Energy Analyst

Leverage your quantitative skillset to shape investment decisions
- Join a growing organisation, part of the global Berkshire Hathaway Energy group
- Be part of the company vision to secure a sustainable energy future

CalEnergy Resources (Australia) Limited, a subsidiary of the Northern Powergrid Group of Companies and part of the Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) group, is recruiting for a full-time permanent Energy Analyst to support the future energy growth ambitions of the company.

**About CalEnergy Resources**
With roots in renewable energy, BHE’s portfolio consists of locally managed businesses that share a vision for a secure and sustainable energy future. These businesses deliver affordable, safe and reliable service each day to millions of customers around the world and consistently rank high among energy companies in customer satisfaction

CalEnergy has been operational in Australia since the early 2000s. Whilst their Australian history has sat within natural gas primarily, the future pathway is into renewables. Technology-agnostic, they have already invested and acquired the Gunnedah and Suntop Solar Farms totalling 345 MWp in New South Wales. CalEnergy locally manages different stages of project and asset maturity as part of the BHE strategy to invest in growth opportunities and acquire projects or assets that are additive to our business.

CalEnergy has established a framework to build out a growing renewable energy generation and storage pipeline in Australia.

**Purpose**
This position is a key member of the business development directorate with primary accountabilities for:

- Operational Excellence -Support a growing and diverse portfolio of assets to provide reliable and resilient energy to our customers.
- Financial strength - Optimise financial returns on Company’s existing renewable energy generation investments through the quantitative and analytical assessment of energy markets and commodity pricing
- Safety and security - Strive for Target Zero so that each employee or contractor returns home safely each and every day, without incident.
- Business Development
- Provide functional commercial leadership in the pursuit, evaluation, and capture of new renewable energy investments in Australia

**Responsibilities**
- Providing insightful macroeconomic assessments of the Australian electricity market and Australian/ European upstream oil and gas markets
- Responsible for the maintenance and distribution of corporate energy market and upstream competitive intelligence and knowledge
- Supporting the business in the development and distribution of of electricity and commodity price forecasts.
- Integrate multi-disciplinary datasets spanning commercial, operations and technical to assess the economic viability of projects and to identify acquisition opportunities analysis
- Provide consultative support to acquisition and divestment planning initiatives, namely through energy market and commodity price information analyses, reports, and recommendations.
- Support the provision of analytical economic advice for on economic evaluation of projects, financial transactions and negotiations with lenders
- Support the due diligence and review of potential greenfield and operating renewable asset acquisitions with a focus on market context, commodity price forecasting., risk and opportunity analysis
- Custodian for providing timely market and price insights and analyses in support of corporate forecasting, planning, and reporting
- Support Directorate engagement with CEO’s office (UK based) and Finance Directorate (UK Based)
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of technological, environmental, and social changes effecting the commercial development of upstream and renewable projects and operations in Australia and Europe

**About You**
This would be an ideal role for a critical thinker with a deep experience in electricity or gas commodity markets and trading. A specialist in energy economics, finance, or mathematics with strong economic modelling (discounted cash flow) modelling skills.
- Degree qualified (Finance, Economics, Commerce, Law)
- A broad and deep understanding and working knowledge of the electricity market and commercial landscape across National Electricity Market
- Expert capability in the construction, review, and maintenance of economic and financial (discounted cash flow) models.
- A working knowledge of asset life-cycle spanning development, construction, and operation of renewable energy generation assets in Australia
- An understanding of global upstream energy markets and the interplay with local (Australian, European) energy markets.
- Ability to take ownership, use initiative, improvise, and deliver solutions in the face of conflicting project requirements and project timelines
- Expert in Microsoft Excel
- Strong verbal and written inter-personal communication skills required for presentations, report writing and proposal writing, including the ability to express market a