What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Structuring Analyst position at SmartestEnergy US?
The future of energy is digitized, decarbonized and localized. At SmartestEnergy, we need revolutionary thinkers to help our customers make the most of this new landscape, thinking differently to find smart solutions to complex problems.
Formed in 2001, we’re an agile business driven by entrepreneurial thinking. As a subsidiary of the Marubeni Corporation, we also have strong investment and infrastructure behind us. As well as our three offices in the US, we have three offices in the UK and another in Australia. Further expansion is planned for 2026 and beyond which means global career opportunities for you, with plenty of potential to explore new markets.
When you join our Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute and make an impact every single day.
Overview
Reporting to the Market Operations & Structuring Manager, the Senior Structuring Analyst serves as the bridge between Pricing, Market Operations, Trading, Billing, and Commercial teams to ensure retail product structures, cost assumptions, and profitability analytics are accurate, consistent, and competitive.
Structuring ensures every deal priced and every forecast maintained reflects real, measurable market value - enabling commercial agility and defensible decision-making.
This role establishes and leads the Structuring function across SmartestEnergy US, providing the focus and ownership required to proactively manage retail risk across all non-energy cost components.
The individual will own non-energy forecasting, retail curve development, and profitability analytics, ensuring alignment between pricing assumptions and realized outcomes, and driving transparency across all cost components embedded in retail supply.
This position will work closely with Pricing, Market Operations, Trading, Sales, Billing, and Finance to ensure end-to-end alignment from deal structuring through settlement realization.
In this role, you will be involved with the following:
Non-Energy Forecasting
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to what we do. We value everybody irrespective of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability and genetic information (including family medical history). EOE.
We know that for our business to thrive we need diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow.
We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As such, if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to the HR & People Team via email us-hrssc@smartestenergy.com so we can discuss with you further.
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Formed in 2001, we’re an agile business driven by entrepreneurial thinking. As a subsidiary of the Marubeni Corporation, we also have strong investment and infrastructure behind us. As well as our three offices in the US, we have three offices in the UK and another in Australia. Further expansion is planned for 2026 and beyond which means global career opportunities for you, with plenty of potential to explore new markets.
When you join our Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute and make an impact every single day.
Overview
Reporting to the Market Operations & Structuring Manager, the Senior Structuring Analyst serves as the bridge between Pricing, Market Operations, Trading, Billing, and Commercial teams to ensure retail product structures, cost assumptions, and profitability analytics are accurate, consistent, and competitive.
Structuring ensures every deal priced and every forecast maintained reflects real, measurable market value - enabling commercial agility and defensible decision-making.
This role establishes and leads the Structuring function across SmartestEnergy US, providing the focus and ownership required to proactively manage retail risk across all non-energy cost components.
The individual will own non-energy forecasting, retail curve development, and profitability analytics, ensuring alignment between pricing assumptions and realized outcomes, and driving transparency across all cost components embedded in retail supply.
This position will work closely with Pricing, Market Operations, Trading, Sales, Billing, and Finance to ensure end-to-end alignment from deal structuring through settlement realization.
In this role, you will be involved with the following:
Non-Energy Forecasting
- Own all non-energy cost forecasts across PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, and ERCOT
- Develop and refine forward non-energy curves used in retail pricing
- Ensure all cost components are transparent, traceable, and consistently applied
- Track forecast vs. actuals and identify key variance drivers
- Incorporate ISO rule changes, settlement updates, and market design changes into forecasting methodologies
- Benchmark retail competitiveness vs. peers, brokers, and wholesale market trends
- Monitor contract profitability from deal inception through delivery
- Identify and explain deviations between forecasted and realized margins
- Produce structured reporting to inform margin, fee, and product design decisions
- Document product structures, cost inclusions, and pricing assumptions
- Maintain version-controlled libraries for non-energy curves, charge code mappings, and structured product logic
- Drive continuous improvement in structuring processes to ensure scalability, repeatability, and auditability
- Align with Pricing, Trading, Finance, and Billing on settlement outcomes
- Partner with Sales & Trading on complex structured product opportunities
- Provide training and guidance to pricing analysts on cost drivers and forecasting logic
- Experience in retail energy structuring
- Multi-ISO experience (PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, ERCOT preferred)
- Experience with forward curves, cost modeling, and profitability analytics
- Experience supporting structured or complex commercial deals preferred
- Strong understanding of retail energy cost stack, especially non-energy components
- Familiarity with ISO market structures, settlements, and regulatory frameworks
- Understanding of pricing models, billing constructs, and contract structures
- Advanced Excel and data analysis capabilities
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
- Ability to translate complex market dynamics into clear insights
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Ownership mentality with a focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to adapt quickly to evolving market conditions and business needs
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to what we do. We value everybody irrespective of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability and genetic information (including family medical history). EOE.
We know that for our business to thrive we need diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow.
We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As such, if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to the HR & People Team via email us-hrssc@smartestenergy.com so we can discuss with you further.
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