Valuation Analytics Senior Specialist

About the role

Provide the analytical foundation for the team's procurement and valuation work, developing insights, tools, and analyses that support clean energy procurement, regulatory guidance, and portfolio strategy decisions. Support the evaluation of clean energy resources, including solar and battery storage projects, by reviewing offer data, validating assumptions, running financial valuation models, and summarizing results for procurement decisions. Research emerging technologies and market trends, evaluate evolving policy and regulatory frameworks, improve valuation methodologies, develop analytical tools using Python, Excel, or similar platforms, and help shape recommendations that support SCE's clean energy procurement strategy.

Responsibilities

• Executes analytical support for projects and initiatives that help shape SCE's strategy, as well as long-term resource and climate adaptation plans.
• Facilitates horizon planning capabilities through scenario development in the face of uncertainty driven by exogenous market factors, like climate change and emerging technologies.
• Executes the use of analytical models and grid planning simulation tools, forecasting the impacts of various resource portfolio scenarios on system pricing, GHG emissions, and other system dimensions.
• Conducts research on new technologies, focusing on their cost-effectiveness and potential for supply and demand-side energy resources.
• Develops analytical models and methods for a variety of applications, including evaluating energy policies, regulations, climate change impacts, and new business models.
• Drives the analysis of market trends in the energy and ancillary services markets.
• Manages contract requirements, reviews payments, manages disputes and makes strategic recommendations to maximize benefits to customers.
• Deploys and improves statistical and econometric models to forecast electricity demand and energy commodity prices to support position management and hedging.

Minimum Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience in financial planning, modeling and/or forecasting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with valuation, forecasting, optimization, statistical analysis, or energy market modeling techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex quantitative analysis and translate results into clear, actionable recommendations for business stakeholders.
• Experience working with large datasets and analytical tools such as Python, Power BI, Excel/VBA, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of California energy markets.
• Experience developing, automating, or maintaining analytical models, workflows, and quality control processes.

Work mode & location

This position's work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs. The primary work location for this position is Rosemead, CA. Relocation may apply to this position.