Energy Exemplar - Senior Energy Market Analyst
Requirements
• The ideal candidate will have a background similar to a trading analyst, with practical experience in: • Working with fundamental (stack) market models to forecast power prices, cross-border flows, and supply-demand dynamics across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons. • Familiarity with trading desk operations and the tempo of intraday and day-ahead markets • Strong scripting skills (Python or similar) for automation and workflow integration • Comfort working with APIs, CLI tools, and cloud-based computation environmentsApplying market models to support pre-trade decisions, including physical energy trading and proprietary trading. • Understanding how trading desks use modelling outputs to optimise market positions, assess risk, and identify arbitrage opportunities. • Using modelling to evaluate Value at Risk (VaR), inform hedging strategies, and optimise portfolio performance. • Supporting strategies for participation in secondary markets (Balancing Markets, Ancillary Services, Capacity Markets, etc.). • Analysing the impact of market disruptions, policy changes, and new technologies on trading strategies. • Knowledge of electricity markets and power trading • Essential • Experience in energy market supply and demand modelling via optimization/unit commitment (Preferably via commercial tools such as PLEXOS, BID3, Antaras, SDDP, PROMOD, etc) • Essential • Essential • Strong interpersonal presence and skills - demonstrated ability to build rapport • Essential • Essential • Proficient with corporate productivity and web presentation tools • Essential • Excellent verbal and written communications skills • Essential • Strong listening and presentation skills • Essential • Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively • Essential • Self-driven, results-orientated with a positive outlook and a focus on quality • Essential • Thorough knowledge of standard Microsoft programs – Word, Excel, PowerPoint • Essential • Ability to manage multiple competing priorities • Essential • Sense of urgency for goal achievement • Essential • Strong desire for personal and career advancement • Essential • A tertiary degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Economics, Operations Research or similar degree. Ideally the candidate should have specialisation in Electricity Systems (and/or Markets). • Essential • 5-7 years’ experience in energy markets with a strong understanding of energy economics and market fundamentals, energy systems operation and/or engineering • Essential • Knowledge of PLEXOS or other mathematically based optimisation tools • Essential
Responsibilities
• Customer Engagement and Model Delivery • Act as a trusted advisor to power trading customers, helping them build and refine models that directly support trading decisions. • Lead requirements gathering sessions with trading teams to understand business goals and decision-making workflows. • Design and implement innovative modelling approaches using PLEXOS, tailored to trading-specific needs such as price forecasting, congestion analysis, and dispatch optimisation. • Provide guidance on industry best practices for market modelling in trading contexts. • Analyse modelling outputs with customers to ensure they align with trader expectations and market observations, recommending adjustments to data or assumptions as needed. • Develop, test, and calibrate models to deliver accurate and actionable insights for trading desks. • Train trading teams to effectively use PLEXOS for decision support and strategy development. • Business Development and Thought Leadership • Partner with the sales team to engage with prospective trading customers, demonstrating how PLEXOS can address their specific challenges and enhance trading operations. • Create Proof of Concept (PoC) studies that showcase the value of PLEXOS for pre-trade analysis, risk management, and portfolio optimisation. • Deliver tailored presentations, technical demonstrations, and training sessions for trading-focused audiences. • Collaborate with the product team to provide feedback on market needs and contribute to enhancements in PLEXOS for trading applications. • Conduct market research and provide thought leadership on emerging trends in power trading, generating insights that can be shared with customers and at industry events. • Develop original studies on power trading topics, starting with Energy Exemplar's simulation-ready datasets, and present findings in webinars and conferences. • This is a customer facing role, and therefore successful candidates will not only have strong modelling capabilities and domain expertise, but also have excellent communication skills, be outgoing, professional, driven and able to multi-task in a dynamic and often changing environment. • Our customers use our products to help shape the future of the energy industry, and as such this role offers the opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies, collaborate with key players in energy markets, and solve the most fundamental problems facing the energy sector today. • The role can be based out of our London office, or remote working. The role also offers the opportunity for international travel across the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. • Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience
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