Research Associate

Company Description

Wood Mackenzie are the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We have over 1,900 employees in 30 locations, serving customers in nearly 80 countries. Together, we inspire and innovate the markets we serve - providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges, and make strategic decisions that will, ultimately, accelerate the world’s transition to a more sustainable future.

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**Job Description**:
Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables provides a one-stop integrated subscription, analysis, and advisory service for companies in the energy and related sectors, enabling our clients to make the best decisions within a constantly evolving global energy industry.

This role includes industry-leading skills training and learning opportunities and has excellent career development potential in the power & renewables industry. You will get to work with a global team of power and renewables experts to tackle some of the toughest research questions on the future of power markets and systems. This role also has good opportunities to present and discuss market trends and research with industry analysts and executives from leading energy, commodities, and financial companies.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Gathering and tracking market data for Asia Pacific power markets
- Learning modelling, data management and market forecasting skills
- Delivering high-quality market insights and reports to clients
- Supporting requests from clients and senior colleagues

**Qualifications**:
This is an ideal role for a recent graduate or early-career professional wishing to launch a career as an analyst and eventually thought leader in the power and renewables and energy transition space. We expect you to have a high aptitude for quantitative analysis and modelling, and to be curious to get beyond the headlines on big technology and market trends.
- High interest and aptitude for market analysis and a strong interest in power and renewables.
- 0-2 years of relevant work or study experience in an analytical role. An understanding of power markets, technologies and economics is a plus.
- Enthusiasm, curiosity, willingness to expand knowledge and skills.
- A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline such as engineering, science, economics, finance, or other area. A Master’s degree is preferred but not required.
- Strong Excel skills. Relevant experience in data and database management is a plus.
- Strong organisation, planning and time management skills
- Effective writing and presentation skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory; fluency in another language is a plus

**Expectations**
- Wood Mackenzie is committed to supporting our people to grow and thrive. We value different perspectives and aspire to create an inclusive environment which encourages diversity and fosters a sense of belonging.
- Due to the global nature of the team, a degree of flexible working will be required to accommodate different time zones.

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Additional Information

Wood Mackenzie is a place where we are committed to supporting our people to grow and thrive. We value different perspectives and aspire to create an inclusive environment which encourages diversity and fosters a sense of belonging.

Wood Mackenzie values everyone’s contribution and helps them reach their full potential while sustaining an organisational culture of health and well-being.

Our core values are:

- Inclusive - we succeed together
- Trusting - we choose to trust each other
- Customer committed - we put customers at the heart of our decisions
- Future Focused - we accelerate change
- Curious - we turn knowledge into action

We understand the importance of bringing your whole self to work and to achieving balance between work, family and other life commitments. We are open to considering flexible working arrangements to enable the greatest spectrum of talent to contribute to Wood Mackenzie's success.