C&I Pricing Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Are you an innovative and adaptable self-starter who enjoys finding solutions to open-ended problems? Do you enjoy innovatively structuring energy products to meet customer needs while challenging the competition? Are you a critical thinker who can balance an eye for detail with big-picture vision? Do you enjoy designing, testing, and implementing modeling and application solutions to meet growing business demands for efficiency and scale? Do you want to work for a growing energy company in a highly competitive market? Then the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Pricing Analyst may be the job for you!

As a C&I Pricing Analyst, you will create modeling for customer valuation, profitability analysis, risk assessment, and rate design in support of Gas South's Commercial & Industrial business. You will engage with Sales, Trading, Risk, Middle Office, Finance, and Operations to ensure successful pricing, risk analysis, execution, and booking of deals. Becoming a Gas South Analyst offers exceptional growth opportunity with a four-level career path. As Analysts grow and gain experience, they progress through the four levels (I, II, Senior, Lead) and take on greater responsibility as both contributors and leaders. New hires will come in at the level their experience dictates.

Are you a fit?

A successful candidate for this role is proactive, curious, and a strong critical thinker. Existing knowledge or experience within the natural gas or broader energy industry is preferred. You have strong analysis and modeling capabilities and are motivated by business growth and customer service. You are able to work through a technical problem, and then effectively communicate your conclusions or recommendations to a non-technical audience.

Additional Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and distribute models and model-derived costing for various rate structures used in pricing for customer acquisition and renewal decisions.
• Maintain existing pricing models and continue to incorporate new improvements to keep up with continuous changes in the underlying costs and risks inherent in the business.
• Analyze customer characteristics with regression and other techniques to identify shifts, which could affect pricing.
• Create modeling to support profitability of individual customers and customer groups.
• Design, implement and present customized quantitative analyses as appropriate to support other organizations (Finance, Sales, Marketing and Operations) as needed including customer commodity, credit, and operational risk management modeling and support for Retail segments.
• Provide key decision support in estimating costs and setting pricing for customers and in forecasting revenues, costs, and consumption for the Retail business.
• Participate in the design, execution, and management of the commercial pricing team's modeling for pricing en masse, balancing model complexity with business needs to efficiently scale.

Experience

• Bachelor's Degree – Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Marketing or Business/Management -related preferred
• Understanding of energy price structure and risks borne in different types of structures.
• Ability to model incremental costs and risks associated with customer acquisition, renewal, and/or asset management opportunities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and some programming experience or understanding of programming logic (VBA, SQL, Python, etc.) is preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Strong technical and quantitative skills including solid understanding of data analysis, model building, model validation. Advanced Data Analysis skills (Regressions, Monte Carlo Simulations, etc.) is preferred
• Experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM), BI tools, or cashflow modeling a plus.

Location Requirements

Atlanta, GA or Gainesville, FL

Physical Requirements

Sitting: Ability to sit for extended periods at a desk or workstation while performing computer-based tasks, conducting meetings, and collaborating with colleagues.

Standing and Walking: Ability to stand and walk within the office environment, such as when attending meetings, interacting with colleagues or external stakeholders, or visiting different departments.

Lifting and Carrying: Ability to lift and carry material, files, or equipment weighing up to 20 pounds, such as when organizing documents or setting up for meetings.

Pay range is commensurate with education, experience, specialized skills or certifications, etc.

Gas South Pay Range

$69,008—$77,127 USD

Our Purpose and Culture

At Gas South, we approach each day knowing we have an opportunity to make a difference in people's lives. That means helping our customers save money with everyday low rates and treating them with dignity, honesty and respect. It means supporting our employees in their personal and professional lives, and it means we want to make sure our success directly benefits the communities we serve by giving back 5% of profits to support children in need. Through partnerships with non-profits like United Way, Salvation Army, Junior Achievement, Bert's Big Adventure and many others, we're proud to help make a difference. At Gas South our employees bring their boldest ideas and most authentic selves to work, no matter their title, position or background. We understand that our people are our most valuable assets. So, we treat them that way, with competitive benefits, flexible schedule options, and a fun, casual atmosphere.

Gas South affirms that it is an Equal Opportunity Employer whose actions and practices are consistent with fair employment. In this regard, Gas South will not discriminate against any employee or applicant with regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, training, promotion, lay-offs, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and termination.

Benefits for full-time employees include:

• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employer-paid life and disability coverage
• Annual employer contributions of up to 12.5% to your 401k
• Remote work options available based on business needs
• Annual performance incentive is a % of annual benchmark based on position level
• Paid four-week sabbatical every five years
• Opportunities to volunteer in the community
• Education assistance up to $5250 per year