at Liberty Utilities in Sheridan, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Analyst, Power Markets
Bryson, TX, US, 76427Pine Bluff, AR, US, 71601Ozark, MO, US, 65721Hannibal, MO, US, 63401Baxter Springs, KS, US, 66713Riverton, KS, US, 66770Anderson, MO, US, 64851White Hall, AR, US, 71602Tahoe Vista, CA, US, 96148Neosho, MO, US, 64850Quincy, OH, US, 43343Surprise, AZ, US, 85387Concord, NH, US, 03301Londonderry, NH, US, 03053Fall River, MA, US, 02720South Lake Tahoe, CA, US, 96150Carefree, AZ, US, 85377Hawkins, TX, US, 75765Massena, NY, US, 13662Caruthersville, MO, US, 63830-1133Strafford, MO, US, 65757Hooksett, NH, US, 03010Willard, MO, US, 65781Columbus, OH, US, 43004Clinton, MO, US, 64735Keene, NH, US, 03431Tilton, NH, US, 03276Cochrane, ON, CA, P0L 1C0Branson, MO, US, 65616Elk Mound, WI, US, 54739Keokuk, IA, US, 52632Caribou, ME, US, 04736Rio Rico, AZ, US, 85648Reeds, MO, US, 65737Nashua, NH, US, 03060Sierra Vista, AZ, US, 85635Ashland, KY, US, 41101Hayhurst, TX, US, 79770Columbus, GA, US, 31901Paw Paw, IL, US, 61353Sedalia, MO, US, 65301Gold Canyon, AZ, US, 85118Deerfield, MI, US, 48445Humansville, MO, US, 65674Henrietta, MO, US, 64036Joplin, MO, US, 64801Seneca, MO, US, 64865Manchester, NH, US, 03101Goodyear, AZ, US, 85338Hewlett, NY, US, 11557Sea Cliff, NY, US, 11579-1926Commerce, OK, US, 74339Lebanon, NH, US, 03766-2637Merrick, NY, US, 11566Litchfield Park, AZ, US, 85340Minonk, IL, US, 61760Concord, NH, US, 03301Joplin, MO, US, 64804Blackstone, MA, US, 01504-2215Republic, MO, US, 65738Lynch Station, VA, US, 24571Aurora, MO, US, 65605Herbert, SK, CA, S0H 2A0Salem, NH, US, 03079Tinker, New Brunswick, CA, E7H 5A8Kirksville, MO, US, 63501Joplin, MO, US, 64801Ash Grove, MO, US, 65604Baxter Springs, KS, US, 66713Moncton, New Brunswick, CA, E1E 3R8Butler, MO, US, 64730-0209Charlestown, NH, US, 03603Tyler, TX, US, 75703LaRussell, MO, US, 64862Dorchester, WI, US, 54425Nixa, MO, US, 65714-7969Fall River, MA, US, 02721Gainesville, GA, US, 30501Oakville, ON, CA, L6J 2X1Red Deer, AB, CA, T4G 0K1Gloucester, VA, US, 23061Greenfield, MO, US, 65661Chillicothe, MO, US, 64601Ozark, MO, US, 65721Billings, MO, US, 65610Alma Center, WI, US, 54611Harrisburg, IL, US, 62946Vandalia, IL, US, 62471Bolivar, MO, US, 65613Fall River, MA, US, 02721Bolivar, MO, US, 65613Ogdensburg, NY, US, 13669Concord, NH, US, 03301Forsyth, MO, US, 65653Joplin, MO, US, 64804Jackson, MO, US, 63755-0268Gravette, AR, US, 72736Sheridan, IL, US, 60551Granby, MO, US, 64844Sanger, CA, US, 93657-0397Salem, NH, US, 03079Pine Bluff, AR, US, 71601Asbury, MO, US, 64832Rice Lake, WI, US, 54868Marshall, MO, US, 65340Platte City, MO, US, 64079Downey, CA, US, 90241Webb City, MO, US, 64870Stockton, MO, US, 65785Taft, CA, US, 93268BM, HM 07Fall River, MA, US, 02724Malden, MO, US, 63863Girard, IL, US, 62640Windsor Locks, CT, US, 06096-2335Pierce City, MO, US, 65723Newburgh, NY, US, 12550Londonderry, NH, US, 03053Laforce, Quebec, CA, J0Z 2J0Buffalo, MO, US, 65622Mayer, AZ, US, 86333Ozark, MO, US, 65721Apple Valley, CA, US, 92308Noel, MO, US, 64854Goodyear, AZ, US, 85395Nevada, MO, US, 64772Joplin, MO, US, 64801Sardinia, OH, US, 45171Metropolis, IL, US, 62960Sikeston, MO, US, 63801Princess Anne, MD, US, 21853Maryville, MO, US, 64468Hollister, MO, US, 65672Mountain Lake, MN, US, 56159Westover, MD, US, 21871Tyrone, PA, US, 16686Gold Canyon, AZ, US, 85118Columbus, KS, US, 66725Mont-Laurier, Quebec, CA, J9L 2A2Massena, NY, US, 13662
At Algonquin-Liberty , we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.
Purpose
The mandate of the Energy Services team is to maximize the company’s risk adjusted earnings by providing superior portfolio management (e.g., hedging/optimization) and market advisory services. The Energy Services team consists of three groups (i) Portfolio Management (i.e., Trading Team) responsible for developing and executing trade strategies. (ii) Client & Asset Support responsible for managing customer off-take arrangements and asset on-boarding. (iii) Market Analytics responsible for all reporting, the development of analytical tools, and approaches to support the portfolio management team.
The Power Market Analyst, West role is within the Market Analytics group – working closely with the West trading team (i.e., ERCOT, WECC, AESO) in the development of proprietary tools, processes, and systems that enable decision analysis and reporting within Energy Services and Algonquin.
The successful candidate has some knowledge of North American power markets (e.g., ERCOT, CAISO, AESO) and experience working with financial swaps, derivatives (e.g., CRR, PtP), and virtuals (e.g., DARTs). The candidate has advanced analytic techniques, and deep knowledge of analytical approaches including a good understanding of best practices in working with large data sources.
The main responsibility of this role is to build analytical tools, assist in scheduling trades, and provide analysis to the trade team to support hedging and risk management activities.
Accountabilities
+ Implement, as directed by the trade group and with the support of ES team, models to monitor, predict, or evaluate risk metrics on portfolio of assets.
+ Monitor and gather key industry intelligence, identify trends, and communicate to relevant stakeholders.
+ Perform standard reoccurring tasks for the trading team such as: supplying forward pricing to plant managers, asset strategy, customers, or business development.
+ Assist in scheduling and encoding trades (e.g., financial swaps, derivatives, congestion management)
+ Perform future-focused fundamental-based price simulations for a large group of price nodes to support trading operations using commercial software (e.g., DAYZER)
+ Assist in publishing and maintaining existing executive reports.
+ Provide validation and commentaries from existing reports (e.g., daily, weekly, and monthly).
+ Produce high-quality analyses by independently gathering relevant data, and synthetizing conclusions, as directed by internal stakeholders
+ Run and improve tools and queries to obtain wholesale power market data, as needed.
+ Execute and support database monitoring and data validation tasks.
+ Create automation tools to help accelerate routine analysis-based decision making.
+ Assist in data validation and the creation of automated data validation checks.
Education and Experience
+ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
+ Minimum of 3+ years of previous relevant experience
+ Knowledge of programming languages including R, Python & SQL (Snowflake) is strongly preferred.
+ Experience or knowledge of fundamental market simulation tools preferred (e.g., DAYZER)
+ Successful candidate must have basic knowledge of energy markets, products and trading instruments such as swaps, options, futures.
+ Work experience in the deregulated energy markets or trading floor experience in the energy field is preferred.
+ Experience analyzing market fundamental drivers in ERCOT, CAISO, AESO is preferred.
+ Candidate must have advanced spreadsheet skills and strong modelling aptitude. On August 10th, our company announced its intent to pursue a sale of our Renewables Energy Group and position ourselves as a pure-play regulated utility company. For more on this announcement, you can read the press release .
Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.
As the successful candidate
Our Mission
We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization-it is what