Gas and Power Quantitative Analyst

Job title: Gas and Power Quantitative Analyst

Location: London, UK

Overview of the role

You will be responsible for producing short-term to medium term market forecasts across Europe and the US, with a focus on environmental markets.

The ideal candidate will have very strong technical skills, be self-motivated, competitive, and passionate about the energy transition.

Key Responsibilities

• Build pricing, modelling, and aid in automating execution across the Power and Gas space.
• Build supply and demand balances and price models across Europe with a focus on European carbon markets and the relationships between power, gas & coal markets.
• Gather market intelligence and monitor international, regional and national policy and the changing impact of this on market balances.
• Develop an in-house view on compliance markets and frameworks to analyse price/demand relationships across sectors.
• Design, develop and continuously improve models and technical tools that support the portfolio managers.
• Be able to contribute to enable high quality, shared understanding of market opportunities, trends, and value potential.
• Streamline and enhance the product array and functionality of the Power desk, including management of asset optimisation and all facets included; forecasting, intraday trading, balancing, etc

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from a top tier University with strong academic performance in a quantitative degree. We will also consider a BA or higher in Economics, Geology, Environmental Science if combined with strong technical skills
• Excellent computer programming skills is essential. Proven experience of model development using programming languages Python / C++
• Demonstrate a passion for energy markets, modelling and show a dynamic approach to learning. Continually expand upon your existing technical knowledge.
• Individuals that are self-motivated and can handle a large amount of responsibility.
• Individuals must exhibit strong communication skills, problem solving ability and be interested in pursuing a career in energy trading

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