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JERA Americas · 2 days ago

Senior Commercial Analyst

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

JERA Americas Inc. is part of a global energy company focused on providing reliable and affordable energy while transitioning to a more sustainable world. The Commercial Analyst will support portfolio optimization, market analysis, and trading strategies for power generation across various markets.

EnergyOil and Gas

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Support analysis for Day-Ahead bidding strategy and trade execution of power generation for thermal and renewable facilities in PJM, ISO-NE, ERCOT, and NYISO

Developing processes/systems to support front-office operations required to optimize generation assets. Working across internal teams (front, middle, and back-office) to capture transactions in Risk Management system (ETRM), Finance, and Accounting Systems

Reporting on critical commercial and operational metrics on generation portfolio

Working with plant operations, third-party energy managers, and fuel suppliers (intraday gas procurement) for optimal asset trading and optimization

Reviewing and managing project contractual obligations

Utilize analytical expertise, quantitative skills, and programming knowledge to uncover and recommend hedging and trading opportunities in the commodity markets (power, RECs, natural gas, etc.)

Assisting with asset valuation support on due diligence for M&A opportunities

Following the daily physical and financial power markets. Research the ancillary, energy, and capacity markets, emissions/REC markets, and regulatory developments. Identify key market drivers and data points

Understanding power market dynamics that impact individual generation assets and the overall general portfolio

Formulating short and long-term market views and forecast power prices to optimize asset trading and hedging decisions

Undertake ad hoc tasks, including preparing commercial operations presentations

Qualification

Power market understandingQuantitative analysisPython programmingMS SQLVBAAnalytical skillsInvestigative skillsPresentation skillsCreative thinking

Required

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline, Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field

3-5 years of energy or infrastructure industry experience

An understanding of the physical and financial power markets

Strong spreadsheet, programming, and presentation skills

Must be a creative thinker with strong investigative and analytical skills

Preferred

Master's degree in a quantitative discipline, Mathematics, Science, Engineering, or related field

Proficiency in coding, Python

Modeling project finance transactions in power generation sector is a plus

Company

JERA Americas

JERA Americas is an energy company. It is a sub-organization of JERA.

Founded in 2004

Houston, Texas, USA

201-500 employees

https://jeraamericascareers.com

H1B Sponsorship

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