Senior Commercial Analyst

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JERA Americas Inc. is part of a global energy company, supporting the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable world while fulfilling our responsibility to provide a safe and stable supply of reliable and affordable energy. The Company is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based JERA, which stands for Japan's Energy for a New Era. JERA has committed to achieving net zero CO2 emissions from its businesses by 2050 and is contributing to the development of a sustainable society.

JERA Americas seeks to continue its rapid expansion into renewable energy markets focusing on wind, solar, and cutting-edge technologies for hydrogen production and transportation. To meet the challenges of a fast-growing company, we are searching for talented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to be part of the equation to provide energy for a new era.

The Commercial Analyst will actively participate in supporting portfolio optimization, dispatch / biding, hedging, and market analysis for Commercial operations.

JERA Americas Inc. is part of a global energy company, with a large-scale power generation, LNG, and trading business, supporting the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable world while fulfilling our responsibility to provide a safe and stable supply of reliable and affordable energy. The Company is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based JERA, which stands for Japan's Energy for a New Era.

JERA has committed to achieving net zero CO2 emissions from its businesses by 2050 and is contributing to the development of a sustainable society.

JERA Americas seeks to continue its rapid expansion into renewable energy markets focusing on wind, solar, and cutting-edge technologies for hydrogen production and transportation. To meet the challenges of a fast-growing company, we are searching for talented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to be part of the equation to provide energy for a new era.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team rapidly expanding commercial and trading capabilities for the America s.

Key responsibilities include a combination of analytics to support commercial decisions:

• Support analysis for Day-Ahead bidding strategy and trade execution of power generation for thermal and renewable facilities in PJM, ISO-NE, ERCOT, and NYISO
• Developing processes/systems to support front-office operations required to optimize generation assets. Working across internal teams (front, middle, and back-office) to capture transactions in Risk Management system (ETRM), Finance, and Accounting Systems.
• Reporting on critical commercial and operational metrics on generation portfolio.
• Working with plant operations, third-party energy managers, and fuel suppliers (intraday gas procurement) for optimal asset trading and optimization.
• Reviewing and managing project contractual obligations.
• Utilize analytical expertise, quantitative skills, and programming knowledge to uncover and recommend hedging and trading opportunities in the commodity markets (power, RECs, natural gas, etc.).
• Assisting with asset valuation support on due diligence for M&A opportunities.
• Following the daily physical and financial power markets. Research the ancillary, energy, and capacity markets, emissions/REC markets, and regulatory developments. Identify key market drivers and data points.
• Understanding power market dynamics that impact individual generation assets and the overall general portfolio.
• Formulating short and long-term market views and forecast power prices to optimize asset trading and hedging decisions.
• Undertake ad hoc tasks, including preparing commercial operations presentations.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline, Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field
• 3-5 years of energy or infrastructure industry experience
• An understanding of the physical and financial power markets
• Strong spreadsheet, programming, and presentation…