UK Energy Market Analyst: BESS & Flexibility Growth

The Green Recruitment Company; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Green Recruitment Company is seeking an Energy Analyst to join a UK-based team focused on power markets and flexibility. You will analyse UK power and flexibility markets, develop models, and support optimisation of BESS and demand-side resources.

You will present findings to clients and internal teams, translate complex analytics into actionable recommendations, and collaborate with Product, Commercial and Operations to drive commercial decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Energy Systems or related discipline.
• 3+ years' experience in UK energy markets, ideally within flexibility, BESS, trading, optimisation or route-to-market.
• Strong understanding of the UK wholesale electricity market, Balancing Mechanism and ancillary services.
• Experience using energy market modelling, simulations or optimisation frameworks to assess asset performance or support investment decisions.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to turn market insights into actionable recommendations.
• Confident communicating complex analytical outputs to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Excel, Python and/or Power BI.
• Experience with battery optimisation, route-to-market strategies and revenue stacking would be highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Analyse UK power and flexibility markets, market design changes and competitive dynamics to identify commercial opportunities and risks.
• Develop, maintain and run commercial and analytical models to assess the value, performance and optimisation of flexibility assets, including BESS, demand-side response and distributed generation.
• Evaluate trading and optimisation strategies across wholesale, Balancing Mechanism and ancillary services markets, including revenue stacking opportunities.
• Present market analysis, valuation assessments and modelling outputs to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Translate complex analysis into clear, actionable commercial recommendations.
• Work closely with Product, Commercial and Operations teams to support optimisation strategies, product development and commercial decision-making.

Skills

UK power markets

BESS experience

Demand response

Revenue stacking

Energy modelling

Excel

Python / Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Energy Systems or related

Tools

Excel

Python

Power BI

Job description

The Green Recruitment Company is seeking an Energy Analyst to join a UK-based team focused on power markets and flexibility. You will analyse UK power and flexibility markets, develop models, and support optimisation of BESS and demand-side resources.

You will present findings to clients and internal teams, translate complex analytics into actionable recommendations, and collaborate with Product, Commercial and Operations to drive commercial decisions.