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Senior Analyst, Fundamentals - Power

Location: 

Houston, Texas, US, 77002

Job ID#:  639
Job Category:  Commercial / Risk
Position Type:  Regular FT

JERA Americas Inc. is part of a global energy company, supporting the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable world while fulfilling our responsibility to provide a safe and stable supply of reliable and affordable energy. The Company is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based JERA, which stands for Japan's Energy for a New Era. JERA has committed to achieving net zero CO2 emissions from its businesses by 2050 and is contributing to the development of a sustainable society.

JERA Americas seeks to continue its rapid expansion into renewable energy markets focusing on wind, solar, and cutting-edge technologies for hydrogen production and transportation. To meet the challenges of a fast-growing company, we are searching for talented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to be part of the equation to provide energy for a new era.

Summary

The Senior Analyst, Power Fundamentals is responsible for assisting the development and management of North American supply, demand, infrastructure, and price forecasting in support of trading, strategic investments, and risk management. The role will also assist in developing best practices for nodal modeling, reporting and analytics for the business unit.

Position Description

  • Analyze and identify emerging trends affecting short-, mid- and long-term congestion patterns across ISOs – particularly ISONE, NYISO, PJM, and ERCOT.
  • Build, maintain, and run zonal and nodal power dispatch models to support various groups across the company including commercial gas & power trading and asset development.
  • Develop and maintain nodal market models to forecast power prices, congestion, and transmission flows across various ISO/RTO markets, with a focus on simulating forward market conditions over 3- to 5-year horizons.
  • Support hedging decisions, including FTR/CRR analysis.
  • Track and disseminate major industry news, announcements, and regulatory actions that could impact market fundamentals.
  • Understand and explain drivers of forward curves and how/why they differ from internal POV.
  • Desire to be a part of a high performing and analytical team.

Position Description Continued

  • Working knowledge of ISO topology, prevailing congestion patterns, and power plant dispatch, with focus on ISONE, NYISO, PJM, and ERCOT.
  • Familiarity with ISO datasets, particularly related to nodal LMPs and transmission topology.
  • Strong analytical thinking and modeling skills.
  • Ability to explain drivers of nodal basis and how they could evolve with changing infrastructure – transmission expansion, plant new build & retirements, etc.
  • Ability to communicate market views clearly, backed by quantitative analytics – explain the “why”.
  • Demonstrated ability to build models and analysis from the ground up without existing infrastructure, designing efficient and reliable processes.
  • Very strong Excel skills. Programming, database skills, or BI software experience a strong plus (SQL Server, Python, VBA, or R).
  • Experience with PLEXOS, PROMOD, AURORA or similar power dispatch model.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

  • A bachelor's degree in economics, engineering, finance, or related discipline.
  • 3 to 5 years of industry experience in a similar role – trading support, asset investment support, consulting.
  • Strong power markets nodal modeling experience.

 

Preferred Education and Additional Eligibility Qualifications

  • Advanced degree.
  • Experience with PLEXOS or a similar power dispatch model.
  • Preferably experience with Python.

 

JERA Americas does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, JERA Americas shall have no obligation to pay any referral compensation or recruiter fee.

AP/EEO Statement

JERA Americas Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics.


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