal teams and Subject Matter Experts to analyse complex requirements and solution definition.
- Support system and regression testing, assisting customer’s user testing.
- Support the product team’s software test plan execution.
- Help, support and train employees of Previse, partners or customers who are less familiar with the software to aid their understanding of our solution.
Position Type
This position typically operates during regular business hours during the week, but our intent is to provide a high degree of freedom for the right candidate. Occasional after hours work for special projects may be required.