Associate Director

Job Description:

McCloskey by OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides news, price reporting, data, and research across the Coal, Metals & Mining industries. OPIS enables customers to enact important decisions with confidence with multi-platform access to accurate data, real-time news, and detailed forecasts. 

About the Role:

Fundamentals analyst covering global power markets

You Will:

• Maintain power demand outlooks for major countries and regions globally

• Deliver power generation outlooks by technology for major countries and regions globally

• Produce high quality price forecasts for power markets globally

• Maintain models to show and forecast key relationships within the power sector (eg. coal-gas competition) 

• Have a strong knowledge of the power sector, power markets around the world, and their regulatory environment. You’ll maintain supporting deliverables as appropriate (eg. regulatory summaries, databases, etc). 

• Maintain and/or contribute to monthly and weekly metallurgical coal deliverables, as well as leading bespoke consulting engagements.

• Work closely with analysts from other related commodities (eg. coal, gas, renewables, carbon, hydrogen)

• Be a thought leader in global power markets, maintaining views on key power market development (eg. the evolving Energy Transition, regulatory changes, reliability, etc). 

• Be a skilled presenter, doing everything from conference presentations to client presentations 

• Work with sales on developing and pursuing leads and aiding retention

You Have:

• Significant demonstrable experience in the power/electricity industries and/or markets.

• Strong quantitative skills (strong MS Excel and VBA, knowledge of Python and Power BI advantageous)

• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to present to a high standard.

• Ability to lead others – this role will likely involve managing junior staff

• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail.

• Ability to work within a team while sometimes operating alone

• Bachelor’s degree (in a quantitative discipline preferred)

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans

• Paid Time Off

• Retirement Plans

• Comprehensive Insurance Plans

• Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources

• Education Benefits

• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support

• Commuter Transit Program

• Subscription Discounts

• Employee Referral Program

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - OPIS

Job Category:

Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence

Union Status:

Non-Union role