Energy Operations Advisor

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become an Energy Operations Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow.

Every contract we settle has a real cost to Edison and its ratepayers, and this role helps make sure every dollar is right. You will support the settlement of power purchase agreements using systems such as Endur and other tools to extract, analyze, and correlate large volumes of data. You will oversee transaction system administration and the development and maintenance of payment-related user-developed applications, helping ensure accurate payments across a diverse portfolio of contracts ranging from simple to highly complex. You will also collaborate across Settlements as needed and partner with Contract Managers to align on contractual interpretations, translating complex data into clear recommendations and conclusions. When disputes arise, you will provide the resources, monitoring, and technical direction needed to resolve them. You will also deliver analysis for contract compliance and regulatory proceedings, including ad hoc queries used to prepare regulatory filings, reports, and internal and external data requests with appropriate documentation. This is an opportunity to see the bigger picture across the organization, challenge the status quo, and help drive automation to make our settlement work faster and smarter.

As an Energy Operations Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Provides analytical support to ensure contract compliance and supports regulatory proceedings, including generating ad hoc queries for the preparation of required regulatory compliance filings, reports, and internal/external data requests including all appropriate documentation.
• Provides support in the settlement of all power purchase agreements including providing resources for resolution of disputes, interacting with Contract Managers to obtain concurrence of contractual interpretations, establishing recommendations and conclusions based on analysis of complex data and monitoring and providing technical direction to aid in settling dispute.
• Establishes procedures to streamline communication with Sales, external customers, and other market- facing groups.
• Performs analysis and calculations of settlement charges assessed by CAISO over a portfolio of utility owned generation, power purchase agreements, and demand response resources.
• Analyzes forecasting errors and trends, and proposes, vets, and implements load and generation bidding strategies.
• Oversees the transaction system administration and payment-related user developed applications development and maintenance.
• Assists with analyzing and improving the settlements process, including designing metrics for measuring group performance.
• Establishes and recommends conclusions based on analysis of complex data and monitoring and providing technical direction to aid in settling disputes.
• Provides support to the group responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payment of a diverse portfolio of contracts complex in structure.
• Ensures the accurate settlements and allocation of charges to the company energy portfolio and contractual counterparties.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in contract settlements, contract management, or electricity trading/marketing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Experience using commodities management platforms such as Endur or SettleCore, or similar systems.

• Experience reading and interpreting complex contract terms, such as power purchase agreements.

• Knowledge of CAISO market operations and settlement charges.

• Experience identifying and leading continuous improvement efforts that challenge existing processes and increase efficiency.

• Experience with generative AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, automation tools such as Power Automate and UiPath, or other tools used to drive efficiencies.

• Experience in applying project management principles, leading projects, working with cross- functional teams, and driving projects to completion with sensitivity to competing business needs and resources.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Power BI, and data platforms such as Snowflake, with experience enhancing existing dashboards and reports.

• Experience working in the utility or energy industry.

Additional Information

• This position's work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days.  Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California.  Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• The primary work location for this position is Rosemead, CA.
• This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
• Relocation does not apply to this position.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We're fueling the kind of innovation that's changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you'll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.