Back Office Stream Lead - Orchestrade/Endur
Project description
Luxoft has one of the world's leading Orchestrade practices. We are a top-tier Orchestrade Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration. We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered Orchestrade projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, commodities. Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry or commodities industry would be of high interest to us. The project is a Trading and Position platform Implementation for Commodity products. You will be part of a Top Initiative for this commodity client. This is a brilliant opportunity to work on several type of commodity products and learn a new trading platform. You will have the ability to showcase the work directly to the End users. The team is responsible for the integration of a trading application (Orchestrade) used for: • Pre-deal origination workflow and post execution monitoring and life-cycle management. • Dedicated workflow, configuration of the platform, supporting business • Leverage strategic standard risk systems • Integration with Operations, Finance • Reporting, Reconciliation • Accounting The application is Orchestrade: - Orchestrade is in .Net (C#): Natively connected to Excel - Database: Microsoft SQL - Delivered In-House or Hosted (Amazon Web Services) You will be part of the development team responsible for the migration of the new trading platform. You will act as a senior .NET developer. This is a brilliant opportunity to work on a new trading platform written in C# Also, you will join our Orchestrade Practice and become a member of our open minded, progressive and professional team. You will have a chance to grow your functional and soft skills and build a thorough expertise of the industry of our client. Location: Flexible / Hybrid Contract: Permanent or Contract Industry: Energy Trading & Risk Management Role Purpose The Back Office Stream Lead will be responsible for leading the Back Office workstream as part of a strategic ETRM transformation programme to replace Endur with Orchestrade. The role will ensure that Back Office operational processes, settlement, invoicing, confirmations, and accounting-related requirements are accurately designed, implemented, tested, and adopted within Orchestrade. The Back Office Stream Lead will act as the key interface between Back Office users, IT, Finance, and the Orchestrade implementation partner, ensuring the solution supports efficient, controlled, and auditable post trade operations for Power, Certificates, Gas, and Biomethane products.
Responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities Back Office Workstream Leadership
- Lead the Back Office workstream within the Orchestrade implementation programme
- Own Back Office scope, priorities, roadmap, and dependencies
- Represent Back Office requirements and controls within the overall Endur replacement programme
- Ensure alignment across Front Office, Middle Office, and Finance processes Business Requirements & Solution Design
- Gather, document, and challenge Back Office business requirements covering: o Confirmations and contract management o Physical and financial settlement o Invoicing, payments, and cash flow o Fees, taxes, and charges o Exception handling and operational controls
- Drive Back Office solution design in Orchestrade, ensuring fit for purpose workflows and controls
- Review and validate functional designs provided by implementation partners Orchestrade Configuration & Implementation Oversight
- Oversee configuration of Orchestrade Back Office components, including: o Settlement calendars, logistics, and delivery structures o Invoicing and billing rules o Confirmation workflows o Payment and accounting data outputs
- Ensure correct lifecycle handling for Power, Gas, Biomethane, and Environmental Certificate contracts
- Work closely with integration teams on interfaces to finance, ERP, payment, and reporting systems Testing, Reconciliation & Go Live Readiness
- Lead Back Office testing activities, including SIT and UAT
- Define Back Office test scenarios and operational sign off criteria
- Support reconciliation of settlement, invoice, and cash data during testing and cutover
- Ensure Back Office operational readiness for go live, including procedures and controls Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary Back Office point of contact for: o Operations and settlement teams o Finance and accounting stakeholders o IT and data teams o Orchestrade vendor and system integrators
- Provide clear status reporting, issue escalation, and risk management to programme governance
SKILLS
Must have
- Back Office & ETRM Systems
- Strong Back Office experience within Energy Trading & Risk Management organisations
- Proven experience implementing Orchestrade or Endur in a Back Office capacity
- Solid understanding of trade lifecycle from execution through settlement and invoicing
- Experience supporting system replacements or major ETRM transformations Product & Market Knowledge
- Hands on experience with: o Power and Gas (physical and financial) settlement o Biomethane contracts and delivery structures o Environmental or Certificate products (e.g. Guarantees of Origin)
- Understanding of Back Office impacts of complex energy contracts Management
- Strong leadership of functional workstreams within large-scale transformation programmes
- Excellent understanding of operational risk and control environments
- Ability to translate business processes into system configuration and workflows
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Clear communicator, comfortable engaging with operations, finance, IT, and senior stakeholders
Nice to have
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline
