New York, NY

An Energy Marketing & Trading team in New York City is searching for a commercial analyst to join their team. This team oversees power plants (primarily East/NE markets) and is responsible for maximizing the profitability of the assets. The team is actively involved in market analysis, hedging, fuel procurement, dispatch/bidding, asset operations and M&A activities.

Responsibilities include:

• Performing market analysis to determine short- and long-term trading opportunities in the commodity markets (power, RECs, natural gas, oil, coal, etc.)
• Interacting with third-party Energy Managers who are leading the day-to-day commercial strategies for the power plants (bidding, procuring fuel, outage coordination, etc.),
• Researching market trends for hedging purposes,
• Assisting with deal and trade structuring,
• Providing asset valuation support for M&A opportunities,
• Developing power generation hedging strategies across the energy, ancillary and capacity markets,
• Developing risk management and trading strategies,
• Ensuring compliance with strategic objectives and existing risk controls, and
• Analyzing power and gas data using statistical and econometric models.

Educational and professional requirements include a bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field; 1-6 years experience in trading, structuring, fundamental analysis, or analytical support in the power or gas industry; strong analytic and modeling skills; proficiency in coding (write/read/edit) and knowledge of trade capture systems.

New graduates with a bachelor’s or master’s degree and strong energy markets internships will be considered.

Employees work 5 days a week in the office. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. The salary for this role is anticipated to range from $100K – $130K. This range is applicable to New York City only and may be modified in the future based on professional experience. In addition to salary, there is a discretionary commercial bonus.

Submit resumes to chynes@salthillgroup.com.