Senior Market Analyst

The time to join Synergy has never been more exciting because you’ll be helping us to deliver on our commitment towards becoming a net zero carbon emission business by 2050.

We are investing $3 billion in large-scale renewables development and creating unlimited opportunities for our people to contribute to the growth of innovative solutions in our operations as we invest. This is your chance to help us transform the energy industry and build a more sustainable future for Western Australia.

Synergy is proud to be Western Australia’s largest electricity generator and energy retailer. We deliver secure electricity to homes and businesses throughout the Southwest Interconnected System (SWIS) from Coral Bay in the north, to Kalgoorlie in the east, and to Esperance in the south

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Role Summary:

The Senior Market Analyst is a newly created opportunity based at Perth CBD office. The purpose of the role is to support strategic initiatives through delivery of Market Readiness components of Future Energy’s Operations Readiness programs for large scale renewable projects.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Detailed understanding market rules, particularly the WEM, both present and future arrangements, and use this knowledge to inform business decisions relating to asset design and construction, trading models and approaches to market contracting.
• Engage in business analysis to inform strategic decision-making and enhance stakeholder relationships.
• Assume the role of subject matter expert for energy markets, being available to provide expert advice and assistance to stakeholders and co-ordinate activities and engage stakeholders to enable registration of new facility participants in the WEM.
• Ensure market participant testing of new facilities are optimally conducted to achieve desired outcomes of a projects business case.
• Develop plans, standards and reports for the purposes of monitoring, achieving, and reporting of market aspects related to newly registered facilities and to ensure all market stakeholders have appropriate tools, systems, and processes to control and monitor market related aspects of newly registered facilities.

What you’ll bring:

• Tertiary education qualifications in a quantitative discipline eg Commerce (Economic, Finance, Accounting), Engineering/Physics or Mathematics/Data Science
• Experience within an energy related (e.g. electricity, oil & gas) or industrial/mining organisation.
• More than 5 years’ experience in an analytical, modelling or forecasting role.
• Experience managing generation operational performance or using market modelling software (i.e. PLEXOS) to optimise market outcomes within the WA wholesale electricity market (WEM) or national electricity market (NEM).

What we offer:

Working for an employer of choice also means you will enjoy:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Purchased Annual Leave
• Best practice parental leave

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Every Voice Matters

Our employees have a choice to work for Synergy and it’s a choice we respect and value. In addition to our focus on creating a greener future, Synergy is committed to its ‘people first’ culture and providing an exceptional place to work where our people experience a sense of belonging and have opportunities to learn and grow.

We understand that it is important for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the community in which we operate. We are proud to be recognised as an inclusive employer for 2021-22 by the Diversity Council of Australia. Whatever your background or however you identify, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

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Synergy reserves the right to close applications when a suitable pool of candidates is identified