Energy Markets - Prompt Planning Analyst

SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £20.5 billion in low carbon projects to 2027, we have significant growth plans and are well on our way to achieving our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come. We are proud to be playing a crucial role in the net zero transition, ensuring we have the energy supplies required to meet the needs of our customers; procuring the fuel required by the generation plants and selling the power output from our renewable and low-carbon thermal assets.

Join us on our journey to net zero, and help us power change.

About the Role

Base Location: Perth - there is the requirement to be based in the Perth office 3 days per week, with flexibility to work from home the remainder of the week.

Salary: £40,600 - £61,000 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available. To align with GB energy market opening hours the working hours of this role are 07:00-15:30 including a 1 in 4 weekend rotation with enhanced payment provided.

The Role

Working as a Prompt Planning Analyst you will learn how the GB and international electricity and gas markets operate, understand how hedging is used to stabilise revenue, all while developing your knowledge across many different disciplines such as weather forecasting, commodity trading and financial reporting.

No day is the same in this exciting, dynamic and creative role. You will collaborate with colleagues who have a vast range of expertise assisting in:

- Recommending and supporting short-term trading strategies by maintaining existing models and developing new ones.

- Make plant scheduling decisions across a large multi-asset portfolio including hydro, wind, battery and thermal stations.

- Monitoring, reporting and presenting out-turn performance.

Working at SSE you will contribute to a company at the forefront of tackling climate change; currently building the world’s biggest offshore windfarm; developing carbon capture/storage project for sustainable flexible generation and building on our heritage in hydroelectric power by exploring opportunities for natural energy storage.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

- Previous experience of working within an analytical role.

- Working knowledge of PowerBI, Python and SQL.

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as you will be collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

- A degree within STEM, Economics or Finance disciplines and/or experience within energy markets would be beneficial but not essential.

About our Business

Energy Markets  (EM) is the energy markets heart of the SSE Group, securing value for SSE's asset portfolios in wholesale energy markets as we move towards our vision of being a leading energy company in a net zero world. We play a critical role as the short-term energy market asset optimiser, and a long-term energy market adviser, for all SSE's Business Units (across SSE's Wind, Hydro, Low Carbon Thermal, Distributed Energy and Customer portfolios). This role for EM enables SSE to focus its investment in energy markets capabilities (including Trading, Risk Management, Energy Economics, Settlements and Advanced Analytics) in one centre of excellence, with these enhanced capabilities supporting value creation and decision making across the SSE Group.

What's in it for you?

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.

What happens now?

All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome. Due to the festive period and planned leave we will be interviewing for this position in January 2025.

If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Lynsey at lynsey.macdonald@sse.com or on 01738 340426.

Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.

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