Senior Analyst, Commercial Operations

About the role

The Senior Commercial Analyst will work on a dynamic and high responsibility hedging environment. You will have the opportunity to be in a visible position entailing considerable interaction with the front, middle, and regulatory groups.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the validation of forward pricing, basis, and volatility curves.
• Validate key market assumptions with market data and tracks project performance.
• Research and quantify deviations between forecast, budget, and actual results.
• Support data aggregation efforts each morning to implement approved day ahead trading strategies across the asset fleet.
• Lead Day-Ahead and Real-Time offer process in the MISO markets.
• Support AES Indiana position in Capacity and Financial Transmission Rights Markets.
• Participating in MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator) filings and data requests.
• Help identify market opportunities based on real-time positions and analysis of market conditions.
• Leverages broad scope of knowledge when performing analysis on data sets.
• Performs high level analysis and modeling. May develop quantitative/analytic models with an emphasis on automation of reports.
• Conducts research including identifying data, data input, and statistical analysis of results and creates and maintains data analysis and reports.
• Prepares presentations to present analysis.
• Works closely with regulatory, forecasting, and wholesale fuel groups.
• Supports Fuel Adjustment Charge (FAC) proceeding data requests.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Business, and/or related field of study preferred.
• Equivalent experience within their discipline is also considered.
• 3-7 years of experience in energy trading, scheduling, as supporting front office/desk analyst, or related energy industry analysis work preferred.
• Knowledge of wholesale electricity and natural gas markets.
• Persistent with a natural curiosity about energy market fundamentals and technical details.
• Displays well-rounded communication skills that implement good listening techniques, clear, concise writing style; and good verbal skills.
• The ability to communicate across a wide range of groups and personalities internally and externally.
• Works well in a team environment, focusing on collaboration and adapting to the needs of a diverse team.
• Adept at managing multiple tasks and adhering to regular deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience with tools such as Power BI, Microsoft Excel, SQL, Python, and R preferred.