Energy Analyst at Concentric Energy Advisors in Washington, DC

Job description

• At Concentric, the Analyst serves a critical role on project teams as the primary contributor of modeling, data analysis, and research tasks that are essential to a successful client engagement. Our clients come to us to help them solve a problem. Analysts work collaboratively with more senior colleagues to help create innovative solutions to solve these problems for our utility and energy clients.

Responsibilities

• Research stocks and bonds for public utility companies.
• Research trends and news within the utility industry, including filings, mergers and acquisitions, competitive position, and financial stability of organizations.
• Utilize Excel and other quantitative software to analyze data.
• Research and analyze capital markets and perform debt and equity analyses.
• Create and utilize models within Excel.
• Report on securities research to project managers.
• Utilize Bloomberg terminal, S&P website, Lexis-Nexis and other sites to conduct appropriate research.
• Write analyses, whitepapers, and other documentation from researched materials.
• Work on various projects within the energy and utility space.
• Mentor and guide junior staff on project work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required, ideally in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or Energy.
• Must have a superior academic record – a GPA of 3.5 or above is desired.
• Previous relevant internships or 1-2 years’ work experience within finance, investments, math, economics, public policy, and regulation within the energy/utility industry. Consulting experience within energy/utilities highly desirable.
• Strong quantitative skills and research skills, with the ability to synthesize the information accurately.
• Strong writing skills with very good attention to detail, grammar, and spelling. Must be able to write extensive reports for clients including visualizations.
• Intermediate to advanced MS Excel skills with the ability to perform advanced functions including VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, COUNTIF, pivot tables, financial modeling, regressions, forecasting, and the creation of charts and graphs.
• Strong computer skills including MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Must be collegial and enjoy working in a team environment, and have the ability to also operate independently.
• Must be highly detail oriented with strong follow-through and organizational skills.
• Must prioritize workload while maintaining accuracy, consistency and confidentiality.

Skills

Required

• Collegial
• Collaborative
• Team environment
• Independent work
• Attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• Prioritization
• Accuracy
• Consistency
• Confidentiality
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint

Benefits

• The annual base salary for the Analyst role is $93,000 plus an annual incentive compensation bonus. Concentric also offers opportunities to participate in equity ownership.
• We are looking for employees who are collegial and collaborative, enjoy working in a team environment, and have the ability to also operate independently. We need people with strong attention to detail and organizational skills, as well as the ability to prioritize your own workload, while maintaining accuracy, consistency and confidentiality. If you enjoy problem solving and analytical thinking, and have experience in the energy/utilities world, Concentric may be the place for you.