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Portland General Electric · 21 hours ago

Senior Portfolio Optimization Analyst

Portland General Electric is dedicated to creating a smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable Oregon. The Senior Portfolio Optimization Analyst will support corporate planning by providing economic and financial modeling, managing budgets, and generating forecasts to guide business decisions in the energy sector.

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Responsibilities

Develops economic analyses for significant and complex related to net variable power costs, including examining economics/costs under uncertainty
Develops longer-term financial models with complex assumptions or relationships (e.g., models that will receive a high level of scrutiny internally and by regulatory groups); coordinates with other departments to ensure model assumptions/outputs align across the organization
Develops reports documenting complex analyses; may be responsible for preparing annual budgets and/or strategy reports including metrics and measurements
Prepares information to be presented to the Oregon Public Utilities Commission and other external parties and answer straightforward questions

Qualification

Financial ModelingEconomic AnalysisMacroeconomicsMicroeconomicsMicrosoft ExcelUtility AccountingAnalytical ThinkingProblem-SolvingCommunication SkillsOrganization Skills

Required

Requires a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, operations research, economics, finance or other related field or equivalent experience
Typically five or more years in related field
Intermediate knowledge of fundamental economic, business and accounting principles
Advanced knowledge of macroeconomics and microeconomics, pricing theory, finance, accounting and financial analysis
Advanced Financial Modeling Skills And Experience Using Microsoft Excel
Intermediate knowledge of regulated utility operations, revenue requirements, utility accounting principles (e.g., rate-base return standard, AFUDC), wholesale power market and the basics of power plant and transmission system operation and market fundamentals
Intermediate mathematical skills, including calculus, ordinary and partial differential equations, linear algebra, probability and multivariate statistics
Intermediate business acumen
Intermediate problem-solving skills
Advanced written and oral communication skills
Intermediate analytical thinking skills
Intermediate organization and prioritization skills
Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
Ability to follow accuracy standards
Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
Demonstrates sound memory
Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks
Ability to work long hours
Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance
Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Frequently (at least once a week or more)
Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
Environment - Indoor Office – Hybrid – 3 days a week in office

Benefits

Performance based incentive bonus
Total rewards package

Company

Portland General Electric

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Portland General Electric (PGE) is a vertically integrated electric utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission.

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (30)
2024 (24)
2023 (13)
2022 (26)
2021 (26)
2020 (17)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$379.5M
Key Investors
US Department of Energy
2023-05-10Grant· $4.5M
2022-10-25Post Ipo Equity· $375M
2006-04-03IPO

Leadership Team

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Maria Pope
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Joseph Trpik
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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