# Senior Utility Analyst at Energy CX Senior Utility Analyst at Energy CX in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Paying $80k–$130k. Posted October 19, 2026. - Company: Energy CX - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Pay: $80k–$130k - Experience: 5+ years - Posted: 2026-10-19 - Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/energycx/jobs/5263510007 - Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/senior-utility-analyst-energy-cx-fs27ht ## Requirements - 5+ years of hands-on experience analyzing utility usage, tariffs, and commodity pricing in a brokerage, trading, consulting, or utility environment - A track record of improving forecast accuracy. You should be able to explain how you've tightened forecasts over time, not just that you've built them - Advanced Excel and modeling skills, and comfort owning complex, high-stakes models - Strong, well-supported opinions. You push back when something doesn't look right instead of deferring to the existing process ## Description **About Energy CX:** Energy CX is redefining the energy brokerage industry as the fastest-growing player in the US. By bringing cutting-edge technology, advanced analytics, and innovative solutions, we are disrupting a space that has operated in the dark for too long. ### **Why Energy CX? ** - Recession proof industry - Entrepreneurial and ambitious culture with a great team oriented environment - Fastest growing energy broker in the country - Recognized by Fortune and Great Places to work US - Named on Inc 5000’s list of America’s fastest growing companies - Ranked on Crain’s Fast 50 list of Chicago’s fastest growing companies **Compensation** - Year 1 Expected Earnings →$80,000 - $130,000 ### **Title: Senior Utility Analyst** ### **About this Job** As a Senior Utility Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in elevating the accuracy of our budgeting and forecasting work by applying deep expertise in usage data, rate structures, and forecasting methodology. We're seeking a seasoned subject-matter expert who can sharpen our analytical rigor and raise the bar for how the broader team approaches forecasting. If you thrive in a data-driven setting and have a passion for getting the numbers right, this is the role for you. While strong modeling skills are essential, be prepared to go beyond running the models: you'll be a go-to resource whose judgment guides and develops the team. ### **Core Responsibilities** - Bring deep fluency in utility rate structures, tariffs, interval data, and commodity pricing to catch what less experienced analysts miss - Audit and improve the data pipeline feeding the forecasts, including usage data, tariff changes, and market inputs - Own and improve the methodology behind client energy budgets and forecasts. That means tightening the assumptions, variance drivers, and modeling approach, not just producing the numbers. - Diagnose why past forecasts were off and build in corrections. This is a feedback-loop role, not a one-and-done reporting role - Act as the go-to expert that other analysts and the deal team turn to for forecasting and budgeting edge cases - Work with the ABEL and the decision-engine team to check model outputs against how utilities actually behave and find where the model's assumptions break down - Mentor junior analysts on forecasting rigor and rate-structure nuance **Required Qualifications** - 5+ years of hands-on experience analyzing utility usage, tariffs, and commodity pricing in a brokerage, trading, consulting, or utility environment - A track record of improving forecast accuracy. You should be able to explain how you've tightened forecasts over time, not just that you've built them - Advanced Excel and modeling skills, and comfort owning complex, high-stakes models - Strong, well-supported opinions. You push back when something doesn't look right instead of deferring to the existing process **Strongly Preferred Qualifications ** - Experience in deregulated energy markets specifically, not just utilities broadly - A forecasting miss you can talk through openly, including what you learned from it - SQL and BI tool fluency (Looker, Power BI, Tableau) so you can work directly with the underlying data instead of relying on pre-built reports - Working knowledge of machine learning concepts and modeling techniques, with the ability to apply them to improve forecast accuracy - Experience mining and manipulating large, complex datasets to surface trends and support data-driven decisions **Hiring Scam Alert:** All official communication regarding job opportunities at EnergyCX will come from an @energycx.com email address. We will never ask for personal information, payment, or sensitive data through unofficial channels. If you receive any suspicious emails claiming to be from EnergyCX but using a different domain, please disregard them and report the incident to us.