Title:  Analyst, Strategic Insights

About the role

National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

Are you a commercially minded Analyst who loves a challenge? Do you excel at simplifying complex problems and driving impactful solutions?

Join our Balancing Costs Team! We're looking for creative and insightful individuals to help manage and reduce costs within an increasingly complex energy grid.  You'll use your analytical skills to influence key decisions and shape our balancing cost strategy.  A technical background isn't essential—we value strategic thinking and the ability to communicate and present complex ideas clearly.

This role can be based from Wokingham, Warwick, Glasgow or Cardiff, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home. 

About the Team:

We are a dynamic team focused on keeping balancing costs low. You'll play a key role in analysing trends, driving improvements, and using data science to inform strategic decisions that impact the UK energy sector. With an exploratory approach, you'll have the freedom to pursue your own investigations and uncover insights that drive our strategy.

Key accountabilities

• Partner with internal and external stakeholders across the energy industry to deliver analytical support for our balancing costs strategy.  This will involve various analysis techniques (e.g., cost-benefit, statistical, forecasting).
• Provide data-driven insights to evolve and improve our balancing cost strategy.  You’ll identify, develop, and implement cost-saving initiatives.
• Effectively communicate your analysis and recommendations to stakeholders, shaping the narrative around balancing costs and NESO’s role.
• Identify and explore new, innovative solutions to optimise balancing costs.

About you

We’re forging the path, and we know we can’t do it alone. That’s why we need visionary minds like yours to join us on this transformative journey. In this case, we’re looking for someone who:

• An excellent communication skill, including presenting data insights clearly and concisely.
• Has previous experience in the UK energy sector or regulatory landscape.
• Highly organised and curious, with a proactive approach to problem-solving individual.
• Has proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders effectively.
• Proficient in Excel and the Microsoft Office Suite.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a STEM, business, numerical degree or relevant experience.

About what you’ll get

A competitive salary between £45000 - £60000– dependent on experience and capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on company performance, 26 days annual leave as standard and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.

As we work towards creating a cleaner, greener, and more affordable future for all, we also work towards creating a place for our teammates to belong, with professional and personal growth and positive well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximise your potential along your career journey.
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table.
• Generous Total Rewards Plan – comprising of health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits.

About us

National Energy System Operator (NESO) has a key role to play in tackling climate change by transitioning GB’s electricity system to net zero. We already operate the fastest decarbonising electricity system in the world, with an ambition for zero carbon power operation by 2030 when there is sufficient renewable generation. We are also providing advice to the Government on achieving a decarbonised power system by 2030.

So, join the energy transformation and help shape the future.

Your energy, our future, together.

About the National Energy System Operator (NESO)

In Autumn of 2024, the ESO transitioned to National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short. Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator is the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain’s electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system. 

The ESO, including all of its existing roles, are now at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator. As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users’ need. Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.

The organisation is set up as a public corporation with its own Board of independent directors, with complete operational independence from government, the regulator and any and all commercial interest. As was the ESO, NESO will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements and obligated to identify optimal solutions to system operations and planning in the most sustainable, affordable and secure way for all.

The time to deliver is now. As part of our team, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

More information

This role closes on 2nd December at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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