What you’ll be doing
as a Senior Energy Commercial Analyst
1. Enact Thames Water’s power and gas hedging strategy – making informed, data-driven decisions based on market fundamentals.
2. Deliver price forecasting to support budgeting and long-term business planning, maintaining complex Excel and Power BI models.
3. Provide regular energy market analysis and updates to executive stakeholders, translating complex data into clear business insight.
4. Manage Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) – overseeing invoicing, price validation, forecasting, and month-end processes.
5. Collaborate across the business, including Finance, Energy Suppliers, and internal Energy & Carbon teams, to support energy procurement and pricing processes.
6. Support broader energy and carbon initiatives, including portfolio development and net zero business cases.
Base location: Hybrid – Clearwater Court, Reading
Working hours: 36 hours, Monday to Friday
What you should bring to the role
Essential:
7. Numerical-based qualification or equivalent showing you have a good handle on numeracy.
8. Extensive experience in the energy industry, ideally within a commercial, trading, or analytical function.
9. Highly numerate with advanced Excel and Power BI.
10. Strong analytical mindset, capable of handling large datasets and complex models.
11. Excellent communication skills with the confidence to advise senior stakeholders.
12. Proven ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and make clear, informed decisions.
13. Self-starter with strong initiative and problem-solving skills.
Desirable:
14. Power trading or energy market analysis.
15. Familiarity with Bloomberg or other energy market platforms.
16. Knowledge of Python or similar analytical programming tools.
What’s in it for you?
17. Competitive salary from £51,000 to £60,000 per annum, depending on experience.
18. Annual Leave:26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
19. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to both company and individual performance measures and targets.
20. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
21. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.