Analyst, Natural Gas

Capital Power•Calgary, AB

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is a growth-oriented North American energy company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, dedicated to Powering Change by Changing Power. They safely deliver, build, and create balanced energy solutions across North America, focusing on reliable, affordable, and lower-carbon power. The company fosters a safe and inclusive environment where employees are empowered to innovate, collaborate, and drive results, with opportunities for learning, growth, and meaningful careers. This is a permanent, full-time position based in Calgary within the Supply & Trading (S&T) team. S&T manages and optimizes Capital Power’s North American merchant asset exposures across electricity, natural gas, and environmental products. The Natural Gas Analyst, reporting to the Desk Head, West, will provide quantitative, analytical, and commercial support to the Natural Gas portfolio. The primary objectives are to deliver robust modeling and analytical support for Lower 48 and AECO natural gas markets and to provide data-driven recommendations to optimize portfolio performance, including managing price risk, volume risk, and fuel supply optimization for Capital Power’s natural gas generation fleet. The role requires close collaboration with internal cross-functional teams, external counterparties, agencies, and senior leadership.

Requirements

Minimum bachelor’s degree specializing in Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, Engineering or related field
5+ years of demonstrated experience in analytics of natural gas trading and / or gas scheduling activity across North American Natural Gas markets with a focus on Henry Hub and AECO
Experience with physical gas, gas scheduling, asset optimization/hedging, structured products and options
Demonstrated experience with management of large data sets, analytics and visualization
Demonstrated experience in communication of complex issues concepts in a simple and concise fashion
Advanced analytical and coding skills that can include SQL, R, Python languages
Advanced application of AI tools to augment decision making / coding
Advanced application skills related to MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, PowerBI)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure situations
Legally eligible to work in Canada

Nice To Haves

Preference towards graduate degrees, CFA, FRM or other technical designation holders
Experience with other regions such as Midwest, East, and Gulf

Responsibilities

Performing daily quantitative and fundamental analysis of gas markets, locational basis, transport, storage, weather, etc.
Taking analytics, experience and other factors into account to formulate and analyze portfolio strategy to ensure Capital Power is optimizing risk and return
Developing pricing models and tools
Taking analytics, experience and other factors into account to formulate and analyze portfolio and trade strategy ensuring the most optimal risk-adjusted decisions