Research Analyst Americas Power Markets

Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an ever-changing world, companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth, backed by over 50 years’ experience. Our team of over 2,400 experts, operating across 30 global locations, are enabling customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership. Together, we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.

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**Company**

Wood Mackenzie is the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For over 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We have over 1,900 employees in 30 locations, serving customers in nearly 80 countries. Together, we inspire and innovate the markets we serve - providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges, and make strategic decisions that will, ultimately, accelerate the world’s transition to a more sustainable future.

**Role Purpose**

The Power Markets Research Analyst will be based in our **Mexico City or Rio de Janeiro** office and will assist in developing and operating models, databases, and reports for our growing Americas Power and Renewables team. These responsibilities will include collecting market information/intelligence, analysing data to generate market insights, and building and improving analytical models to support market forecasts for the Americas markets.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Contribute to research for Wood Mackenzie’s Long-term and Short-term Power Market Outlooks for prominent Americas markets such as the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia.
- Lead and support the development and improvement of Wood Mackenzie's proprietary models that underpin market coverage, including supply, demand and pricing forecast models and data sets within the Power & Renewables vertical.
- Support technical improvements to models, automation processes, data collection and quality control efforts with the respective data teams to enhance overall model performance and data integrity.
- Ensure alignment of our databases with official figures from local sources, namely national energy balances, energy regulatory agency reports, system and market operators, among others.

**About You**
- Proven interest in data analytics in the power and renewables sector, with a minimum of 2 years of industry experience.
- Quantitative background and degree (e.g., economics, finance, engineering).
- Advanced programming and software skills in Excel/VBA, Power Query, SQL and/or Python.
- A deep intellectual curiosity about the Power and Renewables sector and the wider business landscape.
- Interest in learning and developing skills in power market modelling and analysis, and conducting activities across multiple markets and power generation technologies.
- Knowledge of wholesale power market structure and its operation. Knowledge of power markets in the Americas is beneficial.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and interest in using qualitative and quantitative methods to answer market questions.
- Self-driven.
- Superb communication skills, with demonstrated ability and comfort interacting with internal teams.
- An engaging and collaborative nature, capable of connecting with colleagues, clients and industry stakeholders in a wide range of professional settings.

**Expectations**
- Expected behaviours and capabilities:

- Effective communication
- Collaboration across boundaries and with customers
- Continuous improvement
- Planning and prioritisation
- Acting with integrity
- The nature of this role precludes it from consideration for part-time or flexible working arrangements
- Due to the global nature of the team, a degree of flexible working will be required to accommodate different time zones.

**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 ac