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About the Business: At ICIS, our mission is to optimize the world's resources. We help companies make strategic, sustainable decisions by bringing transparency to markets across the world. We create a comprehensive view of commodities markets, providing companies with the data and intelligence to successfully navigate across global value chains every day. Our customers benefit from instant access to price assessments, reports and forecasts, a dedicated news channel and supply and demand data. You can learn more about ICIS at the link at: https://www.icis.com/explore .

About the Team: The Energy Analytics team at ICIS comprises over 50 employees located across various offices and regions. Team members will have expertise in certain commodities (e.g. power, gas, carbon etc).

There is a variety of experiences amongst the team with backgrounds including research, engineering and economics. Analysts work closely with colleagues in other functions, regions and time zones.

The open position will be based in Europe, preferably in our London headquarters, Karlsruhe, Germany, or Gallarate, Italy. The role will involve coming to the office on a hybrid basis to work and connect with colleagues in person. The role will also involve regular interactions with colleagues and clients in different regions and time zones.

About the Role: The role is for a Senior Analyst to join our fast-growing Power Analytics team, which is focussed on quantifying and analysing European power markets on a mid- and long-term timeframe.

Working closely with colleagues in other teams, including gas and carbon analytics, as well as the power editorial team, you will primarily be responsible for writing forward-looking content on European power markets.

You will also be responsible for working directly with clients to help them better understand power markets and explain the assumptions behind the modelling and our expectations for market developments.

In addition, you will work closely with colleagues on the quantitative side of the power analytics team to enhance our modelling capabilities, ensure all assumptions are regularly updated, and contribute towards new product development.

As a Senior Analyst, you will have demonstrable professional experience in the energy sector, preferably in a trading arm of a utility, oil & gas company, consultancy or analytics provider.

Responsibilities:

• Analysing and forecasting mid-term developments in European power markets
• Identifying trends and price drivers and responding quickly to the market events to produce data-driven analysis
• Lead new projects to expand our product offerings, from inception to delivery
• Work closely with our modelling team to calibrate model performance and ensure all assumptions are kept up to date
• Frequent interaction with clients and international media, as well as promoting thought leadership through regular presentations at external events
• Tracking political and regulatory developments for European power markets and turning the information into relevant analytics for our clients

Requirements:

• Significant experience at a leading trading house, energy company, consultancy, financial services company or similar
• Excellent research and writing abilities, with experience of both qualitative and quantitative analysis and a proven track record of delivering detailed analytical content on European power markets
• Extensive experience in client-facing communication, through personal contact and via various media applications
• Demonstrable experience of managing and training
• Knowledge of SQL and VBA, as well as European language skills an advantage
• Experience of long-term power forecasting to 2040/2050 an advantage

Working for you: We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life Assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work