About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

Principal Analyst - Renewables Revenues Streams - North America

The Team:

The analyst is part of an established highly motivated, collaborative, and innovative team across the globe, tasked with providing clients the tools to effectively plan for clean energy procurements through power purchase agreements and unbundled renewable energy credits.

The team works to understand and distil the state of underlying fundamentals of these markets as well as key policies being proposed and implemented. We express these findings in clear way to the market and to clients. Understanding and tracking the key variables within these markets informs our outlooks and forecasts.  The team develops and maintains fundamental supply/demand balances, market analysis, and price outlooks.

The analyst will also work with commercial and market engagement teams to ensure maximum value delivery to stakeholders. The team delivers analysis and insights to market participants through several mediums including periodic and special reports, data visualization platforms, conferences and events, and other customer engagement forums.

The team is part of the Energy Transition, Sustainability and Services Division at S&P Global Commodity Insights.

Responsibilities and Impact:

Power purchase agreements and renewable energy credits markets are key enablers of the energy transition. A deep understanding of these markets instruments supports developers and corporates looking to mitigate price risks and seize opportunities - to provide our clients with the tools needs to thrive amongst the change.

Further, your analytical work will support colleagues across S&P Global Commodity Insights researching and analyzing other commodity markets, as they seek to understand how the Energy Transition is impacting their own areas of expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, compile, and process data needed to track, monitor, and model PPAs across US, Canada and Latin America.  

• Provide ongoing and regular market analysis and outlooks/forecasts.

• Work on updating models to derive power purchase agreements prices.

• Be familiar with AI tools and comfortable with using them.

• Work closely with the broader team to track and understand the dynamics around global corporate energy procurements and how they’re aligning with best industry practices, in particular GHG protocol, SBTI and RE-100 guidelines.

• Deliver high-quality written and graphic content that demonstrates the expertise outlined above.

• Engage with key team members in developing reports, content, and outreach with customers via calls, meetings, conferences, and events.  Engage with clients through briefing and responses to inquiries.  Work with commercial and market engagement teams to ensure maximum value delivery to stakeholders.

• Assist in generating thought leadership around environmental markets.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• University degree in energy systems, business, economics, political science, engineering, or similar disciplines.

• Strong research and analytical skills, strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to convey complex concepts to internal and external stakeholders of various market knowledge levels.

• Team player able to collaborate across multi-cultural teams, commodities and geographies.  Ability to think critically, act decisively, and deliver results.

• Strong Microsoft Suite skills with an emphasis on Excel.   Experience generating forecast or models demonstrating high levels of competence.  Familiarity with AI techniques to generate analytics. Python programming preferred but not required.  Technical abilities around organizing, analyzing and visualizing data.

• Relevant industry or research work experience conducting research and/or market analysis in the energy transition, renewables energy credits, power purchase agreements. Familiarity and understanding of the corporate procurement dynamics or even direct experience with corporate procurements is particularly helpful.

About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.

We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.

S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit http://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights.

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
 

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.  Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.  

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