Job Description

We are looking for a full-time Market Analyst, North American Power, to join Wood Mackenzie’s Short-Term Power Market Research team in Boston, MA. The team’s research spans power market fundamentals and price forecasting to asset valuation and strategy that comprises some of the most highly utilized data, reports, and insights across Wood Mackenzie. Our broad industry knowledge and deep understanding of the North American power market are unparalleled and help our clients succeed during the energy transition. The Market Analyst will have a strong background in analytics and growing expertise within the power industry.

About you and how you can excel in this role Wood Mackenzie’s North American Power team comprises industry experts who are detail-oriented, intellectually curious, commercially savvy, and comfortable presenting to clients. Your interest in fundamental power market research proves you hold these characteristics and are comfortable taking complex, disparate ideas and distilling them into simple, actionable analytics.  

ABOUT THE ROLE The Market Analyst will serve as the driving force in the delivery of industry-leading short-term power outlooks based on a blend of proprietary and public data.  Market Analyst Core Responsibilities: Operate models and support tools daily that include spatial, data visualization, and power flow applications to identify and solve problems in the power industry-specific to an ISO market;

• Responsible for understanding and communicating Current-day/Next-day operational and financial risk to Asset owners, traders, retailers, etc. transacting in the markets daily, to assist them in making asset optimization decisions;
• Provide insights and risks associated with longer-term congestion patterns, transmission upgrades, and outages through quarterly seasonal outlooks;
• Run regional support workbooks daily and continuously improve the level of granularity provided to the team and customer;
• Manipulate large datasets and determine correlations and relationships between potential market drivers, prices, and events;
• Improve current processes by automating critical tasks using macros (visual basic/Python);
• Present the team’s ISO desk, lead, managers, and other decision-makers with research projects/presentations, memos, or reports on market-relevant topics as requested and advise on the effects of various courses of action relevant to specific problems.

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Qualifications

• Minimum one year experience in power markets or related field
• Bachelor in economics, finance, math, stats, or energy-related discipline
• Previous experience or demonstrated interest in power vertical
• Preferrable advance degree or industry specialization
• Preferable to have experience in using programming languages such as Python, Visual Basic, or comparable languages
• You are committed to contributing to a welcoming and inclusive environment, are sensitive to diverse perspectives, and are passionate about equity in the workplace.

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