Analyst

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About the Role

Reporting to the Manager Origination Analytics the Commercial Analysts is responsible for the provision of high-quality analysis to the Integrated Energy functions. This role delivers analysis, commercial insights and makes recommendations that drives the strategic direction and decision-making process, to effectively manage the Trading, Origination and Physical Markets functions.

The Commercial Analyst will have relationships with key stakeholders such as finance, operations, and risk, to deliver information and drive processes such as budgeting and market modelling.

What you’ll be doing:

- Lead the preparation of reporting insights through presenting results in a meaningful way to affect the planning, pricing and management of the wholesale portfolio by using existing sophisticated/complex models/database and/or develops new complex models/database
- Lead the delivery within cross-functional teams on ad-hoc projects to align business objectives
- Deliver and drive high-quality end-to-end analysis to support the decision making process(es) that allows for effective management of the wholesale portfolio
- Accountable for supporting refreshed fuels positions and ensuring they reflect contracted and prospective contractual and/or market changes including changes to load forecasting.
- Lead the preparation of reports that detail the impacts of changes to fuel positions to functions within Wholesale Markets and influence changes to ensure the group operations achieve or exceed financial and budgetary target throughout the year
- Provide key insights to deliver the understanding of the financial as well as physical risk exposures inherent in all deals so that robust processes can be developed or adapted
- Build models that can be used to create trading and optimization systems for various fuels, which will allow trading and optimisation of positions
- Communicate effectively across groups of different skill level and expertise to efficiently deliver the key messages for portfolio optimization

About You

What you’ll bring to the table:

- Ability to work autonomous, take initiative, influence and drive results
- Strong Numerical and analytical skills with experience of trading systems and portfolio valuation techniques
- Computer/IT skills - High level of competence with Excel, Python and SQL. Highly developed automation skills and ability to interact with technical information technical resources at a detailed level
- Creative/Imaginative skills - The ability to see linkages between apparently unrelated matters. Intellectual curiosity. Ability to develop and deploy new or unusual or creative approaches to problem solving. A desire for continual learning and development
- Writing skills - Clear, concise, accuracy of grammar, punctuation, spelling. Wide vocabulary - but with the ability to use the simplest possible terms to convey the desired message
- Presentation skills:

- This role may be required to communicate in larger or public forum; however visual communication of complex concepts is required. (graphics, charts, effective Powerpoint skills)
- Advanced MS Excel skills and ability to use VBA or other similar coding languages
- Proven ability to understand complex problems and design innovative solutions
- A tertiary qualification in a quantitative discipline preferred (e.g. mathematics, engineering, statistics, physical science, economics)
- Relevant experience within an energy trading company highly regarded
- Commodity market experience preferred but not essential

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