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Summary:
At NRG, we apply advanced analytics and modeling to address challenging business problems. Within NRG Home, which includes Reliant Energy, we aim to promote customized offerings: the right product offered through the right channel, with the right message at the right time for each current or prospective customer. To accomplish this, we leverage our data via predictive modeling, statistical analyses, and optimization. If you love data, programming, creative problem solving, and communicating results, you will fit right in.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Help business partners reduce bad debt by identifying consumer behavioral patterns and system loopholes associated with sales fraud, payment terms, and other credit / payment activities.
- Conduct exploratory data analysis and identify root causes.
- Quantify the effects of various fraud prevention measures.
- Develop dashboards that automatically monitors fraud and performance drivers.
- Manage a small team to assist in research, analysis, and implementation.
- Analyze and help prioritize solutions for greatest impact.
- Translate, communicate, and present results and recommendations to a non-technical audience.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Business, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or Operations Research required.
- Advanced Degree (MS, MBA, or PhD) in a quantitative field is preferred, such as Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or Operations Research.
Experience:
- 5+ year(s) in quantitative analysis / data analysis in equivalent industries.
- Previous retail electricity market experience preferred.
- Previous credit, risk, or fraud experience preferred.
- Experience analyzing weblog data a plus.
- Experience leading teams in a virtual setting.
Technical Skills:
- Data analysis skills.
- Strong SQL skills / understanding of relational databases.
- Power BI or Tableau skills.
- Proficiency with Python or R programming a plus.
- Git for version control a plus.
- Bayesian statistics a plus.
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to translate complex business issues into achievable analytical learning objectives and actionable analytic projects.
- Ability to interpret complex analytic results and develop practical business implications.
- Understanding of the utility business, to include service process, market structure/pricing and competitive environment.
- Good communication skills.
- Strategic marketing mindset and firm understanding of key financial concepts.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Ability to work as a team member in a fast paced virtual environment.
- Demonstrated ability to learn and apply new technologies and new analytics techniques as needed.
- Think critically about analyses to ensure the conclusions make sense before sharing.
Why NRG is a great place to work:
• Great company culture!! Voted as a BEST employer by Forbes
• A competitive total compensation package, including annual incentive and/or commission
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Benefits on the first day of employment - Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Short Term Disability, Wellness program, etc.
• Company-paid life insurance and disability insurance
• 401 (k) plan to help save for retirement
• Generous PTO plan, plus 8 company holidays, and 3 floating holidays
• Numerous discounts, including electricity discounts on NRG brands
If you reside in or intend to work remotely from California, Colorado, New York or Washington State, you may contact [email protected] for compensation information related to this position and other information as required by applicable law. Please include the job title in your request.
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. Official description on file with Talent.
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