Portfolio and Risk Analyst - Energy Markets

American Power & Gas LLC; Florida; On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Optical insurance

Life insurance

PTO

Job summary

American Power & Gas LLC in Florida is seeking an Energy Risk and Portfolio Analyst to join our technical team on a full-time, on-site basis. You will contribute to power and natural gas portfolio hedging, pricing analysis, and Renewable Energy Credit tracking, using SQL, Power BI, VBA and Excel.

The ideal candidate has 2-3+ years in US power markets, strong analytical skills and excellent collaboration abilities to work with the Risk and Portfolio Management team on rate structures, scheduling

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Management preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and economical thinking.
• Ability to multi-task and be detail oriented.
• 2-3+ years’ experience in US power markets/load serving responsibilities.
• Proficient with Excel, SQL, PowerBI and VBA.
• Understanding of energy commodity markets and regional operators (PJM, ERCOT, NYISO, ISO-NE, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Understand North American energy markets.
• Lead rate-structure development for power and gas groups.
• Collaborate with risk and portfolio managers on analysis.
• Perform analytical research for pricing and operational changes.
• Monitor portfolio data quality for costing and scheduling.
• Understand contract details, fees, and payment schedules.
• Oversee rate pricing for power and natural gas businesses.
• Support risk team with ad-hoc reporting and process improvements.
• Identify and implement settlement and accounting improvements.
• Ensure compliance with trading and reporting standards.

Skills

SQL

PowerBI

VBA

Excel

Database architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Management

Job description

Because of expansive growth American Power & Gas is seeking an Energy Risk and Portfolio Analyst to add to our technical team. This is a fulltime permanent on-site role.

We have been offering Green Energy solutions to both residential and small commercial customers for over 25 years and have won the award for fastest growing company in the Tampa Bay Business Journal as well as being featured in Forbes and the Huffington Post.

The Energy Risk and Portfolio Analyst will be an integral part of the Risk and Portfolio Management team responsible for power and natural gas portfolio hedging, power scheduling, Renewable Energy Credit tracking, and pricing and rate analysis. The candidate will have strong knowledge of SQL and database architecture, as well as PowerBI, VBA and other analytical platforms.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate knowledge of the North American energy markets.
• Participate and lead process developing rate structures for power and gas groups.
• Collaborate with Director of Risk and Portfolio Management, Power Portfolio Manager and other analysts to do thorough analysis of power and gas positions, pricing structures for customers and other ad-hoc analysis.
• Perform analytical research to provide innovative solutions to problems areas or necessary rate or operational changes.
• Monitor power and natural gas portfolio to ensure data quality for costing, power scheduling, transactions and other impacts to our business.
• Understand contract details, fees, rates, and payment schedules to ensure accurate estimation of payables and receivables.
• Develop an understanding of the ISO/RTO markets in North America.
• Oversee rate pricing for power and natural gas businesses.
• Assure optimization of the power portfolio, particularly referring to scheduling, costs, renewable energy credits, capacity, and congestion products.
• Provide support to the risk team with cross training, ad-hoc reporting, audit inquiries, and process improvements.
• Identify, recommend and implement process improvements around settlement and accounting and other operational processes.
• Be knowledgeable of and ensure compliance with trading and reporting standards and other compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Management is preferred.
• Strong analytical, critical and economical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task, grasp complex issues, and be detail oriented.
• The ideal candidate will be a driven, self-starter with a solid understanding of US power markets and the load serving responsibilities with 2-3+ years' experience.
• Strong communication, analytical and interpersonal skills are critical, as well as a solid foundation with Excel, SQL, PowerBI and VBA.
• General understanding of energy commodity markets and regional power system operators (e.g. PJM, ERCOT, NYISO, ISO-NE, etc.).

We offer Health, Dental, Optical and Life Insurance, PTO (paid time off) and the opportunity for promotions and room to advance.