Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), New Delhi

Financial Analyst (CEEW-CEF)

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Designation offered Financial Analyst

Reporting to Senior Analyst

Location New Delhi

Purpose

The Centre for Energy Finance seeks to hire a Financial Analyst to build business models and perform financial modeling to develop an internal knowledge base and deep understanding on market movements in the clean energy sectors. The Analyst will be expected to take initiatives towards advancing the objectives of the Centre for Energy Finance. CEEW offers an intellectually challenging and conducive work environment, with a focus on research rigor, innovative thinking, and strategic outreach. We are looking for an enthusiastic and detail-oriented individual to join the interdisciplinary CEEW team.

The Council seeks to hire Financial Analyst to:

• Perform rigorous quantitative and qualitative research.
• Undertake financial analysis to assess the value add or potential value add within the different sectors and sub-sectors.
• Develop business models to accelerate the adoption of clean energy technologies and interventions and have an understanding of the financing mechanisms/instruments within the sector
• Write high quality research pieces – papers, presentations, policy briefs etc.

The successful applicant will be responsible to understand both technical, business, financial and regulatory trends and should be able to successfully capture them in a quantitative and qualitative manner. All information may not be in public domain and the applicant will be expected to reach out to organisations (government and private) and sectoral experts to gauge the reasons behind a specific trend. Such analysis is then expected to be used by policy makers to frame guidelines/policies for government, investors,and industries to take important decisions. The Analyst’s work is expected to feed into the final outputs of CEEW - CEF which would assist decision makers in public and private sector.

In addition to the duties and responsibilities outlined below, the Analyst should be prepared, as and when necessary, to take on additional responsibilities and respond to unanticipated events and developments.

Job Duties and Accountabilities

Research

• Track market developments regularly through both primary and secondary research.
• Develop business and financial models for the stakeholders
• Participate in knowledge-transfer activities, including collaborative meetings and training workshops with other research groups and institutions
• Undertake rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis of market challenges and their impact on the sector understudy
• Review large amounts of data and analyse information using a variety of mathematical tools and interdisciplinary methodologies

General Responsibilities - Programme Assistance

• Assist with project implementation, including preparing presentations, factsheets and other communication material
• Assist administrative team for organization of relevant events (whenever needed)
• Develop cordial & working relationship with industry stakeholders for timely access to data
• Support efforts to use new media platforms for wide dissemination of CEEW’s work and, in turn, closer engagement with the wider community

Application Process

Interested candidates are requested to share their curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter explaining your interest in the position (in one document preferably PDF) and send it to jobs@ceew.in with ‘Application: Analyst- CEF’ as the subject line. We are an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are encouraged to apply. The last date to send applications is 30 June 2021. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified by us.