Energy Pricing Lead
Department: Trading
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Dublin 18
Description
We are growing our hedging, pricing and trading team to support the expansion of our Yuno Energy brand. We are looking for an energy pricing lead to join our team of energy and commodity market experts. The team fosters collaboration, continuous development, and excellence. Our work is heavily data based; therefore, a third level degree in a quantitative subject (engineering, mathematics, finance/economics, or sciences) is desirable. Work experience in the industry is preferred, with any gas and electricity pricing or trading experience highly advantageous.
You should have a good understanding of electricity and gas markets and an interest in how customers consume energy and how wholesale and retail energy markets will develop. You will support the design of electricity, gas and heat tariffs for our commercial customer base and will also support residential pricing. You should be able to lead in implementing, tracking and trading hedge strategies, and provide best-in-class analysis of the markets we operate in. As a data-driven company, ideally you should understand, or be able to gain understanding of tools used to store, query and process databases. You will also support customers in their transition to renewable energy.
Key Responsibilities
The Role
The role requires close co-operation with our Forward Trading, Finance and Commercial sales teams. It will focus primarily on two areas:
Commercially Focused:
* Support the production of commercial and residential electricity, gas and heat prices and tariffs
* Preparation of price information for tenders/quotes for larger customers
* Track prices offered and benchmark
* Conduct competitor analysis and help us understand the market we operate in
* Critique and evaluate competitor offerings to better serve our existing commercial customers and aid in expanding our customer base
* Work closely with our billing teams to ensure accurate and timely billing through the customer lifecycle
* Work with our hedging team to manage and report on price risk
* Assist in day-to-day trading activities and participate in a rota executing trades for commercial customers
* Produce board reports on our commercial activities and exposures
* Produce tools to help automate new or existing business processes
* Report activities or findings in a concise and transparent manner
Customer Focused:
* Answer price-related queries for both internal and external customers
* Provide trading support to our customers and serve as a point of contact
* Assist in providing market insights to our customer base
* Support the commercial sales and billing teams, working closely to resolve customer queries and ensure a high level of customer experience
* Assist commercial customers in their green energy transition by guiding renewable energy solutions, including supporting Power Purchase Agreements with renewable assets, Guarantees of Origin pricing and Biomethane pricing
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Five years of experience in the energy industry within supply and/or generation, ideally three+ years direct experience in electricity and gas customer pricing
* Deep understanding of the Irish Electricity and Gas markets
* Extensive knowledge of electricity and gas customer pricing from first principles
* Resourceful and proactive; a self-starter who is accountable and owns their work while being part of a collaborative team
* Strong problem solving, analysis and attention to detail
* Ability to lead a team and mentor junior staff
* High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel
* Strong data handling and programming skills are highly desirable with experience in tools such as Python, SQL and Power BI
* Comfortable working with large amounts of data
* Clear, concise and structured communication skills
* Ability to follow, map and improve processes
* Adaptable, flexible, able to change priorities
Benefits
* Competitive salary & bonus structure
* Great career progression opportunities
* Continual training and development
* Generous annual leave, increasing with service
* PrepayPower Staff Tariff
* Great staff social events provided by employee-led Wellness & Sports, CSR and Social committees
* Monthly beer and pizza on the first Friday of each month
* Regular fruit drops, twice a week
* Refer a Friend Scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme - confidential 24/7 support for employees
* Tax Saver Travel Tickets
* Bike to Work Scheme
* Modern offices with excellent facilities
* Pension Contribution Scheme after twelve months of service
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