Analyst in Sunderland

Here at EDF Renewables, we are seeking a highly motivated candidate with a passion for renewable energy to join our team as a Markets and Investment Analyst. In this role you will demonstrate initiative, excellent problem-solving abilities, and strong analytical thinking skills.

The role will help to inform EDF Renewables’ investment strategy through analysis of market fundamentals, financial valuation and simulation of storage (+ co-location) operation and revenue generation.

The Investment & Financing team enable robust investment decisions for profitable, low carbon growth. Through providing market insight and financial evaluation we inform investment strategy.

Closing date for applications: 30th of June
Location: Ideally based from as a Hybrid worker from our Atria One office in Edinburgh. We're proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work meaning you can work comfortably from home with our offices in Edinburgh/London or Durham as your base location.

Pay, benefits and culture 

If you’re looking to join a company where you can work hard , have fun , and help to create a Net Zero future – then you’re in the right place!’

Our passion for embracing new ideas and being open-minded to change helps us continue to grow successfully.

We’re committed to helping all of our people thrive during their time with us , recognising and rewarding every person for their hard work and commitment.

Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that’s an electric vehicle, private healthcare, additional holiday or one or more of our other benefits.

We’ll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role ; whether that’s on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home.

We’re committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone’s Welcome inclusion programme.

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need. 

What you’ll be doing

You will contribute analysis and insight into M&A, partnerships, auction processes and Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) to support the ambitious growth of EDF Renewables UK & Ireland, covering offshore wind, onshore wind, solar, battery storage and hydrogen investments.

Knowledge and experience in the energy sector is preferred, with a particular focus on the fundamental drivers of power markets and the role of storage within them. You will be able to contribute to the increasing automation and sophistication of our models, whilst communication of results will also be key, so we will look for excellent presentation skills and demonstrated stakeholder management experience.

This role will provide the opportunity to become an expert in a rapidly growing field, and the mixture of analysis and communication will allow you to build a well-rounded set of skills that will enable exciting career development opportunities.

Duties will include:

Engaging in project valuation work - collating and challenging assumptions, modelling and delivering reliable financial outputs to support investment decisions, across multiple renewable technologies

Preparing valuation analysis and insight and presentations to key stakeholders in the team and project development managers

Analysing power markets to understand commercial drivers and strategic opportunities

Contribute to the management and delivery of business critical work streams, supporting senior analysts in the presentation of papers to senior management

Supporting competitor analysis, including auction analysis and tracking of wider-industry developments.

Assisting the M&A and Origination functions within the team

What do you need to be great at this role?

You’ll have an analytical mind and approach to work in addition to the following skills:

Experience in coding (this will be applied to automation, modelling and data processing in Python)

Understanding and ideally experience of financial modelling (discounted cashflow analysis)

Knowledge of energy markets

Experience in structuring and manipulating data.

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication and teamworking skills

Advanced Excel use

Excellent analytical background and ability to communicate insights

A curiosity and passion to understand renewables and to be part of a company and team committed to delivering the UK’s net zero objectives

An eagerness to learn and develop your skillset, and will progress into adept and trust-worthy modellers