Origination Specialist
One (1) Regular Position
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Competition # E21741-2025

At NB Power we are a team, committed to offering the best customer experience, ensuring energy security, and accelerating a sustainable clean energy transition. Why? Because we're New Brunswickers too, we care about our customers and future generations, and today we are actively looking for a new member to join us.

As part of the Origination Team, the Origination Specialist is responsible for conceptual development of market opportunities, promoting concepts internally and externally, identifying operational and financial requirements and risks, and ensuring settlement and reporting functions are accurate.

This role has a large financial impact on NB Energy Marketing's gross margin by expanding its business into new markets as well as maintaining existing customers. In addition to contributing to the development of the business, this role will undertake the responsibility of building tools/models to better monitor market behaviors, opportunities outside of the regular NB Power financial forecasts, and performing risk analytics on items such as load/generation variability and market volatility.

Key functions include:

• Export load pricing and procurement in surrounding provinces and Northeastern United States.
• Conduct data, energy market, and financial modelling. Perform statistical analysis on energy markets, forward curves, and energy use behaviors of NB Energy Marketing's export customers.
• Evaluation of risk mitigation instruments and strategies such as swaps, options, and other products constructed through financial engineering.

Our ideal teammate will have one of the following:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
• Bachelor of Computer Science Degree
• Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
Combined with
• Seven years post qualification experience with at least five of those years in data and financial modelling
• Three years of experience with Microsoft Access, SQL, R, Python, or other related databases and programming languages
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of risk mitigation strategies, energy markets and instruments

An equivalent combination of training and experience will be considered. Subject to competition response, the minimum qualifications may be modified.

An Eligibility List generated from this competition may be used to fill future vacancies at the same level within a period of up to 12 months.

We care for our team, and as a member you will have access to:

• Health & Dental plans that provide flexible options to meet your needs
• Health Spending Account, allowing for further flexibility
• New Brunswick Public Service Pension Plan, offering retirement financial security
• Wellness options, including our Employee Family Assistance Program
• Benefits that allow for financial protection in the event it is needed
• Various options for paid or unpaid leaves
• Career development and growth throughout the organization
• Competitive wages

Could you be our next team member? Apply today!

Please ensure a resume and a copy of your degree/diploma/certificate are attached to your online application.

NB Power will accept foreign credentials as long as they are considered acceptable by a recognized Canadian educational institution. Candidates with foreign education credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Any applicable fees are the responsibility of the candidate. For more information, you may refer to the Canadian Information Centre of International Credentials at Canadian Information Centre of International Credentials: https://www.cicic.ca/1374/obtain_an_academic_credential_assessment_for_general_purposes.canada

In order to be considered for this employment opportunity you must be eligible to work in Canada.

For questions concerning this job opening please contact Adedoyin Tope-Daramola at [email protected].

Please note that only applications submitted through the NB Power website will be considered, as the showing of our postings on various websites may not have been requested or approved.

Closing date: 11:59 p.m. AST, April 23, 2025.

NB Power is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity.