Senior Research Analyst - Carbon Markets

Posted:
8/18/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Houston, Texas, United States ⋅ Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Data & Analytics

Workplace Type:
Remote

Job Description:

About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Team:

OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides price transparency across the global fuel supply chain, including the Spot, Wholesale Rack and Retail markets. OPIS enables customers to buy and sell energy commodities with confidence with multi-platform access to accurate data, real-time news, powerful software and educational events. Our commitment to reliability is reinforced by personalized customer service and constant innovation. OPIS listens to what the energy community needs and responds with flexible and easy-to-use products. Navigating world fuel markets is complex – OPIS makes it simpler.

About the Role:

As a Senior Research Analyst - Carbon Markets, you will be responsible for Carbon Compliance Market (specifically, carbon allowances and offsets) and wider-carbon market research & analysis. You will support the Principal Analyst and have a dotted-line report into the Director of Carbon Analytics.

You Will:

  • Collect and organize carbon and emissions-related statistics inclusive of Energy, Power, and Gas data sets
  • Lead the preparation of models, datasets, and analytics for activities covering the carbon compliance markets
  • Support the design and preparation of content delivery tools
  • Work closely with the carbon policy team to understand current events and policy changes that may affect the price and outlooks around carbon
  • Become the primary contact for the systems development team for the upcoming services as it pertains to analytical tools and processes
  • Partner across OPIS business lines to set the vision and product scope for Carbon Analytics

You Have:

  • 5+ years’ relevant experience
  • Gas/Power sector knowledge
  • Knowledge of the energy value chain and the associated market dynamics
  • Advanced skills in Python, SAS, SPSS, R, SQL, Tableau, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Experience using databases, process documentation applications, business intelligence applications, and data visualization applications for data analysis and data modeling
  • Experience clearly communicating complex content to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience in refinery modeling to assess environmental impact, investments in emissions reductions, and mitigation technologies (preferred)
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (preferred),  Chemistry (preferred), Business, Finance/Accounting, Information Systems Management, Data Science, or relevant discipline

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

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - OPIS - CMA

Job Category:

Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $70,000 - $95,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..