Carbon Analyst

Carbon Analyst

E.ON

Essen, Germany

Your tasks

• Act as the Carbon Market Information Base for E.ON, ensuring consistency and transparency in key assumptions, inputs, and outputs across business units.
• Develop and maintain the “E.ON View” on carbon market fundamentals (EUA/UKA supply-demand balance, policy developments, abatement cost curves, etc.).
• Provide robust input to and help maintain fundamental modelling frameworks (e.g., long-term carbon price models, marginal abatement models, market balance projections).
• Monitor key developments in EU ETS (ETS 1, ETS 2, GoOs), UK ETS, CBAM, and other regulatory or compliance schemes and assess their impact on trading strategies and compliance outlooks.
• Deliver scenario-based analysis and market insights to support trading desks, risk teams, strategic planning, and investment assessments in particular with Green Desk .
• Collaborate closely with power, gas, and macroeconomic analysts to ensure carbon dynamics are fully integrated into commodity outlooks and strategies.
• Track auction dynamics, hedging behaviours, industrial demand, and regulatory drivers impacting carbon price formation and volatility.
• Produce regular internal updates and stakeholder briefings, translating technical insights into actionable commercial implications.
• Contribute to the evolution of E.ON’s decarbonization strategy through strong analytical support and structured carbon market insights.

Your profile

• 4–5 years of experience in carbon markets, emissions trading, energy policy, or commodity analysis—within a utility, trading house, consultancy, or financial institution.
• Solid understanding of European carbon market mechanisms (EU ETS, UK ETS, CBAM), supply-demand modelling, and regulatory outlooks.
• Familiarity with energy market fundamentals (power, gas) and how carbon interacts with cross-commodity pricing and hedging strategies.
• Experience working with fundamental modelling tools or scenario analysis frameworks; proficiency in Excel is essential; coding (Python, R) is a plus.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical carbon market insights to both commercial and strategic stakeholders.
• Team player with a collaborative mindset and strong attention to detail; comfortable working across disciplines and organizational boundaries.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and curious about the role of carbon pricing in energy transition and net-zero strategies.
• Eagerness to grow by collaborating across E.ON’s international operations.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written); additional European languages are a plus.