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The primary responsibility of this position will be to develop models and analyses to support the commercial strategy team in the East Sales organization. The analyst will work closely with leadership to identity, propose and recommend outcomes based on data driven insights. These outcomes revolve around Economic Opportunity, Contract Performance, and Data Management. The incumbent will also interact with IT and aid in the implementation of system and process improvements. Essential Duties/Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support Go-To-Market (GTM) initiatives, tracking and quantifying the financial impacts of various market strategies.</li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage multiple initiatives and ensure accurate and timely delivery of analytics and insights. </li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Drive the development of new data analytics tools that create interesting insights for Sales and our customers and challenge them on the way that they think about their energy spend and future profitability.</li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain and update GTM Dashboards and Reports based on initiatives and deliverables. </li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Coordinate and maintain effective communication with different departments such as Sales, IT, Legal, Billing, Energy Solutions etc. to ensure customer needs are met including, but not limited to, performing ad-hoc analysis and problem solving.</li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support the sales team and account executives by providing time-critical analysis for new and existing business opportunities.</li> <li style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:middle;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to create models to provide insights on how to maximize profitability and competitiveness</li> <li style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:middle;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Comfort in working outside of a fixed framework of systems, models, and procedures to derive insights</li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Propose, evaluate, and support the implementation of machine learning and statistical algorithms to manage all projects</li> </ul> Working Conditions: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Hybrid role, open office environment</li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Minimal travel (1-2 times / year)</li> </ul> Minimum Requirements: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bachelor’s degree</li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2-4 years of professional work experience</li> </ul> Preferred Qualifications: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Math</li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Previous Energy industry experience</li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Excellent computer skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, VBA, SQL & Power BI</li> </ul> Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. </li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Excellent written and oral communication skills are a must. </li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Must have the ability to easily multi-task in pressure situations to meet tight deadlines. </li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to design macros in VBA and create models which connect to multiple data sources. </li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Experience using data tools and coding such as Microsoft BI, R, SQL and/or Python. </li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Must be willing to develop technical capabilities as the role evolves. </li> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Comfortable making decisions without seeking higher level approval and take ownership of outcomes.</li> </ul> Physical Requirements (Demand and Frequency): <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:150%;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Primarily sedentary with frequent opportunity to move about</li> </ul> NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. EEO is the Law Poster (The poster can be found at http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf) Official description on file with Talent.

Commercial Strategy Analyst (Pittsburgh, PA, US, 15222)