Energy Market Analyst

Job Title: Energy Market Analyst

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, Inc.-ESI (OLD) 

 

***The preferred locations for this position is The Woodlands, TX. Other locations within Entergy’s service territory may be considered***

***This position may be filled as a Financial Analyst Sr Staff, Sr Lead, Lead, or III depending on the candidate's qualifications and experience***

 

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including 8,000 megawatts of nuclear power. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.9 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Tracing its history to 1913 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, Entergy has annual revenues of $11 billion and more than 13,000 employees.

 

The company’s utility business provides electric retail and wholesale power to customers in four states through five utility operating companies: Entergy Arkansas, LLC; Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Entergy New Orleans, LLC; and Entergy Texas, Inc. Entergy also delivers natural gas services to 200,000 customers in New Orleans and parts of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Entergy is winding down its wholesale generation business, which provides power to wholesale customers primarily from our two remaining nuclear facilities located in the northern United States.

 

The electric utility industry is rapidly changing, and Entergy is entering an exciting period of growth as we prepare for the future. We are building the premier utility, a utility that delivers sustainable value to all its stakeholders – our customers, employees, communities and owners – as measured by strong net promoter scores, high levels of service, superior and affordable products and services, highly skilled and engaged employees, and industry-leading financial performance. We are focusing our sights on three key priorities — customer centricity, continuous improvement, and creating a culture of belonging for our employees. Join us as we take the next step on our journey to building the premier utility.

 

Job Summary

The Analyst is responsible to perform research, data analysis and modeling about Entergy’s (ETR) electric utility load, industries and customers, and commercial and business environment, which may have key implications for ETR’s long-term growth. This role supports projects, initiatives, or efforts by analyzing customer’s usage data, industrial and economic trends, supply and demand, business environment, and evaluating possible scenarios, and performing commercial analysis. The work scope also includes research and analysis to develop commercial and business assumptions for various growth initiatives and innovation efforts.

 

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Research and analysis in utility load segments, industry outlooks, and develop data analysis and modeling framework in these areas. Research and analysis may include:

• Industrial/commercial load categories (e.g., Refining, steel, petrochems, etc.)
• Analyzing the businesses economic drivers: supply & demand; price setting mechanisms, etc.
• Utility regional economics - regional and state drivers
• General trends, macroeconomic effects on utility businesses and customers
• Commercial and business assumptions relevant to our and customer’s businesses
• Monitor and maintain the integrity and validity of data
• Design, build and maintain reports and data dashboards to derive insights from data

 

Research key trends in commercial and business environment in our region and develop understanding of key assumptions that may drive innovative products and services for ETR’s utility customers.

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Education and Experience required

Financial Analyst III: Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Finance, Data Sciences, Engineering or other analytical fields and 4+ years of experience in consulting, finance, energy, or a related field is required or in lieu of a degree 8+ years of experience in consulting, finance, energy or a related field is required.

Financial Analyst Lead: Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Finance, Data Sciences, Engineering or other analytical fields and 5+ years of experience in consulting, finance, energy, or a related field is required or in lieu of a degree 9+ years of experience in consulting, finance, energy or a related field is required.

Financial Analyst Sr Lead: Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Finance, Data Sciences, Engineering or other analytical fields and 6+ years of experience in consulting, finance, energy, or a related field is required or in lieu of a degree 10+ years of experience in consulting, finance, energy or a related field is required.

Financial Analyst Sr Staff: Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Finance, Data Sciences, Engineering or other analytical fields and 7+ years of experience in consulting, finance, energy, or a related field is required or in lieu of a degree 11+ years of experience in consulting, finance, energy or a related field is required.
 

MBA, MS Economics, MS Finance, or MS Analytics in related areas is a plus

 

Understanding of energy, power, electric utility, commodities, energy finance is a plus.

 

Experience in data analysis, programming, or forecasting (machine learning algorithms, clustering techniques regression analysis etc.) using analytical tools such as SAS, SPSS, R, Python, SQL, Matlab, Java etc. is a plus.

 

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Solid proficiency in advanced Excel modeling
• Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities
• Strong organization skills and attention to details
• Ability to communicate complex matters in a clear and logical manner
• Understanding of energy markets and electric utility business models
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the organization
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal, and teamwork skills

 

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Primary Location: Texas-The Woodlands Louisiana : New Orleans || Texas : The Woodlands 
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 119820
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to navigate to EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

EEI Testing:

One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing. If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test.  The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and Pre-employment Testing:  of questions.  Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, http://www.eei.org/practicetests, numberLogon ID:  entergy, password:  practice test (2 words). Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.

In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.