Research Associate

In the middle of the energy transition, businesses and governments are faced with significant challenges.But the pace and scale of change mean every decision is made under mounting pressure.Now, more than ever, companies need reliable data, analytics and actionable insight.Wood Mackenzie is the leading global provider of data and analytics solutions for the renewables, energy and natural resources sectors.Wood Mackenzie's services include data, analytics, insight, events and consultancy.A trusted partner for over 50 years, Wood Mackenzie's team has over 2,300 experts across more than 30 global locations who cover the entire supply chain.**Wood Mackenzie Values**- Inclusive - we succeed together- Trusting - we choose to trust each other- Customer committed - we put customers at the heart of our decisions- Future Focused - we accelerate change- Curious - we turn knowledge into actionWood Mackenzie's Carbon Management group enables clients across the energy, manufacturing, and natural resources sectors to understand and respond to market and portfolio-related climate risks and opportunities by providing comprehensive, decision-useful data and analytics.Carbon Management has three discipline groups: CCUS, Emissions, and Carbon Markets.These roles will serve as part of the carbon management group.In the Emissions group, we provide calculation, benchmarking and analysis of emissions across the full value chain of commodities.In the Carbon Markets group, we track and forecast carbon prices, research and report on carbon offsets, carbon markets and policy.In the CCUS group we build cost and valuation models, interpret policies, track market activity, evaluate technologies and build deployment forecasts.As part of the Lens Carbon service launch and expansion, we are now recruiting associates globally.**Role description**This role will serve as part of Wood Mackenzie's CCUS research team.This is an excellent opportunity to join a strong, global team and make a major contribution to decarbonisation and the energy transition at a global scale.Our services include tracking and forecasting 10-year and 25-year outlooks, detailed economic valuations and reports of individual projects, project data tracking for more than 50 variables on over **** projects, policy tracking, quarterly market insights, and analytics.You will also track policy updates, regulations and come up with quick assessments to understand impact of stakeholder and/or key players.You will be expected to develop relationships with industry partners will also be key in this role.Through your research and industry engagement, you will establish a knowledge base to test assumptions on methodologies and represent Wood Mackenzie's research in a high-quality way to clients.**Main responsibilities**:The Research Associate is expected to:- Support and inform cash-flow analyses and written content for individual CCUS projects (clusters, hubs, individual projects)- Contribute to regular written reports and insights on the changing way CCUS and other Carbon Removal mechanisms impact the Energy Transition- Work with the Fiscal Centre of Excellence to translate fiscal and subsidy terms relevant to each market where carbon capture, use and storage projects operate or are planned.- Provide underpinning research for market reports, industry insight pieces and industry presentations, with a career path towards delivering your own presentations.- Conduct high-quality primary research with project developers, governments and investors on projects, costs, policy updates and market evolution.- Provide high-quality client service to research subscribers through responding to inquiries, one-on-one conversations, and special events.- Collaborate with SMEs and internal stakeholders across Wood Mackenzie to support the creation of our content.- Support in the modelling of WoodMac's CCUS demand potential and supply forecast for 10 and 25 years, in collaboration with other sectoral experts in the Energy transition team, and ensure high quality data and methodological alignment.**Knowledge and Experience**- Demonstrated achievement and growth in past academic and/or professional endeavors- Distinctive undergraduate academic achievement- Engineering, scientific, and financial expertise is an asset- Knowledgeable and experienced in financial modelling of energy-related or similar assets- 1+ years or distinguishing previous experience in carbon management, CCUS or CCUS-related sectors (e.g. oil and gas, power, chemicals, steel, hydrogen, cement), project development, project and energy economics, energy policy research, and energy transition technologies and initiatives is an asset- Interest in policy landscape as it impacts the energy transition- Interest in energy demand, technology adoption and technology cost modelling.- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.Interested in using both qualitative and