Day-Ahead Support Specialist

CampusPoint

DESCRIPTION

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The employee will be required to perform in a fast paced, results oriented environment where meeting deadlines is critical to the success of the business. The employee supports Day Ahead operations, transaction tagging, transmission purchases/sales, deal scrubbing, deal entry into system of record, and resource scheduling. Ideal applicant will possess the attributes of the real time trading desk; including being goal focused, motivated, and willing to work overtime when needed.

Support of Power Management Operations, including:

• Create and monitor transaction tags on software.

• Create and monitor transmission reservations on various servers.

• Communicate on a daily basis with other marketers to confirm delivery and duration of transactions.

• Schedule all transactions, including creation of tags and submission of schedules to the Power Administration

• Step in as back up for the other Support Specialist(s) as needed

Data Entry: Accounting for all transactions in deal capture systems, including:

• Provide power and transmission deal entry for the Power Management Desk.

• Schedule and record all term transactions within deal capture system.

Internal Communication, including:

• Communicate on a daily basis with owners and resource management partners to ensure all current transaction information is provided to the owner.

• Share Pertinent Information with Members, Real-Time and Day-Ahead Managers, and Mid/Back-Office in a Clear and Timely Manner.

Auditing Historical Transactions: Review of previous Day(s) Deals for Accuracy and Completeness. Including:

• Review real-time trading deals/schedules to ensure deals are accurately entered into TEA’s deal capture system.

• Create change tickets as necessary to correct errors in the deal capture system.

• Enter various after-the-fact deals as needed into the deal capture system.

• Serves as primary contact for dispute resolution with back-office and mid-office.

Working as an vital part of the team, including:

• Trains new staff as well as other department team members.

• Support the activities of the Transmission Specialist as needed.

• Provide honest and clear feedback to Management team, Supervisor, and Manager in order to address training needs and help the entire team meet and exceed annual deal entry error reduction goals

• Must be available on nights and weekends

LOCATION

City

Bellevue

State/Province

Washington

Country

United States

DESIRED MAJOR(S)

Business and Economics

SALARY LEVEL

$40,000-$45,000 per year

JOB FUNCTION

Management/Administration

QUALIFICATIONS

COMPETENCIES AND VALUES REQUIRED:

The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies:

• Possess good judgment and decision making abilities

• Strong communication skills

• Adaptability to change and adapt to different situations, feedback and work environments

• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement

• Innovation and creative thinking

• Personal responsibility for his or her actions

• Customer Focus

• High level of integrity

• Strong team player

• Sense of Urgency

Education/Experience

• Requires a Bachelors’ degree from a four year accredited college or university, advanced degree a plus.

• Previous experience in the energy industry and with trade capture systems is a plus.

Abilities/Skills

• Strong ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

• Ability to comprehend and apply principles of calculus, algebra and statistical theory.

• Ability to work with concepts such as limits, integration of values and quadratic and differential equations.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

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