Structured Products Analyst

Position Summary:

The Structured Products Analyst provides analytics and valuation of conventional and renewable generation, energy storage, demand-side products, and a variety of custom physical and financial deal structures in power and gas markets. The role involves developing or leveraging simulation-based, closed-form, and pro forma models, performing stochastic analysis to determine ranges of potential financial outcomes, and communicating complex concepts and results to commercial teams and management.

Essential Job Functions:

• Research, analytics, and pricing for opportunities identified by commercial groups.
• Assist with the development of models related to structured products valuations, including Monte Carlo simulations, portfolio modeling and scenario analysis given different levels of data availability and quality.
• Support commercial teams to evaluate opportunities that require complex optimization or stochastic modeling.
• Provide analytical support to customers of TPS' advisory services, requests from other Tenaska business units, and a variety of ad-hoc requests.
• Assist Trading, Energy Management and Origination teams with valuation of call/put options, heat rate call options, and tolling resources.
• Dependable, reliable, and predictable attendance is a requirement.

Core Competencies:

• Self-Starter: The Structured Products Analyst can work effectively and efficiently with little oversight. They orchestrate assignment of tasks, identify activities, and initiate the appropriate effort, often balancing several requests at a time.
• Analytical Capability: The Structured Products Analyst is able to think through complex problems, determine the best approaches for addressing them, and identify and consider variables that may impact results. They are able to extract useful and actionable information from data or models and use it to develop conclusions.
• Effective Communication: The Structured Products Analyst is candid, clear and concise in communication, and is able to confidently communicate analysis results to decision makers, including an appropriate amount of context. They effectively match style, tone and delivery method to the intended audience, and seek to build a good working relationship with the audience.
• Team Orientation: The Structured Products Analyst effectively practices a high level of good judgment and interpersonal skills, mobilizes and inspires others to take action (situational leadership), asks questions to gain a full understanding and is willing and able to lead beyond their area of expertise.
• Technical Skills: The Structured Products Analyst holds themselves and others to high standards. They strive to stay ahead in technical expertise, is proactive and inspires others to stay current in areas of technical expertise. They look for new techniques, skills and models that will advance team capabilities.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• B.S. in Engineering, Finance, Economics, or Mathematics required.
• Proficiency in Python programming is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products is required, with an emphasis on MS Excel.
• Understanding of SQL, data structures, programmatically accessing data via APIs, and version control.
• Knowledge of statistics and statistical modeling techniques strongly preferred.
• Electricity market experience preferred, including knowledge of regional electricity energy and capacity markets, transmission and ancillary service costs, environmental regulations, and market settlement.
• Understanding of options and other derivatives is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences from colleagues to customers to executive management.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasked environment. Must be able to coordinate efforts on multiple projects simultaneously, and properly assign priorities.
• Detail-oriented, analytical mindset, organized workflow, and questioning attitude.
• Proactive approach toward identifying and solving problems, and seeking challenging experiences.
• Strong work ethic, team attitude, and willingness to work extended hours as workload requires.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

The job will require sitting in an indoor office environment, the need to visually read various written materials including, but not limited to paper documents and computer monitors. The job may also require standing, bending, walking, lifting up to 10 lbs., carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, kneeling, crouching, driving, and airline travel.

The incumbent will have the ability to use standard office equipment such as PC, printer, telephone, calculator, and copy and fax machines. Travel required to meetings in other office buildings including local and domestic.

Tenaska is an equal opportunity employer.

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