Principal Data Analyst

Requisition ID: 95098 NextEra Energy Marketing is one of the nation’s leading electricity and natural gas marketers, and a key player in the energy markets in the United States and Canada. As a part of NextEra Energy Resources, we specialize in innovative energy strategies that maximize market value for our customers and stakeholders. Our team is skilled in market analysis, trading, risk management and delivering tailored customer solutions across North America. If you are a strategic thinker eager to make a significant impact in the fast-paced energy industry, join our team today.Position Specific DescriptionThe Principal Data Analyst is responsible for ensuring data quality, integrity, and compliance throughout NextEra Energy's ETRM transformation project and ongoing operations. This role requires deep expertise in energy trading and risk management systems, particularly OpenLink Endur, and the ability to independently manage data migration, cleansing, and governance activities across commodities including IR Swaps, Oil/Fuels, Environmentals, Natural Gas, and Power. Success in this position demands strong analytical capabilities, project management skills, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to establish and maintain enterprise data standards.Key Responsibilities:• Data Migration Leadership: Lead end-to-end data migration efforts from legacy ETRM system to OpenLink Endur across multiple commodities, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and completeness throughout the transformation• Data Quality & Validation: Design and execute comprehensive data validation strategies, identify data anomalies, and implement cleansing protocols to ensure trading, risk, and accounting data meets regulatory and SOX compliance requirements• Data Governance Framework: Establish and enforce data governance policies, standards, and procedures that align with enterprise objectives and regulatory requirements; serve as subject matter expert for ETRM data architecture• Stakeholder Management: Proactively identify and engage data owners across front office, middle office, back office, and accounting functions; track down data lineage and resolve discrepancies through collaborative problem-solving• Project Execution: Act as project manager for data-related workstreams within the ETRM transformation project; manage timelines, dependencies, risks, and deliverables with minimal supervision• Documentation & Metadata Management: Create and maintain comprehensive data dictionaries, mapping documents, and governance documentation to support ongoing operations and audit requirements• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with IT, Trading, Risk, Accounting, and Compliance teams to ensure data flows support business processes and reporting needs• Post-Implementation Support: Develop sustainable data maintenance protocols to preserve data quality and standards beyond project go-live• Training & Knowledge Transfer: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior analysts and business users on data governance best practices and ETRM system data structuresJob OverviewThis position implements and maintains on-premises and cloud-based company and product data infrastructure, including relational databases, non-relational databases and any other data stores required by the company or its products. Employees in this role are responsible for creating processes and implementing software to facilitate management of data including, but not limited to, data pipelines, data catalogs, data governance, master data and overall data quality.Job Duties & ResponsibilitiesManages data acquisition and ingestionManages and optimizes data accessSets strategic direction for data management programs and initiativesDesigns, plans, implements and supports data infrastructure using both relational and non-relational dataTests, validates and maintains data quality across all parts of data infrastructureMaintains and manages data pipelines and data catalogsResponds to data extraction requestsMentors others or leads teams and/or projectsMonitors the health of data infrastructure Performs other job-related duties as assignedRequired QualificationsBachelor's DegreeExperience: 6+ yearsPreferred QualificationsNoneNextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.Employee Group: ExemptEmployee Type: Full TimeJob Category: Information TechnologyOrganization: NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicableNextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. 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