Energy Trading Analytics & Quantitative Modeling Associate

COMPAÑIA ELECTRICA DE SOCHAGOTA S.A. E.S.P - TERMOPAIPA IV; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

ContourGlobal is seeking a Commercial Analytics Associate in Houston, TX (Hybrid) to build and lead analytics for energy trading, risk, and portfolio optimization. You will join a U.S.

analytics team, developing data pipelines and quantitative models to drive commercial decisions and asset performance. You will collaborate with asset management, M&A, and business development, delivering insight-driven recommendations and scalable processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s in a quantitative or business field preferred.
• 5+ years in commercial analytics, quantitative modeling, or data architecture in energy/utilities/commodity trading.
• Experience with U.S. power, gas, REC markets and market changes.
• Expertise in programming and data manipulation (R, Python, SQL, MATLAB) and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• Experience with power optimization and/or risk software (Promod, Plexos, cQuant).
• Familiar with risk metrics like VaR and GMaR.
• Strong time-series forecasting, optimization, or machine learning background.
• Exposure to energy modeling, trading, and risk management platforms and integration with ops decisions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver insight-driven recommendations to support trading, origination, and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate across Asset Management, M&A, and Business Development to embed analytics into workflows.
• Assist in managing consultants and evaluating scenario inputs and results.
• Develop advanced models for forecasting, pricing, risk management, and asset optimization.
• Establish scalable analytics processes, tools, and governance for real-time and long-term decisions.
• Model BESS, solar, gas resources, and the regional portfolio.
• Support structuring of PPAs, fuel procurement strategies, and market bidding decisions.
• Build and maintain data architecture integrating market, asset, trading, and financial data.
• Develop automated pipelines and storage solutions for large-scale energy data.
• Ensure data quality and accessibility across the org.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools to enhance portfolio visibility.

Skills

Power BI

Tableau

Python

R

SQL

MATLAB

Time-series

Machine learning

Energy markets

Data governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Promod

Plexos

cQuant

OPC

Modbus

Job description

ContourGlobal is seeking a Commercial Analytics Associate in Houston, TX (Hybrid) to build and lead analytics for energy trading, risk, and portfolio optimization. You will join a U.S.

analytics team, developing data pipelines and quantitative models to drive commercial decisions and asset performance. You will collaborate with asset management, M&A, and business development, delivering insight-driven recommendations and scalable processes.