Senior Energy Resource Planning Acquisition Analyst - Anaplan
About The Position
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is seeking qualified candidates for an open Senior Energy Resource Planning Acquisition Analyst - Anaplan position. This role involves performing quantitative and qualitative analysis for long-term energy resource planning and acquisition, including creating and modifying financial proformas. The analyst will develop interdepartmental consensus on analytical approaches and assumptions that shape the Company’s long-term resource strategy. Additionally, the role requires researching trends in long-term energy markets and policy issues, and effectively communicating analytical methods, assumptions, and results to external stakeholders to support cost recovery for future resource acquisitions. All PSE employees are expected to uphold safety compliance standards, conduct business honestly and ethically, and adhere to regulatory compliance obligations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Math, or related field.
- Seven (7) years of relevant work experience, including five (5) years of experience in an energy related industry involving performance of complex analysis.
- Experience building complex spreadsheets to analyze questions.
- Demonstrated ability to be supportive team member.
- Solid written, interpersonal, and group communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Ph.D. or Master’s Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Math, or related field.
- Experience using Aurora, Plexos, or other models used for long-term resource planning and/or acquisition.
- Experience building models in Anaplan.
- Experience with cloud-based analytical platforms, machine learning techniques, advanced data-science methodologies, and artificial intelligence tools.
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI.
- Experience automating processes using Python or other scripting languages and SQL databases.
- Experience processing, cleansing, validating, and organizing data for analytical applications.
- Experience performing statistical analysis.
- Demonstrated creative problem solving abilities.
- Experience analyzing risk.
- Experience creating and using database applications to support analysis.
Responsibilities
- Plans, develops interdepartmental consensus on, and performs long-term resource analysis using models such as Aurora.
- Plans, develops interdepartmental consensus on, builds, and performs long-term resource analysis using spreadsheets and other analytical tools.
- Builds financial models in Anaplan.
- Manages complex data related to electric generation resources using Anaplan, moderately complex spreadsheets, scripting languages and other tools.
- Communicates complex analytical results through data visualization, charts, presentations, dashboards, and clear narrative formats for technical, business, senior management, regulatory, and external stakeholder audiences.
- Assesses complex business questions, identifies appropriate analytical methodologies, technologies, and tools, and develops effective analytical solutions.
- Develops input databases necessary to perform long-term resource planning analysis.
- Identifies and develops means to address critical energy policy issues that may affect the Company’s long-term resource strategy.
- Serves as task lead for preparation of financial forecasts related to revenue requirements, operating expenses, capital expenditures, EBITDA, net income for resource acquisition candidates.
- Researches energy industry issues and summarizes implications.
- Performs long-term resource analysis to support resource acquisitions.
- Effectively communicates results of research and analyses both written and in presentations.
- Works with external stakeholders to develop consensus around resource planning issues and to effectively communicate resource acquisition issues.
- Monitors energy load and supply trends and developments at the local, state, regional and national levels, and incorporates that data into the models as necessary.
- Creates communication materials, such as PowerPoint slides, charts, etc.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Supplemental life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Flexible spending accounts for health care
- Flexible spending accounts for dependent daycare
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- 401(k) investment option
- Cash balance retirement plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- Annual goals based incentive bonuses
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
