(Senior) Commercial Analyst – Automated Flexibility Trading

(Senior) Commercial Analyst – Automated Flexibility Trading (m/f/d)

Full-time. Business Units: ME - Energy Management

If you thrive in fast-moving, data‑driven environments and enjoy solving complex commercial problems, this could be your next step. This role offers the opportunity to shape how flexible assets are valued and monetised across Southern Europe.

We are looking for professionals with backgrounds in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering or Business to join Statkraft’s Automated Flexibility Trading team.

Statkraft’s Automated Flexibility Trading team operates at the intersection of asset flexibility, market volatility and algorithmic decision‑making. Our systems make millions of real‑time decisions every day across intraday, balancing and ancillary services markets, directly shaping PnL. As we scale this capability across Spain, Italy and France, we are looking for a (Senior) Commercial Analyst to take commercial ownership of flexibility optimisation in the region.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and improve automated trading and optimisation algorithms for flexible assets
• Extend, adapt and localise optimisation and trading frameworks for Southern European wholesale power and ancillary services markets
• Communicate complex analytical outputs to stakeholders across the organisation
• Continuously challenge model assumptions, data quality and market representations based on observed fundamentals and market behaviour
• Act as a sparring partner to traders, originators and portfolio managers
• Contribute to the improvement of our algorithmic trading and monitoring systems

Qualifications

• Excellent university degree (e.g. mathematics, physics, computer science or business) with a strong quantitative focus
• Proven experience developing analytical, optimisation or trading models in a commercial environment
• High diligence and quality in coding and model development, preferably experience in Python
• Experience in the French wholesale and ancillary services power market, ideally in optimizing and trading
• Ability to solve analytical problems under time pressure and navigate uncertainty
• Proactive and independent way of working, high reliability and strong communication skills
• Fluent in English; other European languages are an advantage

Benefits

• Unlimited learning opportunities at various levels of the organisation including LinkedIn Learning and our internal competence development system
• The chance to grow your career alongside a truly global network of experts, leaders, specialists and graduates from different countries and backgrounds
• Opportunity to work somewhere with pride and to be able to honestly say “My work is contributing to saving the planet”
• A work culture that puts emphasis on the individual, offering flexible working solutions, parental leave and work‑life balance principles
• A focus on fun outside of work, supported by various activity groups; Statkraft offers competitive terms of employment and benefits schemes, and we’re a trusted employer that puts the safety of our people first. We believe that a safe and healthy working environment is a matter of choice, not chance.

Statkraft manages critical infrastructure and services in several countries. The applicant must be eligible for security clearance and authorisation.

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