About the Job
Nexant Utility Services, a consulting business unit focused on providing research based strategic advice, policy analysis, expert testimony, statistical analysis, economic modeling, and data collection services, is currently searching for qualified analysts and senior analysts to support its energy practice. Our clients span both public agencies and private utilities.
This position supports Nexant senior staff, providing ongoing research support for short term and long term projects. This position requires an excellent ability to multi-task, work with minimum supervision, exercise good judgment, and communicate with a wide variety of colleagues.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Utilizing and applying statistical, economic, and financial analysis tools in support of business and policy analysis for clients in a variety of fields, but especially for demand-side management in the electricity industry
- Developing quantitative cost benefit or risk models
- Assisting senior staff in the preparation of reports, presentations, and testimony describing the results of projects
- Assisting in proposal preparation
- Performing market research and issue assessment associated with policy-related consulting assignments
- Manipulating project-related databases to assess trends and/or patterns and their ramifications from a policy or program perspective
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters Degree in a quantitative field, such as economics, statistics, mathematics, or computer science (or public policy with a quantitative focus)
- Strong written and oral presentation skills, as well as client interface capabilities
- Experience and expertise with statistical analysis software such as: Stata, R, SAS, SPSS, Excel, Access or other database software
- Experience performing basic economic and financial calculations and modeling.
Salary and Benefits (U.S.)
Nexant offers competitive salaries based on candidate's qualifications. Nexant also offers three weeks paid vacation per year, eleven paid holidays per year, a 401(k) plan with employee matching funds and an overall comprehensive benefits package.
About Nexant
Nexant is a globally recognized software, consulting and services leader that provides innovative solutions to utilities, energy enterprises, chemical companies and government entities worldwide. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Francisco, Nexant and its 500+ employees work from 32 global offices providing deep technical expertise and regional knowledge to improve customer engagement, boost operational efficiency, reduce costs and achieve superior business results.
Nexant supports clients through four distinct business units:
- Nexant Energy Softwarehas developed and commercialized a number of industry-leading software platforms and applications, including Nexant iEnergy®, Nexant Grid360™, and Nexant iHedge®
- Nexant Utility Servicesworks with clients to drive customer energy savings, ensure cost-effective program design, implementation and management, and promote customer engagement
- Nexant Energy & Chemicals Advisoryprovides strategic planning, project development, competitor analysis, market and price forecasting, and NexantThinking™, a subscription program and online product portal.
- Nexant Government Servicesassists developing countries with energy sector policies, infrastructure, financing, and access to affordable electricity.
Every day, Nexant employees partner with customers to reimagine the world we live in and create a more sustainable energy tomorrow.
Nexant, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.