Sr. Analyst, Load Analytics

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Job Summary:

The primary responsibility will be the operation, maintenance and reporting of data out of load forecasting and product control systems. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the operation of a forecasting/product control system which includes long-term forecast updates, variance analysis and reporting of retail power components.
• Manage the effective communication of results, drivers, and feedback to stakeholders regarding the forecast output, settlement analysis, and performance analytics.
• Work in a fast-paced environment, along with a strong ability to multi-task. 
• Develop applications to streamline processes, extract and mine large datasets, develop front-end applications for visualization, work alongside IT for bug-fixes, code enhancements, and user-testing. 
• Research and resolve complex data flow issues across contractual forecast term.
• Responsible for the maintenance and output of the Long Term Contractual Forecast.
• Responsible for reconciliation of Long Term base forecast with Risk Portfolio Valuation.

Required Skills/Education:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering /Financial Engineering, or other quantitative field. Advanced degrees in the above disciplines are desired. 
• A minimum of 2 years of professional work experience in load forecasting and advanced statistical methods or roles in product control, pricing, accounting, or data management.
• Proficiency in various aspects of other roles to show a breadth and depth of experience and knowledge and demonstrate how this education applies to energy, forecasting or product control reporting.
• Knowledge and proficiency in systems architecture as it pertains to customer data, risk and forecasting systems from a retail perspective.
• Working knowledge of either SQL Server or Oracle SQL.

Preferred Skills:

• Regression modeling, including neural-net, simple regression, and hybrid modeling
• Thorough understanding of load and modeling constituents, including weather and transform functions
• Statistical analysis to construct performance metrics (MAD, MAPE, etc)
• Moderate to advanced programming skills (SQL, scripting / object-oriented coding including Python, Matlab, R, SAS, VBA) 
• Comprehension of deregulated power markets, portfolio management and optimization, energy supply stack, customer profiling.
• Thorough comprehension of load, including ISO-level, regional-, zonal-, congestion-level, customer profiles, C&I and mass customers.
• Proficient in trending analysis, correlation to weather, attrition, conservation
• Proficient in short- and long-term forecast (time scales from hours to decades)
• Knowledge of electricity-market hedge instruments, including settlement mechanisms, volatility attributes, and liquidity constraints
• Knowledge of market load and deviation settlement mechanisms, capable of shadow-settlement calculations

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