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About ContourGlobal 

ContourGlobal, a KKR company, is an established Independent Power Producer (IPP) focused on developing, acquiring, and operating electricity generation and storage assets across Europe, North and South America, with a presence in Africa and Asia. The company currently manages 5.5 GW of installed capacity across multiple technologies and asset classes, with an additional 800 MW of renewables under construction and nearly 12.6 GW under development. 

ContourGlobal is accelerating the decarbonization of its portfolio and evolving into a predominantly renewable IPP, supported by long- term contracts and innovative PPAs coupled with energy management solutions that deliver value beyond market standards. As a symbol of its ongoing transformation and growth, the company recently unveiled a new brand identity, celebrating 20 years of history and embracing The Right Power Forward as its guiding purpose. 

Position Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Commercial Analytics Associate to support the design, implementation, and management of ContourGlobal's commercial analytics function in the U.S. This role will be responsible for building the data infrastructure and quantitative analytical modeling tools needed to optimize energy trading, manage portfolio risk, and drive asset-level insights. The ideal candidate will collaborate with global quantitative analysts, cross-functional development and finance staff, and serve as a key thought partner to the Director Commercial Analytics. You will play a critical role in shaping how analytics inform trading, deal structuring, and performance optimization across our growing U.S. asset base. Join us to drive the right power forward and make clean energy the natural choice for all!

Key Responsibilities:

• Enable Data-Driven Decisions
  • Deliver insight-driven recommendations to support finance, trading, origination, and risk mitigation
  • Collaborate across Asset Management, M&A, and Business Development teams to embed analytics into key commercial workflows

• Develop Quantitative Models
  • Support development of advanced models for forecasting, pricing, risk management, and asset optimization
  • Assist in establishing scalable analytics processes, tools, and governance frameworks to support real-time and long-term commercial decision-making

Design & Manage Data Infrastructure and Analytics Function

• • Build and maintain a robust data architecture that integrates reporting, market, asset, trading, and financial data
  • Develop automated pipelines and storage solutions to support large-scale, real-time energy data
  • Ensure data quality, consistency, and accessibility across the commercial organization
  • Develop dashboards and reporting tools to enhance visibility into portfolio and asset performance.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in commercial analytics, quantitative modeling, or data architecture.
• Expertise in programming and data manipulation (e.g., R, Python, SQL, MatLab or similar) and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau or similar).
• Experience with setting and maintaining data pipelines using API.
• Familiar with portfolio risk including GMaR, VaR and other related merics.
• Basic understanding operations and modeling for renewable (solar, wind and BESS) and gas-fired technologies
• Experience within the energy, utilities, or commodity trading sectors is desired.
• Familiarity with U.S. power, gas, REC markets and evolving market changes is desired.
• Familiarity with power optimization and/or risk software (Promod, Plexos, cQuant or similar) is desired.
• Bachelor's degree required, Master's in a quantitative or business field preferred.

Skills:

• Strong background in time-series forecasting, optimization, or machine learning
• Experience building dashboards and reports
• Strong skills for scenario modeling and ad hoc analysis
• Exposure to big data environments and modern data warehousing tools
• Expertise in scalable data infrastructure, including data pipelines, storage, cloud platforms, and governance frameworks
• Familiarity with energy modeling, trading, and risk management platforms and their integration with commercial operations and investment decisions

Working Conditions:

• This role may require occasional domestic and international travel to visit own assets, support global teams and attend industry events.
• The position is typically based in a corporate office setting, with the hybrid work schedule.

Our Values

We is our greatest asset

We respect and protect the environment

We are doers, committed to doing things right

We act with integrity and transparency

We think and act like entrepreneurs

You can find here more about our Purpose, Mission and Values.

Working@CG: 

As a globally integrated team, we push boundaries, work collaboratively, and remain agile in the pursuit of excellence. With an entrepreneurial mindset, we encourage initiative and innovation. At ContourGlobal you are an employee, and you are also an owner. Our Employee Ownership Program allows our employee-owners to make a difference and drive the right power forward and make clean energy the natural choice for all! 

We foster a culture where individuals are empowered to succeed, contribute and shape the future of sustainable energy.

Cross-border collaboration shapes our way of working: our diverse workforce reflects the multicultural environment we embrace every day.

We offer a competitive compensation package: we believe in meritocracy and rewarding meaningful contributions.

We enjoy making the most of our shared spaces to foster teamwork and collaboration. At the same time, our flexible working policy allows us to prioritize results while supporting wellbeing and a healthy work-life balance.

Interested in joining our company?

We know that skills and experience come in different forms, and we value diverse perspectives. 

If you're excited about this role but you think you still need to learn some of the required skills, we'd still love to hear from you. You are much more than your CV, so come as you are and tell us who you aspire to become! The most important skills are collaboration, respect, trustworthiness and execution. So go ahead-apply, and let's contribute to the new energy transition together!

ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of our society and the markets in which we operate.

ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of our society and the markets in which we operate.