Forecasting Solutions Analyst I

Engie • Houston, TX

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Forecasting Solutions Analyst’s primary responsibility is to mitigate ENGIE’s risks deriving from retail electric customer load, and identify insights from market and customer data. The analyst will support pre-deal activities including load data acquisition, quality assurance, analysis, forecasting, and providing subject matter expertise to the C&I Pricing and Sales teams. The candidate should be able to understand and manipulate load data and quantify and explain its relationship with the customer, premises, weather and other market dynamics. Preference will be given to solutions-oriented candidates who thoroughly understand deregulated electric market load data fundamentals and can identify, create, and deliver improvements to pre-deal load forecasting processes and platforms. Support the pre-deal load data processing queue for assigned markets consistent with established service level agreements, guidelines, and standards. Support improving the customer experience by delivering the cleanest, most efficient, most accurate forecasts possible through optimization, harmonization, synchronization of our processes and platforms. Develop a thorough understanding of the assigned market, internal and external platforms used by the team, and the impact of the analyst’s work product on stakeholders and company performance. Procure historical load data and utility account attributes (e.g., service point location, profile class, rate class and meter type), and assist with maintenance and improvement of data acquisition through automation. Set up, evaluate, and process account and usage data using existing validation and estimation tools based on established guidelines and standards. Review completed deals for accuracy and potential issues based on established guidelines and standards. Support the creation and maintenance of internal documentation. Support the post-deal maintenance of customer account attributes and load data. Support the development, improvement, and execution of platform, system, and process testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Minimum of two years of energy industry experience
• Ability to deliver time-sensitive work products that meet the requirements of internal stakeholders.
• Ability to promptly respond to dynamic requirements from internal stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and the expectations of internal stakeholders.
• Problem solving, strong analytical and statistical skills.
• Ability to accurately process and analyze customer account and historical usage data to identify anomalies and fundamental changes to be used and reflected in forecasting, pricing, and contracting.
• Ability to perform data manipulation related to incomplete or flawed load data or related to load adjustments.
• Ability to work with utilities and internal stakeholders (e.g., sales, pricing, and IT) to meet deadlines and to comply with existing quality standards.
• Intermediate or better knowledge of MS Excel.
• Ability to extract, manage, and analyze large data sets.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of energy market fundamentals, including load properties, (e.g., usage, demand, load factor, voltage, losses, and read cycles) and deregulated market design preferred.
• Experience handling and managing issues with large quantities of electric usage data preferred.
• Ability to use data visualization platforms such as Power BI or Tableau preferred.
• Basic or better knowledge of Oracle or Microsoft SQL preferred.
• Familiarity with scripting languages and statistical packages (Python, SAS, R, or similar) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the pre-deal load data processing queue for assigned markets consistent with established service level agreements, guidelines, and standards.
• Support improving the customer experience by delivering the cleanest, most efficient, most accurate forecasts possible through optimization, harmonization, synchronization of our processes and platforms.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the assigned market, internal and external platforms used by the team, and the impact of the analyst’s work product on stakeholders and company performance.
• Procure historical load data and utility account attributes (e.g., service point location, profile class, rate class and meter type), and assist with maintenance and improvement of data acquisition through automation.
• Set up, evaluate, and process account and usage data using existing validation and estimation tools based on established guidelines and standards.
• Review completed deals for accuracy and potential issues based on established guidelines and standards.
• Support the creation and maintenance of internal documentation.
• Support the post-deal maintenance of customer account attributes and load data.
• Support the development, improvement, and execution of platform, system, and process testing.

Benefits

• This role is eligible for our hybrid work policy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level