• We are open to hire at Senior level also,

  depending on experience (salary band and job requirements listed are for Analyst level)

• We are looking to hire someone to work in our Columbus, Ohio office with a hybrid schedule (3 days/week in office)

• Shift start time is 6:30am and will require some weekend and holiday work (on call rotation)

• Minor travel needed, for initial onboarding and offsite team meetings

Job Summary 

The Operations Analyst is responsible for participating in a goal-driven, team-oriented, high-performance department, and for promoting its culture throughout the broader organization.  The Operations Analyst will provide both technical and leadership support to internal business partners including the following departments: Energy Supply & Optimization, Forecasting, Regulatory/Rates, Legal, Financial Planning, and Strategic Planning. Strategies and recommendations offered will promote the corporate goal of providing safe, reliable, gas and electric service at the lowest cost reasonably possible to customers and identifying income opportunities for shareholders.   

Principle Duties and Responsibilities 

• Develops short and long-term supply plans using complex computer-based modeling software for NiSource’s local gas distribution and electric companies to optimize its assets and meet system demand requirements. 

• Makes recommendations for daily balancing of demand and supply to ensure optimum daily dispatch of assets in collaboration with other teams in Energy Supply & Optimization.    

• Responsible for weekend/holiday coverage to provide recommendations for supply and demand imbalances and to execute and distribute communications concerning daily operations. 

• Responsible for daily or monthly reconciliations of hedge accounts, including administration of invoicing and reporting of gains or losses for both gas and electric. 

• Provides accurate daily system forecasts to provide reliable service to customers. Assesses forecast model performance and accuracy considering operating conditions.  

• Performs in-depth analyses to evaluate NiSource’s portfolio of supply and capacity options to provide reliable and cost-effective service to its customers.  

• Develops and performs ad hoc analysis and forecasting for: Generation, Gas Operations, Financial Planning, Rates/Regulatory, Environmental, and Energy Supply & Optimization departments. 

• Provides projection of gas/energy unit and cost information utilized in Regulatory filings including gas and fuel cost adjustments and Rate Case proceedings. Also provides Witness support for regulatory filings including written testimony, exhibits and developing responses to interrogatories. 

• Oversees performance and adequacy for the functionality of software systems, IT applications and data warehouses that contain critical supply management information and Energy Supply & Optimization operations. Identifies enhancements to its systems in order to support business needs. 

• Analyzes data related to commodity price, weather, demand, purchases, pipeline rates and other related variables that influence supply and demand. 

• Performs monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting as needed to support various regulatory processes and/or compliance filings, including emissions, FERC, MISO registrations, generating unit performance, and load analysis. 

• Supports internal and external resources to support the fulfillment of the company’s near and long-term capacity/energy needs outlined in its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), Strategic Supply Plans and Your Energy, Your Future 

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Required Qualifications for Position 

• BS/BA in a quantitative discipline or equivalent experience 

• Must be self-directed, have strong leadership skills, initiative, and the ability to perform duties effectively in a team-oriented environment 

• Proven presentation skills, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving and time management skills 

• Possess an in-depth knowledge of Microsoft 365 (particularly Microsoft Excel - pivot tables, macro creation, and statistical analysis) 

• Ability to collaborate in a hybrid working environment 

Preferred Additional Qualifications for Position 

• Master of Business Administration, Business Analytics, Accountancy, or equivalent business/data analytics graduate degree 

• Two (2) to three (3) years of experience in the utility industry specific to electric/natural gas markets, demand response, trading, and state/federal regulations 

• Demonstrated leadership skills 

• Experience with process improvement, Six Sigma, and/or project management. 

• Experience with SPSS, SAS or Python, querying database information with Microsoft Access and SQL or similar products