(Senior) Quantitative Analyst m/f/d 1

RWE Supply & Trading Americas, LLC, Chicago

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Commercial / Trading

Your future plans

The Asset & Commodity Modelling team is part of the Structuring&Valuation department and is responsible for quantitative support for Commercial Asset Optimization desks/teams in Europe and the US. We are now looking for a new colleague to support RWEST’s expanding business. The role has a focus on the US Renewables and BESS markets. It is based with the trading teams in Chicago (no remote position, hybrid working possible).

RWEST Americas manages a growing portfolio of renewables production capacity and electricity storage assets. Trading activities are centered around various ISOs across the US (e.g. ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, PJM).

Your responsibilities

• Contribute to developing and maintaining systems for the systematic and automated commercialization of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in several US ISO markets.
• Model short-term power markets dynamics such as forward price curves and (RES/PPA) hedging factors to feed into decision making at the trading desks, incl. algorithmic trading decisions.
• Design, develop, deploy and maintain decision support tools in production environments.
• Contribute to development and improvement of commercial optimization strategies, calibration and position management techniques.
• Provide quantitative ad hoc support.
• Build and maintain relationships with experts across the group, to understand business needs and provide solutions.

Your powerful skills

• Professional experience in a quantitative role in a commodity-trading house, utility or banking environment.
• Advanced degree (e.g. M. Sc. in finance, math, sciences, statistics, engineering or quantitative economics).
• Experience in using numerical methods in a trading environment, ideally convex and mixed integer optimization.
• Coding experience in an object-oriented language (preferably Python or C#).
• Experience in the power markets, ideally with exposure to battery storage, congestion markets, and / or hedging of renewable generating assets.
• Commercially focused, pragmatic attitude to work, strong quantitative background. Excellent communication skills.
• Results-oriented personality.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines.

Advantageous, but not a must

• PhD in finance, math, sciences, statistics, engineering, or quantitative economics.
• First experience with cloud resources and serverless technology.
• Passion, willingness to learn and resilient work ethic.

Our offer

• Join an international leading energy trading house which is in a period of growth and at the forefront of the energy transition in the US.
• Find yourself in a motivating workplace that is built on mutual trust, values and a feedback culture with a positive and inspiring working atmosphere.
• Become a strong expert in the energy renewables trading business.
• Have the opportunity to build up a broad network at all levels and across countries within RWEST.
• Competitive salary plus annual discretionary bonus.

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​Apply now with just a few clicks: ad code 93984 Any questions? Contact Patrycja Muszynski patrycja.muszynski@rwe.com (Recruiting). We look forward to meeting you!

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