Senior Energy Portfolio Analyst

• Perm full time role based in Perth, with hybrid working options.
• Senior position working with a close-knit team with extensive experience in Energy and trading.
• Engage in all aspects of energy markets, including power generation and electricity market trading, natural gas, and asset development.

Want a better job?

You’ll find it at Alinta Energy.

We’re making energy better for our more than 1.1 million customers – and we’re making work life better for our 1,000+ people too.

We believe in better.
At Alinta Energy, we’re a friendly bunch working to be the best energy company. Our culture is collaborative, and our passion drives positive change for people and the planet.   

Over the past decade, we’ve evolved from a Western Australian residential gas retailer to one of Australia’s largest energy retailers, generators, investors, and developers with infrastructure across Australia and New Zealand.

Australia’s energy system is undergoing the biggest transformation in its history and we’re right there with it.

Help us make energy better.

About the role:

Reporting to the Manager, Portfolio Strategy & Analytics, you will collaborate closely with key stakeholders to identify business requirements and develop insightful, business-driven models aimed at achieving and surpassing business unit financial targets. Your contributions will be pivotal in providing valuable insights into portfolio performance, assessing outcomes of strategic plans, and recommending strategies to increase portfolio value, all backed by a profound understanding of both the portfolio and the energy markets it operates within. Additionally, you'll be responsible for staying abreast of opportunities in current and future energy market conditions.

In this role, you’ll:

• Develop the Financial Planning for the business unit, ensuring adherence to corporate timelines in managing and controlling all inputs, outputs, and reporting.
• Deliver monthly and ad hoc commercially focused performance reporting to the leadership team, accompanied by insightful commentary and recommendations.
• Support valuation of prospective asset development, contracts, and trading strategies to enhance decision-making and maximize profitability, identifying potential risks and identifying opportunities
• Assist the Business Development Manager in creating strategic plans for innovative products and services for wholesale customers, pinpointing opportunities to bolster market attractiveness.

Ideally, you’ll bring to the role:

• Tertiary qualification in Business, Economics, Commerce, Statistics, Mathematics, or other quantitative discipline.
• Demonstrated extensive track record in financial analysis, forecasting, and strategic planning within the Australian energy markets.
• Skilled in SQL, Excel, and analytics software (such as R, Python, SAS, PLEXOS, or other price forecasting tools).
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to deliver outcomes through cross functional collaboration.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools, particularly PowerBI.

Join our tight-knit team displaying extensive experience in the energy market, where you'll be immersed in every facet of the energy cycle. If you're a proactive person with an innate curiosity and a passion for delving into data, this role is tailor-made for you!

Enjoy better benefits - check our website for the full list!

One of the best things about Alinta Energy is we discover better together. If you like the sound of that, and you’re a match for the role, we’d love to talk to you.

Alinta Energy. That’s better. 

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

If your application progresses, we will need to complete background and pre-employment checks, such as immigration checks, reference checks, criminal background checks, qualification checks, and additional checks for roles related to finance.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Click ‘Apply’ to submit your application.
Closing date: 20th of May.

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