Hybrid | Full-time
Senior Utility Analyst
location
Chicago, IL
department
Technology
Why join Energy CX
Recession proof industry
Entrepreneurial and ambitious culture with a great team oriented environment
Fastest growing energy broker in the country
One of the fastest growing companies in Chicago
Recognized by Fortune and Great Places to work US
Named on Inc 5000’s list of America’s fastest growing companies
About Energy CX
Energy CX is redefining the energy brokerage industry as the fastest-growing player in the US. By bringing cutting-edge technology, advanced analytics, and innovative solutions, we are disrupting a space that has operated in the dark for too long.
Compensation
Year 1 Expected Earnings →$80,000 - $130,000
About the role
As a Utility Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in elevating the accuracy of our budgeting and forecasting work by applying deep expertise in usage data, rate structures, and forecasting methodology.
We're seeking a seasoned subject-matter expert who can sharpen our analytical rigor and raise the bar for how the broader team approaches forecasting. If you thrive in a data-driven setting and have a passion for getting the numbers right, this is the role for you. While strong modeling skills are essential, be prepared to go beyond running the models: you'll be a go-to resource whose judgment guides and develops the team.
Core Responsibilities
Bring deep fluency in utility rate structures, tariffs, interval data, and commodity pricing to catch what less experienced analysts miss
Audit and improve the data pipeline feeding the forecasts, including usage data, tariff changes, and market inputs
Own and improve the methodology behind client energy budgets and forecasts. That means tightening the assumptions, variance drivers, and modeling approach, not just producing the numbers.
Diagnose why past forecasts were off and build in corrections. This is a feedback-loop role, not a one-and-done reporting role
Act as the go-to expert that other analysts and the deal team turn to for forecasting and budgeting edge cases
Work with the ABEL and the decision-engine team to check model outputs against how utilities actually behave and find where the model's assumptions break down
Mentor junior analysts on forecasting rigor and rate-structure nuance
Required Qualifications
5+ years of hands-on experience analyzing utility usage, tariffs, and commodity pricing in a brokerage, trading, consulting, or utility environment
A track record of improving forecast accuracy. You should be able to explain how you've tightened forecasts over time, not just that you've built them
Advanced Excel and modeling skills, and comfort owning complex, high-stakes models
Strong, well-supported opinions. You push back when something doesn't look right instead of deferring to the existing process
Strongly Preferred Qualifications
Experience in deregulated energy markets specifically, not just utilities broadly
A forecasting miss you can talk through openly, including what you learned from it
SQL and BI tool fluency (Looker, Power BI, Tableau) so you can work directly with the underlying data instead of relying on pre-built reports
Working knowledge of machine learning concepts and modeling techniques, with the ability to apply them to improve forecast accuracy
Experience mining and manipulating large, complex datasets to surface trends and support data-driven decisions
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