Business Analyst

Are you looking to apply your ML and data analytics skills to help solve one of the biggest global challenges? This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to building more sustainable future by joining one of the largest producers of green energy in the Nordics. Apply your analytical mindset to solving complex business challenges while developing valuable business and organizational skills. This is a great chance to grow your professional network and collaborate with experienced teams across tech and business. The position runs through August 2025 until May 2026, with the possibility of extension.  

 

About the role
To strengthen our ability to grow our business, we seek a Data Analyst who can apply advanced analytics to our data sets and rapidly pinpoint key insights with potential for high impact on key business outcomes.  

In this role, you’ll be part of an ambitious Nordic team of eight people, supporting data-driven decision making at Consumer Customer function and collaborating with stakeholders across Consumer Solutions. Preferably, the position would be based in Stockholm, but also Espoo is a possibility. Ideal candidates have solid statistics, data transformations, programming and Machine Learning skills. Experience with visualization tools like PowerBI is a preference, but not a must. No business experience required.  

 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Support us with taking our analytics to the next level – develop a structured way of working in hypothesis driven way to rapidly narrow down large questions to few plausible root causes. Support our analyst community with upskilling.  
  

• Provide actionable insights – with a high degree of autonomy apply advanced analytics approaches to extract insights from our vast customer data and help us connect the dots across areas. 
  

• Identify impactful open questions – follow your curiosity and lift open questions, that should be on our agenda, persuade and challenge with data. Transform complicated business problems to data science workflows.  

• Drive innovation – explore and share new technologies, methodologies, and machine learning techniques to enhance our analytics capabilities. 

 
About you

• Master's degree or Ph.D. in a STEM discipline with a strong focus on data science, machine learning, and computer programming.
  

• Technical skills: i) Proficient in statistics, optimization, and machine learning techniques; ii) Extensive experience in data preparation and transformation; iii) Fluent in Python (especially PySpark) and SQL, and iv) Familiarity with cloud technologies and software engineering practices.
  

• Critical thinking and creativity skills, being able to challenge status quo based on data and insights.
  Ability to cooperate smoothly with stakeholders across the Nordics is a must, independent of the location.   

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. 

• Experience with PowerBI including knowledge on DAX and M -languages and dimensional modelling techniques is an advantage, but not a requirement. 

• No business experience required, MSc and PhD graduates with applicable skills and high motivation are welcome to apply. 

 

We offer you At Fortum, we believe in a better future and want to be involved in shaping it. Our workplace is a safe place, both physically and mentally. You will grow with professional colleagues, being trusted and free to challenge yourself. We offer comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours, and hybrid work model to support your productivity, development and wellbeing. We are committed to build diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.    More information about our culture and benefits can be found here.  

Interested? 
Submit your CV(incl. publication record and Cover Letter) by 15.06.2025 at the latest. We have ongoing selection and we might call for interviews on an ongoing basis. If you would like to hear more about the position, please contact Gergana Gateva at gergana.gateva@fortum.com.

  

To be selected for the position, the applicant must go through background clearance and a health examination including drug testing.  

We are Fortum
Fortum is a Nordic energy company. Our purpose is to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together. We are one of the cleanest energy producers in Europe and our actions are guided by our ambitious environmental targets. We generate and deliver clean energy reliably and help industries to decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations in the Nordics comprise of efficient, CO2-free power generation as well as reliable supply of electricity and district heat to private and business customers. For our ~5 000 employees, we commit to be a safe, and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com