Data Modeling, Risk Management, SAS - Ascend Analytics (Denver, CO)

We are a software company that provides portfolio and risk management software for the energy industry. Our products provide risk managers, energy traders, analysts, and other energy professionals the tools to improve their trading and risk decisions. Our software focuses on providing the core data infrastructure and tools to capture the uncertainty surrounding the financial and physical elements of energy management.

Please visit www.ascendanalytics.com for more information.

DUTIES: Ascend Analytics is looking for a Senior SAS Developer with strong analytic and software development skills. This position will involve significant responsibility to advance, innovate, and operate a forward curve generation and data harvesting application. This system works with illiquid energy and emission commodities to provide a data infrastructure, data scrubbing, and curve generation process used by energy trading companies and utilities. Additional responsibilities may involve application customization and deployment, client interaction, and management. This position will work on both the base SAS program development for data harvesting and ETL activities as well as the more detailed statistical model development. Most of the processes are developed using SAS's macro language with base SAS datasteps and procedures combined with several SAS analytical (SAS/ETS, SAS/STAT) procedures. We're looking for highly educated individuals. Preference given to candidates with advanced degrees and solid problem solving skills. Excellent benefits available.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must have skills: SAS (base SAS, SAS macros, SAS/ETS, SAS/STAT, SAS/Access)
• Preferred skills: VS.NET, SQL, Oracle
• Preferred knowledge: Monte Carlo Simulations, Time Series Modeling, Derivative Instruments, and Energy Trading.

Please forward resume and supporting material to hr@ascendanalytics.com

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