Business Senior Analyst​/Consultant Resource Management

Arizona Public Service generates reliable, affordable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. As the state's largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

The Business Senior Analyst / Consultant Resource Management participates in a variety of data analysis and modeling functions including identification of resource needs and selections, evaluating wholesale markets, planning and assisting with system operations, assessing other business or operational plans or items utilizing advanced qualitative and quantitative techniques, and regulatory support. Develop resource plan alternatives based on market trends and conditions, wholesale market changes or other analytical findings critical to the business.

Responsible for conducting complex analysis of wholesale markets, system operations, or other business or operational plans or items utilizing advanced qualitative and quantitative techniques. Leads team in evaluating resource plans, market changes or other complex analysis that requires input from other Departments or external research.

Business Senior Analyst

• BS/BA Degree in business, engineering, economics, finance, information technology, mathematics, physics or similar quantitative field
• Plus six (6) years related business experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience with demonstrated comparable knowledge and abilities.
• Knowledge of principles of economic unit commitment/dispatch, wholesale market operations and the functional and economic characteristics of Company power resources and the interconnected system is desired.
• Knowledge of natural gas markets including contracts, and utilization within a power plant.
• Must have strong communication, presentation and writing skills.
• May be responsible for leading teams in evaluations and implementation of solutions.

Business Consultant

• BS/BA Degree in business, engineering, economics, finance, information technology, mathematics, physics or similar quantitative field
• Plus eight (8) years related business experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience with demonstrated comparable knowledge and abilities.
• Knowledge of principles of economic unit commitment/dispatch, wholesale market operations and the functional and economic characteristics of Company power resources and the interconnected system is desired.
• Working knowledge of natural gas markets including contracts, and utilization within a power plant.
• Must have strong communication, presentation and writing skills.
• Must have ability to lead teams in evaluations and implementation of solutions.
• Must be able to work with key internal and external stakeholders and all levels of management.
• A high level of proficient computer skills including a thorough knowledge of a commonly used industry programming language to modify large data sets and extensive experience in the applied use of Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Access, and Word is desired as required by the applicable position.

• 1) Conducts advanced analysis of energy markets, system operations, or other business or operational plans or items utilizing advanced qualitative and quantitative techniques
  
  As well as trains and supports team members in less complex analysis
• 2) Develops and presents information and/or presentations to leaders and executives highlighting or recommending resource plan alternatives based on market trends and conditions, wholesale market changes or other analytical findings critical to the business.
• 3) Leads teams in evaluating resource plans, market changes or other complex analysis that requires input from Legal department, Regulatory, Resource Management, Fossil Generation, and/or Middle and Back Office, etc.
• 4) May perform analysis to optimize the timing of generation outages, determine economic power transactions, and assist traders in developing strategies for serving APS load obligations in the most cost effective manner that also supports system reliability.
• 5) Oversees other analysts quantitative analysis using production cost models in the development of comprehensive resource plans, support trading and fuel procurement decisions, implement the hedge plan or produce the corporate Fuel Budget.
• 6) Leads teams in evaluating historic and forecasted market data, including pricing and trends to develop forecasts and analytical and mathematical models and analysis to support business unit performance plans and efforts.
• 7) Develops detailed and complex reports, such as the Integrated Resource Plan or topic specific white papers, to support business unit initiatives and decision making involving capital expenditures, major commercial commitments and changes in operating strategy.
• 8) Performs economic and financial studies, including cash flow analysis, rates of return computations and revenue requirements analysis as required.
• 9) Provides technical and…