Job Title: Commercial Analytics Manager

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

***This posting will be used to begin sourcing for a position that may or may not become available in the 1st Quarter of 2025. Upon approval of the position an offical requisition will be posted.***

Job Summary/Purpose

This position is responsible for a deep understanding of the MISO market along with the generation and capacity opportunities and challenges within the market.  The role is responsible for providing strategic guidance to Management with respect to market opportunities and challenges as well as managing a team of professionals that execute on the opportunities to meet the resource needs of the Utility. 

This position will be required to develop strategic plans, negotiation strategy, and lead a team that will diligence, negotiate, execute, and then manage power purchase agreements, acquisitions, co-owner arrangements and other capacity and energy related products along with other MISO registration/financial delivery mechanism requirements. The position is responsible for ensuring contracts are appropriately developed and managed to ensure the full recovery and realization of benefits to all Entergy Stakeholders. The position provides commercial guidance to senior management, compliance, regulatory staff, various subject matter experts, and other stakeholders.  The position also maintains market contacts and relationships internally and externally to ensure current energy product and market knowledge and effectively implement corresponding strategic supply initiatives.                                                                                                                                                 

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance to senior management with respect to the market for capacity and energy products including conventional generation and renewable products along with MISO auction revenue rights/financial transmission rights, as applicable.  This requires a deep understanding of the MISO market and monitoring the changes in the capacity and generation market, including supply chain issues, tariff impacts, environmental requirements, and changes in law.
• This role will manage changes to model contracts in response to market/legal developments and will provide recommendations to Entergy Operating Companies on MISO policy changes that may affect MISO Commercial Model registration options or financial congestion hedging opportunities, including but not limited to broad oversight of the annual MISO ARR/FTR process and strategy.
• Monitor MISO operations of existing long-term power agreements in order to mitigate commercial risk and assure full recovery and benefits to Entergy stakeholders.   Participate in relevant industry meetings, as needed, to provide strategic feedback concerning commercial issues and maintain market knowledge.
• Develop and manage a team of professionals to support strategic opportunities to transact on capacity and generation resource opportunities to meet the needs of the Utility.
• Resource agreements can include the following: power plant acquisitions, physical and financial power purchase agreements including storage, technical scope documents, unsolicited offers, amendments, renewals, request for proposal bid development or resource evaluation, and other energy agreements.  May be requested to serve as lead negotiator with counterparties for complex transactions.
• Lead and support the necessary analysis and risk assessment to develop solution-based options for complex contractual obligations which often requires cross-functional input.  Develop, recommend, and implement strategy and process improvements that support the company vision and resource procurement strategy.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the counterparties and internal Entergy business units.  In the liaison role, lead and work with internal teams to manage accounting issues, price structures, contract terms, delivery constraints, regulatory requirements and any and all other risks that increase market opportunities or remove barriers to deal execution. 
• Will develop and maintain relationships with developers, marketers, and owners of generation to understand market opportunities and ensure open communication for contractual negotiations.
• Support all internal approval requirements, including review of extensive documents and presentations for executive management including the Entergy Board of Directors.
• Provide support for Entergy's regulatory and legal proceedings, including the drafting of formal requests for information and testimony. Sponsor testimony as requested.
• Serve as the Entergy management representative in strategic co-owned units. Develop and maintain internal and external customer relationships in support of this function which includes management meetings, budget controls, operational performance reviews, and other contractual obligations which vary by contract.
• Responsibilities and complexity of contractual assignments commensurate with position held and/or team experience                                                                                                                                                               

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position.

• Bachelor's degree with related energy work experience
• Preferred: advanced degree

Minimum experience required of the position.

• At least 7+ years of relevant utility work experience
• Desired experience: experience managing power contracts in a regulated utility environment; experience participating in regulatory proceedings or filings; experience managing large project implementation; experience with commercial transaction negotiations; experience in stakeholder management/leading cross functional project teams or direct reports providing both detailed and high-level communications sensitive to respective audience.

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position.

• Knowledge of ISO/RTOs, with a preference for MISO
• Working knowledge of key contractual risk terms in power purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, WSPP and bilateral power agreements
• Negotiation experience and experience presenting complex issues to senior management
• Ability to train, develop, and manage a team of professionals
• Ability to research and learn industry/market with the skills to influence the market to support operating company resource needs

Technical expertise preferred, including high-level understanding of plant and transmission operations; long and short-term planning strategies in a regulated utility environment.

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position

None

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Primary Location: Texas-The Woodlands Texas : The Woodlands 
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 116885
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

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Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information.  41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity and Pay Transparency.

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WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.