Senior Market Operations Analyst — Energy Market Strategy

Avant Energy; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

HSA

Dependent Education Support

Parking or Transit

Paid Time Off

Life & Disability Insurance

401k Matching

EV Allowance

Snacks

Job summary

Avant Energy is seeking a Senior Market Operations Analyst in Minneapolis to support daily operation and optimization of wholesale electricity generation portfolios, reporting to the Director of Market Operations.

The role requires 3+ years in business analysis, strong Excel, and experience in energy markets. You’ll develop market offer strategies, analyze portfolios, and collaborate with senior staff on strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, or another quantitative field. MBA or Masters degree preferred
• 3+ years of experience in a business analysis capacity using analytical tools and methods to identify trends, develop projections, etc.
• Experience in analytical, market operations, asset management, or energy industry experience preferred.
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of analytical methods, data analysis and statistics through work experience, internships, research positions, or work-study.
• Computer skills: Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel. Experience with VBA, SQL, Python, R, Power BI or another analytical tool is a plus.
• Highly analytical, quantitatively oriented, and able to learn quickly.
• Able to simultaneously manage multiple projects with varying levels of complexity and ambiguity.
• Problem solving and critical thinking.
• Enthusiastic and collaborative team player that can work independently when necessary and remain calm dealing with urgency.

Responsibilities

• Developing and analyzing generation market offer strategies.
• Optimizing the value of our generation portfolios.
• Executing energy market transactions.
• Supporting asset management activities.
• Performing quantitative analysis and developing operational reports
• Learning regional electricity market rules and market operations.
• Participates in on-call rotation after training.
• Contributes to the knowledge of energy markets for senior management decisions.
• Lead analytical assignments, mentor junior staff, and provide technical guidance on market operations activities.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Quantitative analysis

Project management

Problem solving

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, or quantitative field

MBA or Masters degree preferred

Tools

VBA

SQL

Python

R

Power BI

Job description

Avant Energy is seeking a Senior Market Operations Analyst in Minneapolis to support daily operation and optimization of wholesale electricity generation portfolios, reporting to the Director of Market Operations.

The role requires 3+ years in business analysis, strong Excel, and experience in energy markets. You’ll develop market offer strategies, analyze portfolios, and collaborate with senior staff on strategic initiatives.