Work Location: National Capital Region (Gatineau/Ottawa)
Reference Number: 08-ST-02

This position presents an opportunity to participate in a growth oriented organization and to gain exposure and understanding of the energy industry. This role is ideally suited to a highly knowledgeable, career oriented manager seeking a challenging opportunity.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Settlement of Brookfield Power Marketing inc, a subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. (BRP), the incumbent will oversee and review various energy structured transactions and settlement issues. More specifically, the Manager is responsible for the following activities:

• Lead and manage a team of analysts and technicians responsible for the settlement and invoicing of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for BRP;
• Maintain the business processes to ensure consistent enterprise-wide interpretation and execution of PPA’s;
• Facilitate with various BRP groups in the resolution of ambiguities arising through the execution of contracts;
• Prepare and maintain summaries of all PPAs to capture key contractual information and intent; then obtain enterprise-wide acceptance of summary;
• Build and maintain positive relationships with counterparties and with BRP affiliates;
• Give support to commercial and operational personnel towards meeting contract obligations;
• Responsible for preparing the forward price curves to forecast revenue for financial reporting groups and budgeting;
• Review and lead the integration of new contracts into the organization;
• Manage the development of the contract database for analysis, settlement, invoicing and reporting.

Candidate profile – Experience and qualifications

• University degree in Business Administration, Accounting or related finance field;
• 4-5 years of experience in the energy field and in managing contracts;
• Detail oriented and driven by deadlines;
• Sound business and analytical judgement coupled with strong abilities in dealing with commercial issues;
• Demonstrated organizational and leadership skills in managing personnel;
• Demonstrated capability to make decisions and to gain cooperation of others;
• Knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel is essential);
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Working knowledge of French (an asset).