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Role Description

The Electric Front Office Analyst is a high-impact role in the Utilities Department responsible for developing and maintaining the analytical frameworks used to forecast electricity demand (load) and resource availability on an hourly basis. This position directly supports trading and risk management by quantifying the exposure of physical assets and financial contracts to market volatility.

• Hourly Load & Resource Modeling: Develop and maintain bottom-up or top-down models to simulate hourly electricity demand and generation profiles.
• Financial & Physical Hedging: Conduct position analysis to determine hedging requirements for both physical energy flows and financial derivatives.
• Trading Strategy Support: Identify model gaps by calibrating results to market outcomes and recommend enhancements for fundamental trading strategies.
• Risk Quantification: Perform stress testing and sensitivity analysis (e.g., NPV, IRR, DSCR) to assess the impact of weather and outages on financial performance.
• Data Pipeline Management: Build and automate data pipelines to process large sets of electricity system data, weather forecasts, and market prices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• Typically requires 5–10 years of experience in energy market modeling, grid planning, or front-office trading environments.

Requirements

• Strong background in mathematics, statistics, and econometrics for time-series analysis and power-flow optimization.
• High proficiency in Python, SQL, R, or MATLAB for building complex, automated simulation tools.
• Deep understanding of wholesale electricity market rules CAISO and grid operations.
• Expert-level Excel skills for creating auditable project finance and cash flow models.

Benefits

• This is an SEIU Hourly (limited benefits) position that is budgeted to not exceed 1,000 hours per fiscal year.

Supplemental Information

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The City of Palo Alto is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.