Endur migrations are picking up pace, Allegro and Aspect deployments are expanding into new asset classes, and Beacon is pulling in early adopters betting on a newer platform. Behind every one of those moves sits the same constraint: a small pool of people who actually know the systems, not just the theory. We work across all four platforms, connecting trading firms with the business analysts, developers, project managers and support specialists who can get a go-live over the line.
E/CTRM projects rarely stall on budget. They stall on people. There are only so many specialists who've actually taken a platform through a live migration rather than a sandbox test, and most of them aren't on the open market. They're a phone call a headhunter made eighteen months ago that's finally paying off.
That's the relationship-first model we run on: long-term contact with system specialists across all four platforms, so when a role opens, the shortlist already exists.
In recent years, the demand for Openlink Endur business analysts, project managers, and developers has shot up, driven by initiatives at energy giants, like Shell’s switch from Aligne to Endur, and increased volatility in the commodities markets. New entrants are opting for Endur despite its eye-watering cost, as this off-the-shelf solution allows businesses to swiftly navigate diverse commodity markets, offering
For decades, commodity trading was anchored by legacy infrastructure: on-premise systems, siloed data, and spreadsheets stretched well beyond their limits. Physical trading firms often rely on full-suite E/CTRM platforms to manage logistics and settlements. But in the derivatives space – especially across oil, refined products, metals, ags, power, and freight – traders still turn to a patchwork of spreadsheets, homegrown
Should you stay, or should you go? Is deep Endur expertise built by staying put, or by moving across firms? A recent client comment got me thinking. It was about a candidate who’d spent many years at one company: “Professional, seems to know their way around Endur, but not able to go into depth on pretty much any area we
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