Senior Analyst, Commercial Operations

AES•Indianapolis, IN

About The Position

The Senior Commercial Analyst will work on a dynamic and high responsibility hedging environment. This role offers a visible position with considerable interaction with front, middle, and regulatory groups. The analyst will collect economic and financial information specific to commodity markets, conduct market sector or statistical analysis, and interpret key market data elements into useful business information. This role will directly interface with MISO markets and automate data analysis for the Company. The Senior Commercial Analyst is expected to perform high-level analytic work and modeling.

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.
Able to adjust priorities throughout the day.

Nice To Haves

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

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.
Participate in MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator) filings and data requests.
Help identify market opportunities based on real-time positions and analysis of market conditions.
Leverage broad scope of knowledge when performing analysis on data sets.
Perform high-level analysis and modeling.
May develop quantitative/analytic models with an emphasis on automation of reports.
Conduct research including identifying data, data input, and statistical analysis of results and creates and maintains data analysis and reports.
Prepare presentations to present analysis.
Work closely with regulatory, forecasting, and wholesale fuel groups.
Respond to internal requests from other functions for data and analysis.
Support Fuel Adjustment Charge (FAC) proceeding data requests.