Sustainability Analyst, Sr. jobs in Massachusetts

Company Description

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

Job Description

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.  Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

POSITION PURPOSE: The Principal Energy Markets & Sustainability Analyst is a key part of the management team responsible for providing energy consulting support and maintaining good working relationships with all customers.

Provide energy market advisory services to clients with a focus on: a) energy fundamentals that will impact future pricing; b) supporting transactions to buy / sell physical energy or Renewable Energy Certificates; c) understanding and communicating impacts of state & federal regulatory affairs that will impact client energy costs; d) providing tactical advice on physical energy flows for natural gas and power (e.g. pipeline nominations, transmission congestion credits, etc.); e) negotiation and recommendations for power purchase agreements.

PRIMARY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provide energy market direction and advice for North American clients including advice for structuring of energy products, timing and structure for physical energy hedges, purchase of green-e or state RPS compliant RECs, and other related energy supply transaction requirements.

2. Maintain relationships of decision-makers within existing client's organization

3. Good understanding of the regional structure for power pricing and costs within different RTOs in North America

4. Understanding for pipeline gas nominations, pipeline tariffs and regional differences for daily or monthly balancing of LDCs

5. Keep clients updated on gas basis movement and impacts on pricing for client's city gate gas and/or power pricing

6. Defining ideal energy product specifications for customers and obtaining pricing from relevant qualified suppliers as part of facilitating energy market supply transactions between clients and energy suppliers

7. Provide recommendations to clients on market movement and trends - both with forward and spot power and gas energy markets across different energy markets within North America

8. Facilitating decisions with clients regarding the optimal energy product to be procured - including decisions of buying cash/spot or fixed positions, contracting term, and other details defined within an energy supply contract

9. Providing annual budget support for client accounts to include both firm energy positions, regulatory based costs for utility delivery, and unhedged energy positions

10. Provide clients with insights regarding the impacts of market movements using SourceOne's proprietary Cash Flow at Risk analytical models

11. Provide clarity on costs and changes that can be seen with respect to regulated utility delivery costs and tariffs

12. Being curious and enjoying working in a client centric organization

Qualifications

Education / Experience / Background

• 3-5 years of energy, utility, and/or engineering experience is required

• BS/BA required in Business, Math, Accounting, Engineering, or relatable field 

• Experience working with large datasets

• Modeling experience

• Financial or economic knowledge/experience a plus

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Good understanding of energy markets for natural gas, power, and related regulatory affairs

• Ability to synthesize complex energy market issues for messaging to clients

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

• Comfortable speaking in front of groups

• A “client-first” mentality

Required Certification / Licenses / Training

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.