Company description

The time to join Synergy has never been more exciting because you'll be helping us to deliver on our commitment towards becoming a net zero carbon emission business by 2050.

We are investing $3 billion in large-scale renewables development and creating unlimited opportunities for our people to contribute to the growth of innovative solutions in our operations as we invest. This is your chance to help us transform the energy industry and build a more sustainable future for Western Australia.

Synergy is proud to be Western Australia's largest electricity generator and energy retailer. We deliver secure electricity to homes and businesses throughout the Southwest Interconnected System (SWIS) from Coral Bay in the north, to Kalgoorlie in the east, and to Esperance in the south

Click here to discover more about how Western Australia's energy landscape is evolving to become more sustainable.

Role Description:

The Principal Trading Systems Business Analyst is an exciting opportunity in our Wholesale Business Unit based at our Central Park, Perth office.

You will act as a trusted subject matter expert, translating intricate business needs into discrete, actionable and testable functional requirements to enhance Synergy's Trading systems, via Synergy's internal software development and functional testing teams.

This role involves close collaboration with stakeholders across trading, generation, and commercial teams, as well as Synergy's internal software development and functional testing teams. This role includes the development and maintenance of UML-based OOAD domain models (including class and state transition diagrams) and presentation of material that describes Synergy's Trading systems work to support presentations to a wider business audience.





This position underpins the development and continuous improvement of trading systems that support 2,100 MW of generation capacity within the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM), while managing over $1 billion in annual costs and revenues across electricity and gas markets, including power purchase agreements.

Job responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain domain models, business logic and functional design specifications to ensure electricity and gas trading software is compliant, commercially effective, and aligned with strategic business objectives.
- Partner with business stakeholders and technology teams to design, enhance, and deliver trading system solutions that meet operational, commercial, and performance objectives.
- Drive the continuous improvement of wholesale trading platforms through stakeholder engagement, structured analysis, and identification of value-adding system enhancements.
- Lead the documentation and assessment of trading system controls and enhancements to ensure ongoing compliance with WEM rules, regulatory obligations, and evolving market requirements while supporting business objectives.
- Ensure trading system design and associated documentation effectively supports decision-making, data capture, transaction execution, and reporting.

Profile description:

What you will bring:

- Tertiary qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Science or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years' experience as a Senior Business Analyst in a complex software environment,



preferably with a strong understanding and practical experience with Agile software development methodologies.
- Familiarity with functional design and domain modelling techniques, including OOAD under the Unified Modelling Language (UML).
- Demonstrated ability to analyse complex requirements and design integrated solutions across systems, processes, and people.
- Robust stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills to elicit, analyse, and document complex business and system requirements across multidisciplinary teams.

We offer: So, what's it like working for Synergy?

As one of Australia's most trusted utility brands, we value our customers, the community we operate in, and our people. When you work with us, you'll be joining an inclusive and proactive organisation, one that enables innovative thinking, accountable leadership, and collaboration. It's how we're creating an exceptional workplace, and we want you to be part of it.

At Synergy we have a wide range of benefits designed to help you balance your work and home life, support your health and wellbeing along with having access to professional development opportunities.

Here's a just a few of the benefits you'll have access to as a Synergy employee:

- Flexible work arrangements
- Generous paid parental leave
- Other leave options including reproductive and purchased annual leave
- Volunteer leave so you can give back to your community
- Learning and development opportunities.

More details can be found here

At Synergy we believe in creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone can thrive and feel a true sense of belonging. We're proud to be recognised as an inclusive employer by the Diversity Council of Australia. We celebrate our diversity and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.

📌 Principal Trading Systems Analyst (Perth)
🏢 Synergy
📍 Perth