Job Description
The Senior Energy Analyst supports decision analysis for renewable energy and battery projects, providing expertise in electricity market modeling, asset valuation, risk management, and market operations to help clients optimize energy assets and strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead quantitative analysis and deliver results to clients on time
- Model electricity markets to support trading activities
- Provide expertise in asset valuation, risk management, and renewable integration
- Analyze energy commodity trading, market operations, and power structuring
- Monitor regulatory changes and assess their impact on market strategies
- Support real-time market operations and system reliability through on-call rotations
- Develop innovative approaches to represent analysis results for decision-making
- Create reports and presentations to communicate complex information clearly
- Perform in-depth analysis of power market operations to inform critical decisions
- Serve as a technical resource for project scoping, deployment, and launch activities
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in economics, engineering, or energy is required.
- A minimum of 1 year of prior experience in energy analysis or related field.
- For Senior Analyst position, a total of 5 years of prior work experience in energy with a utility, consulting firm, government, or non-profit focusing on energy is required.
- Understanding of energy modeling systems and methods.
- Command of wholesale power market structures and value streams.
- Proficiency with fundamental modeling of electricity markets in support of electricity trading.
- Ability to provide clients with expertise in analytic modeling for asset valuation, risk management, and renewable integration.
- Ability to monitor regulatory changes and assess their impact on market operations and strategies.
- Ability to assimilate complex information into readily understood reports and presentations.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication, teamwork skills, organization, and work ethics.
- Ability to prioritize multiple assignments and problem solve with minimum supervision.
- Strong analytical skills in analyzing and explaining complex data.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation: 80,000 - 95,000 USD for Energy Analyst, 95,000 - 125,000 USD for Senior Analyst, negotiable based on qualifications and experience
Flexible work hours
Relaxed work environment
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Short-term disability insurance
Long-term disability insurance
Parental leave
Dependent care spending account
401k retirement plan
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