Energy Market Analyst III

Portfolio Analytics

Work Location: Chattanooga or Knoxville, Tennessee

Relocation: Relocation benefits are not offered for this position.

Posting Open: 01/12/2026

Salary: Competitive

Ideal Candidate: Able to implement complex analysis, tools, and applications into business processes using R, and possibly other software such as Power BI; use data modeling and techniques to provide risk insights; organize data effectively in databases including efficient SQL queries and adherence to architecture best practices.

Responsibilities: Responsible for analyses/evaluation and development of models for potential transactions to improve TVA’s overall system cost. Serve as subject matter expert in analysis of information utilized in the development of decision models and tools designed to increase value to TVA for power, commodity, and capital project deals. Develop and communicate strategy and execution guidelines and analysis of physical and financial coal, gas and power deals.

Evaluate, integrate, and interpret results of models/data produced by multiple units. Use analyses to recommend strategies to optimize economic benefits of various deals. Train and share knowledge with less experienced team members and stakeholders. Interface with senior management to communicate quantitative concepts and models to optimize decision making and minimize cost to TVA. Complete accurate and robust analysis, improve existing capabilities, create new products, processes, and models that meet customer and business needs.

Build communication and collaboration channels. Some level of leadership is expected in directing activities of junior analysts.

• Works closely with enterprise-wide customers to analyze energy contracts, logistics, post‑op, fuel, power supply, and generating asset decisions for the most economical alternative.
• Evaluates future markets and analyzes information from research/models to ensure and recommend sound business decisions.
• Evaluates output of analysis performed by System Planning and others to support business decisions, trading strategies, and marketing plans.
• Provides analytical support of risk management associated with analysis and recommendation of mitigating strategies.
• Assists in the development of strategies for future TVA markets; advises operations personnel.
• Utilizes and develops models, tools and systems for portfolio management, deal evaluation and asset decisions.
• Supports analytical and cross‑functional teams with ad‑hoc evaluations.
• Coordinates development and maintenance of post‑op reporting, including trending and recommending corrective actions.
• Coordinates and communicates evaluation results with other organizations, from analysts to executives as needed.
• Based on results of evaluations, recommends policy and strategy related to fuel supply, power purchases and sales, asset build/acquisition, divestiture, and capital investment to optimize TVA’s portfolio.
• Verifies, maintains, develops, and improves economic analysis models and tools. Performs reporting of operational activities for tracking, monitoring, and operational improvements.
• Supports cross‑functional teams and provides advice/technical review of the more complex analysis/evaluations.
• Provides influence on decisions on TVA’s book and portfolio for prompt month and out.
• Represents senior management on established projects to resolve key business issues.
• Qualitatively communicates quantitative concepts and models to management to support budget, hedging, strategic, credit, and capital decisions. Interface with front, middle, and back‑office groups.
• Trains and shares knowledge with others across TVA, including economic analysis training.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, mathematics, economics, engineering, or related field. Advanced degree is desirable.

Experience: Minimum of 5 years of work experience required. Experience in strategy development, analytical and/or financial evaluations and modeling is desirable.

Certification/License: License/Certification in relevant field is desirable.

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