Power Analyst
Selby Jennings · New York, NY · 5 days ago
FinanceFull-time
Responsibilities
- Conduct fundamental analysis of North American power, natural gas, renewable, and transmission markets to support trading and asset optimization strategies.
- Build, maintain, and analyze power market models using Dayzer or similar software, with a focus on markets such as PJM and ERCOT.
- Evaluate market fundamentals including congestion, transmission constraints, generation outages, renewable output, fuel prices, load forecasts, and locational pricing dynamics.
- Monitor market developments and identify short- and long-term trading opportunities across power, natural gas, FTRs, basis, emissions, capacity, and related products.
- Perform scenario analysis and develop forecasts to assess changing market conditions and their impact on trading strategies.
- Analyze large datasets using Python, SQL, Excel, and other analytical tools to generate market insights and support trade ideas.
- Support asset valuations, hedging strategies, acquisition opportunities, and commercial decision-making processes.
- Communicate market views, model outputs, and analytical findings to traders, risk managers, and senior stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
- 3+ years of experience in power market analytics, trading support, asset optimization, risk, or related commercial roles.
- Experience analyzing North American power markets, preferably PJM, ERCOT, MISO, NYISO, ISO-NE, or CAISO.
- Hands-on experience with DAYZER or comparable power market modeling software.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills with proficiency in Python, SQL, Excel, or similar tools.
- Understanding of power market fundamentals, transmission systems, congestion, generation economics, and risk management concepts.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex analysis to both technical and commercial audiences.