Operations Analyst

Job Description

Company Description

Vattenfall is one of Europe`s largest electricity generators and producers of heat. We operate in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK and are looking into European market opportunities. Our strategy is to reduce emissions from power generation with a road map aiming at achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

Job Description

The Business Unit Solar & Batteries (BU SoBa) operates within Vattenfall’s Business Area Wind, which oversees Vattenfall’s renewable activities in Wind, Solar PV, and Battery Storage. BA Wind develops, constructs, and manages renewable generation across Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK.

BU Solar & Batteries is responsible for all large-scale solar and battery development and has its purpose to enable fossil freedom through profitable solar and battery assets. To achieve this, BU SoBa is active across the entire value chain, from early-stage development through to operations. Within BU SoBa, the Operations analyst plays a vital role in the Asset management team, maximizing revenues from stand-alone and hybrid park operations and supporting project development with quantitative & model based analysis.

As an Operations Analyst, you will optimize Solar & Battery asset revenues by generating reports, analyzing performance, and identifying revenue gaps. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you'll drive operational improvements aligned with market trends and support model enhancements based on operational insights.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Generating revenues & operational overview via available tools (e.g. PowerBI)
• Analysing actual revenues vs. expected revenues
• Running root cause analysis of revenue deviations from plan
• Proposing operational improvements towards Asset owners and Trading teams
• Turn data from big data pools from operational assets to actionable insights
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align operational practices with market trends and enhance revenue generation strategies.
• Collaborating with Engineering and Operations teams to bring revenues trading strategies in context of technical limitation

Location: The role will be based in one of BA Wind’s main locations in Hamburg (Germany), Berlin (Germany) or Amsterdam (Netherlands). Regular travel will be required to other Vattenfall offices.

Qualifications

Your Profile

• Experience: experience in regulatory affairs, energy policy, or related fields, ideally with a focus on German energy markets and renewables. Previous engagement with regulatory bodies or lobbying activities is a plus.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Law, Economics, Energy Policy, Environmental Studies, or a related discipline.
• Skills:
  • Academic degree of a relevant discipline, such as IT, economics & engineering, mathematics, physics, or similar
  • Knowledge of the European energy markets is a plus
  • Knowledge of battery & solar technology is a plus
  • Knowledge of dashboarding & monitoring systems of operational assets is a plus
  • Relevant experience within a similar field
  • Expertise in quantitative methods
  • Advanced programming knowledge – Python is must have
  • Your command of English is strong, both verbally and written
  • You enjoy working in a cross-functional, cross-country, diverse team and have an open and friendly attitude
  • You are passionate for renewable energy

Additional Information

Our offer

Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

• Dynamic Workplace: A diverse environment characterized by team spirit and flexibility.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for career advancement in a growing sector.
• Inclusive Culture: A supportive and inclusive workplace that values diversity and encourages collaboration.
• Attractive employment conditions: A comprehensive remuneration, flexible working hours and locations, two brand new offices in Hamburg and Berlin, employee health and sport support.

More Information

We welcome your application in English no later than 05th of January 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Sandra Domschke via email: sandra1.domschke@vattenfall.de

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

We look forward to receiving your application!