Forecast Solutions Analyst I

Engie • Houston, TX

22d • $57,000 - $87,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

As our Forecasting Solutions Analyst, your primary responsibility is to mitigate ENGIE’s risk arising from retail electric customer load and to identify actionable insights from market and customer data. The analyst will support pre-deal activities, including load data acquisition, quality assurance, analysis, forecasting, and providing subject matter expertise to the C&I Pricing and Sales teams. The successful candidate will be able to understand, manipulate, and analyze load data, and quantify and clearly explain its relationship to customer behavior, premises characteristics, weather, and other market dynamics. The role requires a solutions-oriented candidate with a strong understanding of deregulated electric market load data fundamentals, as well as the ability to identify, develop, and deliver improvements to pre-deal load forecasting processes and platforms. This position is based in Houston, TX, and reports to the Supply Manager.

Requirements

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related quantitative or analytical field. We will also accept four (4) years directly relevant experience in lieu of degree
• This is an entry-level position where prior experience is not required, but you will be expected to develop analytical skills in a business environment
• You have the ability to deliver time-sensitive, high-quality work products while managing competing priorities and internal stakeholder expectations
• You are knowledgeable in energy market fundamentals, including electric load properties (e.g., usage, demand, load factor, voltage, losses, read cycles) and deregulated market design
• You have strong problem-solving, analytical, and statistical skills, with the ability to identify anomalies and fundamental changes in customer and historical usage data
• You have experience handling, manipulating, and analyzing large volumes of electric usage and customer account data, including working with incomplete or flawed datasets
• You have intermediate or higher proficiency in MS Excel and the ability to extract, manage, and analyze large datasets, including data manipulation and adjustment
• You have exposure to data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI or Tableau), SQL-based databases (Oracle or Microsoft SQL), and scripting or statistical languages such as Python, SAS, or R

Responsibilities

• Support the pre-deal load data processing queue for assigned markets consistent with established service level agreements, guidelines, and standards.
• Support improving the customer experience by delivering the cleanest, most efficient, most accurate forecasts possible through optimization, harmonization, synchronization of our processes and platforms.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the assigned market, internal and external platforms used by the team, and the impact of the analyst’s work product on stakeholders and company performance.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match
• supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees