Commercial Energy Analyst

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Commercial Analyst as part of my client's energy commercial team.

The successful candidate will support the Commercial Manager and Senior Commercial & Strategy Specialist with analysis of the All-Island Electricity Market, with a specific focus on project management, techno-economic modelling, and commercial analysis of the SEM Energy, Capacity and System Service markets. 

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a strong analytical mindset, responsible for progressing opportunities to enhance revenue and efficiency while supporting strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Senior Commercial & Strategy Specialist, the key responsibilities and duties will include:

• Project management of the implementation of Future Arrangements for System Services (FASS).
• Conducting modelling of Energy, Capacity, and System Service markets to support commercial processes and wider business activities.
•  Conducting technical and economic analysis on electricity market and power system data sets, developing output reports and recommendations to enhance revenue, efficiency or identify new opportunities.
• Producing internal summary reports on commercial performance and opportunities, providing markets insights and techno-economic overview to assist wider business activities.
• Developing and implementing new tools to automate processes and manage complex data sets.
• Assisting with assessing the commercial impact of regulatory updates and changes on the business to optimise commercial outcomes.
• Assisting in the evaluation of capital investments and business development opportunities.
• Assisting with tendering and commercial negotiation of key commercial contracts.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Background

• Demonstrable experience in a similar commercial or analytical role - essential.
• Previous experience within the energy industry, utilities, or large-scale industrial commodity processes - strong desirable.
• A basic understanding of SEM (Single Electricity Market) Energy, Capacity, and System Service commercial arrangements - essential.
• Knowledge of the ISEM market and trading would be a significant advantage - strong desirable.
• Proven experience in employing complex analytical tools and statistics for performance analysis - essential.
• Excellent Excel skills, with the ability to build and use Excel models and analyse data - essential.
• Project Management experience - desirable.

Behaviours

• Excellent analytical skills, being able to digest large amounts of data (numerical and text), identifying the key issues and presenting these in a concise and clear manner to non-subject matter experts - essential.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills with confidence to liaise with senior management - essential.
• Self-starter with strong project management/co-ordination skills - desirable.
• Strategic thinker who is positive, adaptable, and a continuous improvement seeker - desirable.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2:1 Honours Degree in Mathematics, Economics, Business, Finance, or an Engineering-related subject or alternatively extensive relevant experience - essential.
• A qualification in project management - desirable.
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