Energy Market Analyst - Trading

Energy Exemplar; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in energy software is seeking a skilled professional to support power trading customers. The role focuses on delivering tailored solutions and driving the adoption of their software, PLEXOS, within the trading sector. The successful candidate will combine deep market knowledge with strong analytical capabilities to enhance trading operations and contribute to energy market innovation. This position offers the opportunity for international travel and collaboration across EMEA regions.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years' experience in energy markets with strong understanding of energy economics.
• Fluent in electricity markets and power trading.
• Experience with optimization modeling.

Responsibilities

• Support power trading customers by delivering tailored models and insights.
• Engage in business development and create POC studies for customer needs.
• Act as a trusted advisor to refine trading models.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Tertiary degree in Electrical Engineering or Energy Economics

Tools

PLEXOS

BID3

Job description

In an era where the world is rapidly advancing towards a cleaner future through decarbonization, Energy Exemplar’s mission lies in ‘Empowering Transformative Energy Decisions’. Founded in 1999 in Adelaide, Australia, our award-winning software portfolio encompassing the modeling and simulation platform PLEXOS, Aurora, and Adapt2, is trusted by innovative organizations across the globe. Through our technology and people, we strive to enable stakeholders from across the entire energy value chain to revolutionize the energy ecosystem and to collaboratively plan and execute for a sustainable energy future with unprecedented clarity, speed, and innovation.

Our impact is global and is being recognized across the industry. Some of our recent accolades include:

• SaaS Company of the Year (2025) – Global Business Tech Awards.
• Environmental Impact Award (2025) – E+E Leaders Awards.
• IPPAI (Independent Power Producers Association of India) Power Awards (2025) - Winners
• Finalist: Platts Global Energy Awards (2024) – Grid Edge category
• Finalist: Reuters Global Energy Transition Awards (2024) – Technologies of Change
• Top 50 Marketing Team (2024) – Voted by the public at the ICON Awards.

How We Work

Energy Exemplar is growing fast around 30% year on year and, that growth is driven by how we work. We trust our team to deliver great results from wherever they work best, whether that’s at home, in the office, or on the move.

We’re a global team that values ownership, integrity, and innovation. You’ll be supported to balance work and life in a way that works for you, and empowered to take initiative, solve problems, and make an impact, regardless of your background, location, or role.

Our four core values, Customer Success, One Global Team, Integrity & Ownership, and Innovation Excellence aren’t just words. They show up in how we collaborate, how we solve, and how we grow together.

About the role

As a member of the EMEA Solutions team at Energy Exemplar, the focus of this role is to support our power trading customer base and prospects. The ideal candidate will bring a strong combination of expertise in fundamental market modelling and a deep understanding of trading operations. The candidate must be fluent in “trader speak” and possess a solid grasp of how traders utilise market insights and modelling outputs to make real-time and strategic decisions.

This is a unique opportunity to work closely with trading organisations, helping them unlock the full potential of Energy Exemplar’s PLEXOS software and shaping the future of energy trading in the EMEA region.

This role has two primary objectives:

• Deliver tailored support and solutions for power trading customers and prospects : Work collaboratively with customers to ensure PLEXOS meets the needs of trading desks, from pre-trade analysis to post-trade optimisation.
• Support business development and thought leadership for the trading segment : Generate insights, deliver technical demonstrations, and provide expertise during the sales process to drive the adoption of PLEXOS in trading organisations.

Key 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 s uccessful 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.

Requirements

• Knowledge of electricity markets and power trading
• 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).
• Knowledge of PLEXOS or other mathematically based optimisation tools
• 5-7 years’ experience in energy markets with a strong understanding of energy economics and market fundamentals, energy systems operation and/or engineering
• Experience in energy market supply and demand modelling via optimization/unit commitment (Preferably via commercial tools such as PLEXOS, BID3, Antaras, SDDP, PROMOD, etc)
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal presence and skills - demonstrated ability to build rapport
• Proficient with corporate productivity and web presentation tools
• Knowledge of electricity markets and power trading
• Experience with Stack Modelling

Excellent verbal and written communications skills

• Self-driven, results-orientated with a positive outlook and a focus on quality

Energy Exemplar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, identities, and abilities. Please let us know if you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process—we're here to support you in showcasing your full potential.

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