Senior Power Trader

Summary

Join CWP Energy Solutions, a company delivering value to renewable power generators, and contribute to optimizing the sale and purchase of electricity while managing risks. This role offers a startup-like environment where you will actively manage solar, wind, and battery resources, formulate trading strategies, and work with power analysts. You will leverage your asset management and market expertise to act as a subject-matter expert, prepare reports, and stay updated on industry trends. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree, 10+ years of relevant experience, strong programming skills, and excellent communication abilities. CWP offers a competitive compensation package, flexible work arrangements, and a results-driven company culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, actuary, finance, engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of experience utilizing Day Ahead Asset Bid and Offer Strategy, Virtuals, FTRs and other financial instruments to manage portfolio risk in PJM, SPP, ERCOT and/or MISO
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL
• Strong communication skills – ability to explain and synthesize complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to contextualize and provide fundamental backing for strategy derivation in a clear manner
• Ability to write technical and commercial reports to convey information in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to manage multiple projects at a time and to approach tasks with a customer-centric mindset
• Excellent written and spoken English skills

Responsibilities

• Actively manage solar, wind, and battery resources to optimize our client’s P&L in deregulated power markets
• Formulate trading strategies for customer assets and provide fundamental backing for strategy derivation
• Evaluate recommendations provided by the analysis team to formulate effective trading strategies
• Ensure trade strategies meet the client’s portfolio objectives and the risk parameters
• Work with the power analysts to develop forecasts and market assessments to support decision-making
• Design and optimize data models and analytics to extract actionable insights from power markets
• Leverage your asset management and market expertise to act as the subject-matter expert in sales meeting and answer technical questions about our solutions
• Prepare and present reports, forecasts, and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders
• Stay updated with industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies to ensure optimal decision-making and develop innovative strategies
• Develop presentations and reports to comprehensively, and accurately share findings with clients on complex matters

Preferred Qualifications

• French is an asset
• A strong desire to help grow the CWP Energy Solutions business

Benefits

• Highly competitive performance-based compensation
• A insurance plan that you can choose
• A vacation policy from your start date
• Remote work