Sr Lead Analyst, Retail Planning

Vistra • Irving, TX

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role will lead financial projections and analysis of actual results for the ERCOT Residential and Mass portfolios. Coordinating efforts across multiple stakeholders including Retail Pricing and Analytics and Accounting. The ideal candidate brings robust technical skills and a proven ability to deliver solutions to complex challenges.

Requirements

• Experienced gained through college degree programs and/or certification in Finance, Accounting or related fields.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in Finance, Accounting, Technology, or business operations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong prioritization skills and ability to accomplish objectives individually and through team efforts
• Demonstrated ability to interface with and resolve issues with multiple stakeholders
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to make recommendations even when not all data is available or complete
• Experience with forecasting and modeling
• Experience working with data and ability to query and analyze data in an efficient manner
• Demonstrated competencies including process design, coding/programming, and experience with related tools and applications (Python, R, SAS/SQL, VBA, Snowflake, Hadoop, KNIME Analytics)
• Experience developing, training, and scoring complex mathematical and behavioral models
• Familiarity with different modeling constructs (regression, neural network, etc )
• Experience with cross-functional project management

Responsibilities

• Develop usage forecasts for retail customers that support energy purchasing, hedging, and internal financial projections across all regions and customer categories
• Design and implement systems to track and analyze accuracy of historical usage forecasts monthly
• Maintain deadlines, and ensure a well-organized process with a focus on continuous improvement
• Drive variance analysis and reporting packages that communicate results versus plan/projection to internal/external stakeholders
• Support long term, strategic enterprise initiatives related to customer usage and associated data platforms
• Work with members of IT to manage Vistra’s data warehouse, performing user testing and defining data warehouse requirements; manage IT task force initiatives
• Partner with other parts of Retail Planning to build tools/models around the data warehouse to support various analyses
• Create controls and validations in financial models, processes, and reports
• Monitor relevant electricity and natural gas markets and advise on impacts to business

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed