Power Markets Analyst Co-op

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 Power Market Analyst role is within the Market Analytics group and will work closely with the trading team in the maintenance and execution of proprietary tools that enable decision-quality analysis and reporting within Energy Services and Algonquin.  The successful candidate has knowledge of North American Power Markets with some knowledge of analytical approaches and understanding of fundamental data manipulation techniques. The main responsibility of this candidate will be to provide reporting and analysis and 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 and 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.
-Publish and maintain existing executive reports.
-Perform the distribution and data validation of reports (daily, weekly and monthly).
-Run and improve tools and queries as needed to obtain wholesale power market data.
-Execute and support database monitoring and data validation tasks.
Education and Experience
-Broad Job Knowledge - Broader knowledge of theory and principles within a professional discipline or advanced knowledge of specific technical/operational practices
-Working toward the completion of Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science.
-Knowledge of programming languages including R, Python & SQL is strongly preferred.
-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, PJM, MISO, CAISO, AESO is an asset.
-Candidate must have advanced spreadsheet skills and strong modelling aptitude.
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.
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 drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.
Our Vision
We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make an impact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.
Our Guiding Principles
-Customer Centric
-Integrity
-Entrepreneurial
-Teamwork
-Owner mindset
-Outcome focused
-Continuous learning
What we offer 
-Within walking distance to the Go Train station
-Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy
-Free refreshments
-Challenging work
 
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce.  If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to investigate the opportunity further.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.
Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.