Full-Time
Director – Power & Gas Commercial Analytics
Posted on 11/30/2025
Vistra
1,001-5,000 employees
Global fund administration and corporate services
No salary listed
Irving, TX, USA
In Person
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- 7 + years of work experience in finance, economics, engineering, data science, or related field.
- 5+ years of work experience in the energy trading sector with a strong background in analytics, data science, or software development
- Proven experience in managing and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and shifting priorities effectively.
- Deep expertise in energy markets, including a strong familiarity with trading commodities and interpreting market, credit, and operational risks across multiple commodities and assets.
- Demonstrated commitment to staying updated with market trends and developments.
- Lead a team of trading and analytics professionals, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture, and development of a “center of excellence” within the organization.
- Ensure that team projects are aligned with business priorities as well as internal standards.
- Manage and prioritize team resources in line with Commercial team priorities and strategic goals
- “Hands on approach” contributing to use case ideation and deployment when needed
- Oversee identification, sizing, and prioritization of OPI initiatives to maximize trading desk value capture.
- Continuously monitor and refine processes to enhance trading performance and risk management.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Communicate complex analytical insights in a clear and actionable manner to Commercial leadership.
- Support cross-functional projects that enhance the overall trading capabilities of VST
- Stay current with market trends, regulatory changes, and technological advancements in the energy trading sector.
- Provide expert insights and strategic recommendations based on market analysis and data-driven findings.
- Lead efforts to enhance the organization's understanding of market dynamics and their impact on trading strategies.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CFA, FRM) are highly desirable.
Vistra helps firms enter markets and manage assets and entities as a fund administrator and corporate service provider across 50+ markets. It offers corporate and fund solutions to handle day-to-day operations so clients can focus on their core business, including market entry and ongoing administration. Its integrated, global approach combines corporate services and fund administration across multiple jurisdictions, simplifying cross-border needs. Goal: enable clients to set up, run, and expand operations efficiently while handling compliance and governance.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Irving, Texas
Founded
2009
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q1 2026 revenue surged 43% to $5.64B, reaffirming $6.8-7.6B adjusted EBITDA guidance.
- Secured 20-year PPAs for 2,600MW nuclear power with Meta on January 9, 2026.
- Repowering Coleto Creek to 630MW gas plant boosts demand growth by 2030.
What critics are saying
- Net income plunged 66% to $944M in 2025, draining liquidity amid dividend hikes.
- TD Cowen cuts target to $230, Raymond James to $208, signaling valuation erosion.
- Constellation Energy outcompetes Vistra's aging nuclear for data center PPAs.
What makes Vistra unique
- Vistra operates 39GW diverse portfolio spanning nuclear, gas, coal, solar, batteries across US.
- Largest competitive power generator serves 5 million customers from California to Maine.
- Integrates retail electricity with generation for end-to-end control in ERCOT and PJM.
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Vistra Corp., a Texas-based integrated electricity and power generation company, has priced a $4 billion private offering of senior notes to qualified institutional buyers. The offering comprises four series: $500 million due 2028 at 4.550%, $1 billion due 2031 at 5.000%, $1 billion due 2033 at 5.250%, and $1.5 billion due 2036 at 5.550%. The proceeds will primarily repay existing debt, including senior notes due 2027 and certain term loans, whilst supporting general corporate purposes. The notes are senior and unsecured. The transaction is expected to close on 22 April 2026, subject to customary conditions. Vistra has committed to registering exchange notes under the Securities Act. The company operates a diverse generation portfolio across the US, including natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar and battery storage facilities.
Coal plant conversions support gas demand growth. Posted by: East Daley Analytics Despite vocal support from President Trump, the coal industry faces a bleak future as utilities convert older power plants to burn natural gas. East Daley Analytics is tracking nearly a dozen coal-to-gas conversion projects that will support structural demand growth over the next several years. Roughly 7.4 GW of coal plant capacity is slated for conversion to natural gas across the Lower 48. East Daley estimates that, assuming 60-75% combined-cycle utilization, these projects could add 750-930 MMcf/d of incremental gas demand by 2030 (see figure below). Along with the boom in data centers, coal plant conversions are a key factor supporting our forecast for demand growth from the electric sector. In the Macro Supply & Demand Report, East Daley forecasts that gas demand for power generation will increase to 41 Bcf/d by 2030, a 5 Bcf/d gain from average consumption of ~36 Bcf/d in 2025. The conversion projects we're tracking are located near established interstate pipeline corridors, reinforcing the long-term call on existing gas infrastructure as coal use phases down. Some noteworthy coal conversion projects include: * In Arkansas, Entergy's 754-MW Jefferson Power Station will replace the White Bluff coal plant by 2028. The project aligns with growing industrial activity and proposed data centers in the area, and will anchor new baseload demand for the Enable Gas Transmission and Mississippi River Transmission pipelines. * In Texas, Vistra is repowering the Coleto Creek plant in Lavaca County into a 630-MW gas facility while expanding its Permian Basin plant in Ward County. These facilities are within reach of the Natural Gas Pipeline of America (NGPL), El Paso, Northern Natural Gas, Transwestern, and Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO) pipelines. * In the Southeast, the Tennessee Valley Authority is advancing the 1.4 GW gas project at the Cumberland Fossil Plant in Tennessee, while Georgia Power continues to convert coal units at Plant Yates in Georgia. Both projects are within the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) and Southern Natural system footprints. * In Indiana, AES is repowering the Petersburg Generation Station, while Duke Energy is replacing the Cayuga Generating Station with natural gas turbines. The two projects will add 2 GW of gas-fired capacity. The facilities are near several interstate pipelines, including Midwestern Gas Transmission, TETCO, Texas Gas Transmission, Panhandle Eastern, and Rockies Express. * Western markets show the same shift to gas. TransAlta is converting its Centralia plant in Washington, and PacifiCorp is transitioning the Naughton coal plant in Wyoming to gas. The sites are located near the Northwest Pipeline and Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) service corridors. These projects are part of a long-term shift away from coal in the power mix. US coal generation capacity peaked at roughly 290 GW in 2011 and has since declined by about 37% to ~184 GW in 2025, according to Energy Information Administration (EIA) data. Over the same period, natural gas has expanded its role in the generation stack, accounting for 43% of utility-scale power generation in 2024. The Trump administration is trying to stem the losses for the coal industry. On Feb. 12, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked the "endangerment finding," a 2009 regulation determining that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are a threat to public health. The rule underpins EPA's authority to regulate emissions from facilities like power plants; burning coal is the largest sources of carbon emissions, so the revocation would disproportionately benefit these emitters. The recent EPA ruling follows other efforts by the administration to support coal. In September 2025, the Department of Energy announced $625MM in funds to support the coal sector, including $350MM to recommission or retrofit older coal plants. It's unclear if these measures will halt the sector's decline. Most of the coal plants targeted for shutdown are 40-60 years old and have reached the end of their economic life. While fewer regulations would help at the margin, these coal assets burden utilities with higher operating costs compared to modern combined-cycle plants. Meanwhile, the future is bright for gas. The transition underway will support growing baseload demand from data centers, industrial expansions and economic growth, reinforcing the role of gas in maintaining dispatchable generation. - Kritika Gaikwad. Download Part II of East Daley's Permian Basin White Paper Series The Permian Basin's next big buildout is already taking shape, but this time the driver isn't crude oil. In The Permian Basin at a Crossroads: Why This Pipeline Boom is Different, East Daley Analytics' latest white paper reveals how gas demand from AI data centers, utilities and LNG exports is rewriting the midstream playbook in the leading US basin. Over 10 Bcf/d of new capacity and $12 billion in investments are reshaping flows, turning the Permian into a gas powerhouse even as rigs decline. Read Part II: Why This Pipeline Boom is Different Meet Daley, the Best AI Tool in Energy Meet Daley, the newest member of our energy team. Our new AI assistant is live and available to all East Daley Analytics clients. 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Vistra Corp., a nuclear and clean power supplier to data centres, has raised its quarterly dividend to $0.28 per share as of February 2026, ahead of the 20 March ex-dividend date. The announcement coincided with increased scrutiny over the company's ability to scale nuclear capacity whilst managing leverage and legacy fossil fuel assets. The dividend increase and ongoing buybacks have intensified focus on capital allocation, particularly as net income has declined year-on-year. Investors are questioning whether shareholder returns might conflict with funding requirements for nuclear, renewables and storage projects. Analysts project Vistra could reach $24.5 billion in revenue and $3.4 billion in earnings by 2028, requiring 9.8% annual revenue growth. More optimistic forecasts anticipate $28.9 billion revenue by 2028, though recent sentiment shifts highlight differing views on regulatory and balance sheet risks.
Vistra Corp. shares fell 12.6% to $146.02 following the ex-dividend date for its quarterly dividend payment. The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per common share, payable on 31 March to shareholders of record as of 20 March. Holders of Vistra's 8% Series A preferred stock will receive $40 per share on 15 April, representing semi-annual dividends totalling $80 annually. The dividend follows challenging financial results, with full-year net income declining 66% to $944 million from $2.8 billion in 2024. Operating revenues fell 3% to $17.7 billion, whilst adjusted EBITDA dropped 5.3% to $5.9 billion. Fourth-quarter net income decreased 52% year-on-year to $233 million.
Vistra has expanded its Battery Rewards programme to include Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENPH)'s IQ Batteries, scaling its residential virtual power plant in Texas. The initiative, offered through TXU Energy, allows Enphase customers to earn incentives by exporting stored battery power to the grid during high-demand periods. Separately, Enphase announced a partnership with Capital Good Fund on 3 March to deploy approximately 24 megawatts of IQ microinverter products across Georgia and Pennsylvania for residential and small commercial solar projects. The deployments will include US-manufactured IQ8P-3P and IQ9N-3P microinverters. Enphase recently began shipping its IQ9 Commercial Microinverter, its first product using gallium nitride technology designed for three-phase grid configurations.